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ZMarchivas drymild! anonth j
IN contrast - to "Febr uary, March was: a : dry month:with:mild days. March began -with j a
cold -north .wind .and frosty night. /Milder weather soon returned, •with :a -wet :day ;on the fifth and .a south-west gale
on.the. lOth-IFram the -.middle of the month, -warmer -winds lifted the temperatures into the low. 50s.and,-is high pressure: dominat ed the weather, :mapy dry and sunny days followed.
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Event hits right note for charity
A DAY in the sun with Slaidfaum Silver Band at West Bradford on Sun day raised £285 for the Three Rivers Park fund raising group to add to the £3.560 they have already raised for Chil dren in Christie's. The busy fund-raisers are now gearing up for
i Royal Regiment of j Fusiliers, inflatables, a clown and face painting and even a boys' band will be playing. .There
will.also be-an
their big event of the year - three days of activities over the Gold en Jubilee weekend from June 1st. Events include the
sports day will include a donkey derby. On June 3rd, a street party will be held.
Advertisement sign refused
A PROPOSAL for.an advertisement sign at HAMS Service Station, Simonstone, has been rejected. A Government App
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'THERE were concerns tbis week in Clitberoe about wbat was being interpreted
in some quarters as an.about-turn b yD r Stephen Morton,Director ofPublic Health for the East Lancashire Health Authority, which ceased to exist at the beginning of this month. Critics claim that he
had always soft-ped alled on issues sur
' 'Cement's application for “.'.new IntegratedTollution ‘/ Prevention and Control ‘ regulations — he was scathing about standards
"‘.the Environment Agen- J"cy in response to Castle
j , ; Butinwhatwasvirtu- ally his last act for the t authority — a report to
rounding allegations of harmful emissions from Castle Cement's Rib- blesdale Works.
Health Authority,Dr Morton, had frequently countered allegations that the Castle Cement stacks were causing ill health. Even in this latest
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WWW.eastlancashireonlinBXO.uk M ITHREE.10 0.-year-old-looms
-which clattered fomearly. 90 -yearsiat-a .Chatburnrinill /might '/be/backiin/useful employment'
againlater.this
ryear. T h e looms -have :been:gather- -xngrustin.a-yardrsinceVictoria
/Mill closedin'1991. /But this week they were expect-
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ed.to:be taken rtolStaffordshire, -wherea-villagecommunitypro-
-putthemto use oncemore. .The looms were saved from the
jectwants torestore themand
: scrapanerchantswhen the:mill :closediand:the/building-was r demolished. '.Their rescue was effected by-Mr
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the.haulage-yardof-T.H.Myers [Ltd; oh Salthill Industrial-Estate,
-.while.MrlTownson,: of /Greenfield
YThe looms.have:
beenstored.at
_-_Avenue,/Chatburn, sought.a.way ;:of:bringing them:backdnto:use .
Jocally.THehadeven offeredthem -free to ‘-‘agoodhome.”
IMr.Townson said: l i t is a; great
-..thatthe looms are leaving the vil lage,-but
they.are going to a good-
/He said: "I feel sad to think
/home."
IThelooms.are.
going.to.The
-pity thatpar tof 'Chatbum's'her itage
Jsdisappearing.-My.family
ihasbeendnvolved'witH'Victoria Mill for three:generations.and I
:am:disappointed .that.our local : community.hasmot-wantedto
■/makeuse of the looms.
lButT.am very:pleased that
: there.His fatherwas.a former rmanager.
-Alan'Townsonrwhowas.an elec trician a t themill and the third ; generation of :his family to work
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they.are. going to weave again and ::in a-village that obviously-has a : great community spirit." '.The new home was found after ; some detective work on the Inter-
met by; another' Chatburn resi dent,.businessman Mr JohntBot- terill.
/LoonYRoonrprojectatLower 'Tean. Staffordshire. -Project co- ; ordinator .Stacey Harvey-Brown ;said: "We wantedthreeLancashire looms because
.they.are so-versa tile,.and toidiscover
three.in such
- good condition was a great find. "Our villageis
totaliy.behind
r this project. It.has brought the community together. ■ ."In time, we wantthe project to
-become commercially viable and -provide employment in.an area - that needs revitalising" .She
is.appealing for history
.Clitheroe'Advertiser.&'Times,.April 11th,"2002 -13
.about the Chatbum mill, so that ia permanent display on the histo- -ry of the looms can be mounted . -Our.picture shows Mr. Townson with the looms.
Dispute over a grass verge halts building of homes
by Vivien Meath
A NEIGHBOURHOOD dispute over the ownership of .a grass-verge has halted a bid to build
four.cot tages in a sought-after area of Clitberoe. Angered by what he sees as the contin
uing infill urbanisation of the town, a
retired Clitheronian has made a stand. Mr.C.S. Wilkie's actions have-halted
work to build four mews-style cottages in the rear garden of his next door neighbour's home in Ribblesdale Avenue. This is despite the development being
appearance of .the ^Cul pepper "Western Chanty show team
from.Black- pool, and on June-2nd a
-^ re ^ d sh u t downin three .^ p a ig ^ gm n s t anew IftibbleWaUeyyenue. r‘ ^ r f our years when a new -M i^N ^ h -W m ^
^ their use". 'Referring to the prob- • lability that'the-two loins
.......
- °plant ini North'Wales came on stream, .he
-‘^“reported: "We would not want
eals Officer has dismised an appeal into the Ribble Valley Borough Coun cil's refusal to allow the 1.3 by 2.5 metre sign. The decision letter pointed out
that.addi- tion of the sign would lead to an excess of advertising material on the site. I t would be “unduly
Diesel theft
THIEVES stole diesel fuel worth £200irom a coach parked in Station Road, Gisburn. The theft occurred some time last week and police are investigating.
-/■dioxide and particulate /'•/matter. •! i The third kiln, num- - tuber seven, did not escape e:i Dr Morton's criticism. . r.;He said the kiln "appears
-.auto exceed benchmark -^/standards for nitrogen
u.ioxides and particulate matter".
..zcformance of the two kilns noas "relatively poor" for emissions of sulphur
'i.-mance." He described the per-
iluse, over.a further four years or more, at their current level of perfor-
approval for continued to support
intrusive", especially when illuminated at night.
report was posted on the Internet byCANK, the
said: "Itis interesting th a t .now, with the Radeswood
A DANK: spokesman
approved, we hear for the first time of East Lan cashire Health Authori ty's concerns over pollu tion, when, all the time, they have been saying there is no health risk. Is this coincidence or indus try before people at the local health authority?" Mr Ian Sutheran, gen
plan
on His recommendation ,(J to the health authority “ 'was for it to request fur- r nther remedial action on ° “kilns live and six "or.an eariy.discontinuation of
‘yjat the plant. 1 1 His report stated that F'the emissions of carbon ' /.and sulphur dioxide from "''“t i ls five and six were 3,1‘“notably in excess" of the .industry benchmark.
.disease or lung cancer." .News ofJDr-Morton's
is generally good with no evidence of increased levels of those diseases attributed to common air pollutants such as respiratory, disease, heart
report, the last before he joined the newly-created Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Primary Care Trust, he says: "General ly, the results of these investigations are reas suring and the authority has more information on exposure, and on health status, for the local pop ulation around Clitheroe, than for any other part of the health district. "The health status report shows that health
granted planning permission, at the second attempt, almost 12 months ago and the sale of the land being virtually agreed. To improve pedestrian safety, a condi
tion of the permission was that a footpath be formed within a grass verge which fronts Mr Wilkie's property. The grass verge, claims the retired
Moorland School proprietor, is his. So incensed is Mr Wilkie that he has now taken the dispute over the ownership of the verge to the Hand Registry and intends to fight all the way.
trees, has signs of relatively recent fencing, which, claims Mr Wilkie, was partly taken
-The neatly mown verge,- planted with
.1905, adjoins Northmede, the property
where.planning permission was granted and which is currently on the market. "I have been here.27 years.During that time I have maintained the grass verge in
; down last month. Mr "Wilkie's home, Sunnymede,
built.in
■.numerous trees, the access road, which also serves other properties as well as Moorland School, being very narrow and congested, and that granting the application would set.a precedent and be an invitation to owners of neighbouring properties to make similar applications which would be diffi cult to refuse. A large field at the rear of the Ribbles
front of-my property, which-was main tained by my predecessors before me. I am a preserver by nature. I objected to the plans for this'development and I don’t think we have the right to ruin things in this way," he said. Mr Wilkie believes that the development
dale Avenue properties is owned by the occupant of the property neighbouring Northmede. And, with other substantial -housing developments having taken place :in the area, many residents are already ask ing how long it will be before that, too, is built on. Despite objections to the plan for the
land, for sale at £200,000, has been sold. Northmede, he claims, is on the market for £250,000. /Before the
four.homes can be built, plan
ners have ruled that both the footpath over the land Mr Wilkie claims to be his, and the sightline improvements, should be car ried out. The features would need to be
: maintained afterwards. At the time of the application, the coun
cil received six letters objecting to the development. Issues raised included the destruction of
four cottages, permission was given. For now, Northmede's owner, Mr
Michael McGlynn, and a local builder, whose board has been erected on site, will have to sit and wait until a decision is forthcoming from the Land Registry. As it stands, if the verge is found to belong to Mr Wilkie, then the situation
will continue to be one of stalemate unless the parties involved apply to Ribble Valley Borough Council for the footpath condition to be lifted or appeal to the Planning Inspectorate.
Preschool children rise to bread challenge
she visited them at their As well as being shown
famous .firm/had the youngsters up to their - elbows in dough when '
CHILDREN from Pen- dle Preschool rose to the challenge set by bread firm Warburtons. A visitor from the
how;bread ismade,-the children-were all given a piece of dough andinvit- ed to create their: own hedgehogs. The Warburtons rep
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resentative was on hand to make sure none of the bread animals -met a sticky end. After the hedgehogs
:n Veteran campaigner Mrs Mary Horner said:
j i; less". While he was director
u-"This is a U-turn, noth- ;iiing-more
and.nothing
of public health for the East Lancashire NHS
four, is successfully com missioned." D r Morton was
eral manager of Castle Cement, said this week: "As D r Morton has already stated in previ ous reports, there are no health issues that can be directly attributable to kilns five and six. We are committed to moth balling these kilns as soon as Padewood kiln
unavailable this week for further comment.
Walkers’ trek around Barley and Roughlee
-■-THIRTY-ONE mem bers of Clitheroe Ram-
ZDblers' Association enjoy-
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^^Information Centre, the pSwalkers took.a seven- gSand-a-halfnnile round j~ tr ip ,-p a s s in g between ' lower, and upper Mack j i Moss reservoirs and on
to MountainFarm.
I Unfortunately, the .
clouds.descendedand
the rain came down and everyone received .a drenching, but had dried out half-an-hour later. -At R.oughlee, the
group climbed up to Noggarth Cottage, where members stopped for refreshments and the inevitable ice cream. The homeward stretch
Hough“Water.and back to-Barley.
took the ramblers along the :bank of "White
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had been baked, the chil dren took them home. They were also given a Warburtons loaf as a token of the day
Parliamentary humour
AT the meeting of Clitheroe and District Masonic Fellowship, held in
West.Bradford Village Hall, the guest speaker was Mr Kenneth Hargreaves. He gave a talk on the humorous side of Parliament, which was well-received by the 34 members present. Arrangements were made for a trip to Port Sun
light and the AlbertDock,Liverpool, on June 10th, to which all members and friends are welcome. The next meeting will be held on May 13th at 2-
30 p.m., when the speaker will be Mr J.Entwistle, of the Red Cross.
"Respects
were.also paid to the late Mrs Christine Hampson, a'Clitheroe Save the Children Fund supporter for more than 20 years. Video and platform presentations focused on the charity's latest initia
CLITHEROE'S branch of the Save the Children Fund was represented at the charity's 2002 area conference. The event began with a two-minute silent tribute to the Queen Mother.
tives to combat child poverty and pre
vent child labour. Round-the-world yachtsman Mr
Keith Moore told of his experiences in the BT Global Challenge race, whicli he used to raise £700,000 for the char- ity.
For the best coverage of the
town centre street collection and flag day next month and a celebration beauty event later in the year.
The Clitheroe branch is to hold a EMM
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