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do help save lives I AM writing following the letter from C.R. Wilkiepublished in last week's newspaper concerning a pros ecution for exceeding the speed limit..
. I am the local police inspector and
feel obliged to respond to C. R. Wilkie's letter. I assume the "spy in the sky" he refers to is the clearly marked static speed camera which has been in place on Queensway (the inner bypass) for some months. Static cameras are only located at
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sites after liaison between the high way authority, local authority and police, where there is a proven acci- dent/casualty problem. Unfortunately, there have been
fatal and serious injury collisions on this stretch of road - mostly involv ing pedestrians. The well-publicised intention of the Lancashire Road Safety Partnership is to reduce the number of casualties by enforcing speed limits, encouraging the wear ing of seatbelts and by reducing drink driving. I cannot comment on the Somer
set case, as I do not know the cir cumstances. However, it appears that C. R. Wilkie regards travelling a t 35 m.p.h. to be acceptable. The fact is, the severity of injury is vast ly increased by increased collision speed and that it is much more like ly that a pedestrian will die in a col lision at 35, rather than 30 m.p.h. Your correspondent refers to the
cost of the camera. Under current legislation, some of the money resulting from fines does indeed go towards installing more cameras and helping to pay for the administrative work involved in processing fixed penalty notices. Is that not sensible? Early indications are that colli
sion and casualty rates have reduced significantly in Lancashire since the launch of the partnership. Saving lives can never be (to use C. R. Wilkie's words) "preposterous and absurd". If you are still not sure, ask a bereaved family. Keeping to all speed limits, whether there are fixed cameras or not, makes sense and saves lives.
INSP. ROBERT E. FORD, Clitheroc Police Station.
‘Spy in the sky’
had a field day WITH reference to the letter in last week's newspaper, "It is hard to jus tify this spy in the sky", I am sure there are many people caught at 35 m.p.h. They are easy to catch. The real speeders choose their time and place. I also had an experience and also
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paid £60 rather than haggling in the courts, costing money and effort. I was on an unfamiliar road near
Preston, slowing, down from time to time to read the directions and being "hooted" almost out of existence by the irate motorists, as i t was rush hour, then trying to keep in pace to avoid aggravation. v
7,1 There was three-lane traffic, and
I was in the slowest lane. The "spy in the sky" must have had a field day with us, the nearest; The aggressive and over confident were in the mid dle, behind us, laughing their heads offl
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RACING GRANNIE - AT 35 M.P.H.
Speed reduction
cuts accidents. ; FURTHER to C. r ‘ Wilkie's letter on January 9th - "It is hard to justi fy this spy in the sky" - 1 think that speeding must be the only criminal offence where the perpetrator con siders it acceptable to complain to a local newspaper that they have been caught. I am not aware of the circum
stances of the Somerset lorry dri ver's accident, but perhaps if he had been fined on an earlier occasion he may have adopted safer driving habits. Although C. R. Wilkie seems to
think th a t his five miles over the speed limit was a trivial matter, gov ernment statistics indicate that, if you hit a cyclist or pedestrian at 35 m.p.h., the force of the impact increases by more than a third than a t 30 m.p.h; A one mile-per-hour reduction in average speed will cut accident frequency by 5%, as five miles-per-hour increases the stop ping distance by six metres. On a busy road like that by Tesco,
where I have seen many people, including mothers and children crossing, these six metres could he vital. Considering these statistics, I
believe that the detection of C. R. Wilkie's speeding provides evident justification for the introduction of this "spy in the sky", regardless of the accident rates on the road in question.
R. S. HALL, Lingfleld Avenue, . Clitheroe.
Safety should
concern us all WHAT a foolish letter from C. R. Wilkie (January 9th). He has been caught speeding; he regards his pun ishment as “preposterous and absurd’’; he complains ab’
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Council Planning and Development Com- mmittee, they heard that the Grade II list ed house would be renovated and adjacent buildings enlarged and altered. The devel opment would form a restaurant, hotel rooms and a function room, plus associat ed car parking. Objectors pointed out that whereas the
council generally followed rules which pre vented a variety of extensions to buildings, they were being asked to back plans which included large additions on the site and a doubling in size of the barn buildings near Stanley House. Coun. Chris Holtom (Wilpshire)
although considering the scheme desirable, expressed concern that the development would increase traffic access on to the Pre ston New Road at Mire Ash Brow, a prob lem area already known to the council. He then suggested a site visit so that the
committee members could familiarise themselves with the extent of. the develop ment and access to and from the site. After some discussion, the committee
voted for the proposed site visit before any further decision is made on the applica tion.
Gisburn Auction Mart prices n K i - ' 1
IN the fatstock sale a t Gisbum Auction Mart on Monday, 64 cattle (49 cast cows, four bulls, 11 heifers) and 750 sheep (681 hoggs, 69 ewes and rams) were forward. Top kilo price for cattle was 445kg at 113.5p
(£505.08) from H. and L. I. Alderson to G. Nutter. Young bulls made to 85.5p (average 80.5p) and heifers to 113.5p (lOOp). For sheep, the top kilo price was 37kg a t
118.4p (£43.80) from J. W. Collinson to G.' Nutter, and top sale price was £55 from T. and J. Moran to N. Gates. Prices: Lambs (up to 32kg) made to 109.4p (97.7p), lambs (33-39kg)
to 118.4p (107.7p), Iambs (40 -45kg) to 115.5p (108.2p), lambs (46-52kg) to 102.5p (100.4p), other ewes to £55 (£40.11) and rams to £30. At Saturday’s fortnightly sale of store cat
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tle and sheep, forward were 55 cattle (18 bulls, one steer and 36 heifers) and 447 sheep (114 breeding sheep, 333 store sheep). Cattle: Limousin X bulls (no claim) made
to £398, Belgian Blue X bulls (no claim) to £400 (£312.50), Simmental X bulls (no claim) to £165, Friesian X bulls (no claim) to £510 (£343.50), Limousin X steers (1st claim) to £490, Limousin X heifers to £370 (£325), Bel gian Blue X heifers to £480 (£379.58), Charo- lais X heifers to £482 (£419.60), Simmental X heifers to £385 (£357), Blonde d’Aquitaine X heifers to £105, Hereford X heifers to £230 (£175). . Sheep: Mule ewes (run with tup) made to
£48 (£43.24), Horned ewes (rwt) to £38 (£29.54), Texel Gimmer lambs to £46 (£34.30), Suffolk Gimmer lambs to £35.50, horned Gimmer lambs to £31, Texel store lambs to £45 (£32.62), Suffolk store lambs to £39.50 (£33.86), Mule store lambs £41 (£28.54), homed store lambs £35 (£28.26), homed rams £31, Blue Faced Leicester rams £35.50 (£26.20). 1 Fifteen newly-calved dairy cows and heifers were forward a t the mart on Thursday with
the top prices £880 from J. Shuttleworth and Sons to R. Marsden and £750 from D. E. Gravestone to D. Clowes. Friesian cows made to £750 (£606.66) and Friesian heifers to £880 (£675). In the sale of rearing calves 72 were forward
with top price bull calf £238 from J. Peel to P. Lambert and top price heifer calf was £105 from R. G. M. Falshaw to J. Townson. Calves: Limousin X bulls made to £235
(£166.10), Limousin X heifers to £85 (£47.71), Belgian Blue X bulls to £238 (£200.11); Belgian Blue X heifers to £105 (£86.71), Simmental X bulls to £152, Sim mental X heifers to £95 (£60), Friesian bulls to £100 (£38.39), Angus bulls to £155 (£91.66), Angus heifers to £45 (£31). Forward in the fatstock sale were 167 cattle
(70 young bulls, 97 steers and heifers) and 1,095 sheep (784 hoggs, 311 ewes and rams). Top kilo price for cattle was 535kg at 137.5p
(£735.63) from R. E. Baldwin to J. E. Burrow, and top sale price was £745.88 also from R. E. Baldwin to R. Agar. Young bulls: Premium made to 124.5p (110.8p), prime to 101.5p (94.6p), others to 87.5p (83.2p). Steers: Premi: um made to 137.5p (116.1p), prime to 99.5p (95.1p), others to 87.5p (82.4p). Heifers: Pre mium made to 131.5p (113.9p), prime to 100.5p (93.6p), others to 86.5p (80.5p). Top kilo price for sheep was 40kg a t 122.5p.
(£49) from A. Butler to G. Nutter, and top sale price was £73 from D. Cowgill to A. Sander-: son. Hoggs: Premium (25.5-35.9kg) made to ' 118.6p (102.1p), premium (36-45.5kg) to 96p (92.4p), prime (25.5-35.9kg) to 122.5p (108.9p), prime (36-45.5kg) to 102.6p (lOOp),
. prime (45.6-52kg) to 114.1p (106.3p). Homed ewes made to £26.50 (£18.45), other ewes to £73 (£35.33), rams to £40 (£26). In the sale of produce, where 38.70 tonnes
of straw were forward, wheat made to £32 and barley to £40 per tonne.
£2,000 in late-night damage caused to car
DAMAGE estimated at £2,000 was West View, Waddington. The attack- caused to a three-year-old Volkswa- er used a sharp object to put scratch- gen car while it was parked on Sun- es in the bonnet, roof, wing, passenger day night near the owner's home in door and rear nearside panel. ■
ROTARACT members from the Ribble Valley helped a radio sta tion raise cash for a children’s char ity.
A donation of £1,000 from vari
ous Rotaract clubs across the dis trict was handed over to the Help a Local Child organisation, which is supported by Rock FM. As part of its campaign to raise
£20,000 for the charity, two pre senters from the radio station’s “T he Bird and the B” morning show were shut in the window of Wool- worths in Preston. 7 Help A Local Child funds the
purchase of equipment and items needed to improve the quality of life for disabled and disadvantaged children throughout the county by giving grants to both individuals and organisations.
. Victoria Bath, the district chair man for Rotaract, said: “Rotaract felt this was a worthwhile charity to support) as we knew that the money we donated would be used
'to benefit children in our own area and that, for some of the recipi ents, even a small amount of money would make a big difference to the quality of their lives.” Rotaract is an international
organisation for those aged 18 to 30 offering activities of a social, community and charity nature, enabling members to try some- ' thing new while having a good time and meeting others. ; Victoria is pictured in the centre
of the photograph presenting the cheque to Mr Jon Storey, of Help a Local Child, watched by members of the Rotaract clubs in the dis
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Massive collection of Persian rugs to be sold over two days only
The Kashan Gallery specialist have been
appointed by a major warehouse with connections in the Orient and Far East and their directors to dispose of over £400,000 rugs. All are new and perfect - Persian, Afghanjurklsh and Pakistan
between 10.30am-4.30pm INVITATION
WHALLEY VILLAGE HALL Saturday 18th January - Sunday 19th January
We at The Kashan Gallery, the oriental mg specialist, would like to Invite people in the
surrounding area to view all of these mgs, as we have a firm commitment to the western
world to make people aware of the availability of these magnificent treasures, enrichment of life and enhancement to the home.
Afghan and Pakistan take any carpet to try | j> ] All mgs are hand
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camera which recorded his offence. ■ We live in a society where some;
people believe that they should be allowed to do just as they like: and who is anyone to tell them other-, wise? The next time any of your readers go through traffic lights, just before those lights turn to red, they might glance in their rear-view mir ror.
They are likely to see several cars
going through the lights after they have changed to red - 1 have seen up to four. Is th a t a record? As more cars come on to our roads, the more basic safety rules are being disre garded. That ought to be a matter of concern to us all. Perhaps Mr Wilkie might reread
his Highway Code. He will find the section (pp. 28-29) on typical stop ping distances instructive. At 30 m.p.h. i t is 23 metres (six car lengths); at 40 m.p.h. it is 36 metres (nine car lengths). Some simple maths would demon
strate that the distance at around 35 m.p.h. - the speed.he was travelling in a 30 m.p.h. limit - will be some thing over 20 feet more than if he had been travelling a t the correct speed: quite far enough for him to end up with a child under his front wheels. As the well-known TV advert makes clear: “You are twice as likely to kill someone a t 35 m.p.h. as you are at 30 m.p.h.” Of course, the speed camera to
which Mr Wilkie refers is not only painted bright yellow; i t also has warning notices some metres either side of it. Anyone who fails to see them ought not to be driving at all. Or was his speed a deliberate choice, and so “preposterous and absurd”?
REV. PETER W. SHEPHERD, Easlham Street, Clitheroe.
Dismiss this
racist propaganda I AM not normally prone to con tributing to the letters page of the Advertiser and Times, bu t feel I must through your column express my horror at the cowardly invective pushed through my letter box on behalf of the BNP. Most political literature contains
a local name or two, a person who can be contacted or, a t the very least, a recognisable address. The BNP prefers the approach of
anonymity. I assume that this could be because, confronted with some one who is informed, they would have no chance of defending the alle gations they purport as being a part of the life of our nation. I hope the residents of the Ribble
Valley will dismiss this piece of racist propaganda from their politi
cal reflections and so advise the BNP that they have no place in the political scene within this borough. ’ Allow me to cite a couple of exam
ples of their crude attempts to incite people to their racist perspective. Their call for a complete halt to all asylum seeking stands against the his tory of our islands. We have always welcomed those who, for rea sons of safety, have had to flee their native land and have sought refuge
here. Without the willingness of the
UK to allow in Jews fleeing from Nazi Germany, how many more might have suffered the horror of the gas chamber? That is a horrid factual reality. The question of eco nomic migrants seeking a home here is of concern, but this should not allow lis to become deaf and blind to the cries of the genuine political refugees. Then the leaflet continues with a
sordid attempt to equate NHS wait ing lists, housing problems and a "lax welfare system" wholly with the pressure created by asylum seekers, who the BNP pictures as coming into the country in droves and immediately having housing, etc. The reality of asylum centres, of
many asylum seekers living in accommodation that has been con-, demned, is never mentioned. Their' s tra in on the national budget is insignificant compared to the whole. Please let us not be taken in by this misrepresentation of the truth. The poverty of the stance of the
BNP is finally indicated by an appeal to "Native British People". I have no objection to supporting those of Celtic origins, the native British. The rest of us are here as a result of various immigrations that have all contr ibuted to making Britain what i t is today. We long have been a welcoming shore to those in peril. Let us not jettison our history by giving credence to those with what I see as a racist tendency who seek to pervert the truth. I t is said that evil prospers when
the good choose to do nothing. I hope that the residents of the Valley will give short shrift to the invective of the BNP and prove the Ribhle Valley to he a civilised community
REV. RICHARD J. ATKINSON, Minister, Trinity Methodist Church, Clitheroc.
Thank you for the
Christmas crib BELATEDLY, through your col umn, I would like to express appre ciation of Clitheroe Town Council’s action in giving us the crib scene at
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the.Castle.Gate,.to again enhance Rotaractaids children’s
the Clitheroe Christmas season.
After.last year’s wanton acts of
vandalism it was feared that the tra dition would cease, but I hope that the addition of the security glass front will enable the tradition to continue for many years to come. The crib scene and the music is
appreciated by many, and its posi tion, slightly set apart from the gen eral hubbub, gives the opportunity for reflection and wonder a t the amazing tru th - “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us”.
MRS JOAN MARSH, Lancaster Drive, Clitheroc.
Free vote on
invasion of Iraq PRESIDENT BUSH is marching his troops up to the top of the hill, with British forces in support. I t is difficult to see how he can march them down again without Saddam Hussein claiming victory, which would be unacceptable to the White House. As I write, th e UN weapons'
inspectors have found no evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. I t is a land of fear, and many of its people would welcome the overthrow of the despot, but Sad dam Hussein has presented no th re a t to other nations since his defeat in 1991, and he has no links with A1 Queda terrorists. War is likely for the sole reason
that George W. Bush wants a regime change in I raq to serve his own political purposes. No promises of liberty and democracy are being made. Despicable regimes elsewhere in the world are ignored. The pur pose of this conflict will be to demonstrate American power and secure the re-election of the US pres ident at a time of economic difficul ty.
All who seek long-term peace will
fear the consequences of this act of US imperialism. The perception that the USA gives slavish support to the government of Israel, right or wrong, while ignoring the legitimate grievances of Palestinians fosters the impression th a t this will be a war against Muslims. For Britain to appear like a poodle walking in US footsteps does no credit. The very least we must demand of
Tony Blair is th a t British forces should not be engaged in the absence of a second United Nations' resolution, and a free vote of MPs in the House of Commons.
CHRIS DAVIES, Liberal Democrat MEP for the North West
Royal Lancs
Show chairman A LONGRIDGE man has been appointed president of the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society. Mr Rodney Swarbrick
CBE has strong links with the farming community. He studied a t the Lan cashire College of Agricul ture and the Royal Agri cultural College, Cirences ter.
A former Countryside Commissioner
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National President of the Country Landowners' Association, he has held ’ many high-profile posts, < including High Sheriff of * Lancashire 2000-2001. > He is chairman of the °
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National Forest Company « and a founding member of « the Lancashire Farming J and Wildlife Advisory -4 Group.
* He takes over as presi- *
dent as the show moves to ‘ its new showground in < Ribchester and livestock « returns.
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THE potential cost of t r l porting Ribble Valley wastl a landfill site in Accringtd
causing concern to the coul The borough has been ad J
by Lancashire County Coil th a t from May this year it wil expected to take its w a s tl Whinney Hill in Accrinjl instead of using the local lari site at Henthorn.
1 Members of Ribble Valley’s (I
munity Committee were told f following this order would cost l than £200,000 in additi] resources. A copy of the finar|
Naturalists on African s|
NATURALISTS from Clitherol ported from the town’s library! their latest meeting.
I Dr Steuart and Mrs Anital
showed films and slides of a tw* adventure in Kenya and Tam[ which they had hoped to encoul leopard, elephant, buffalo and r j From Kenya’s capital Nairoll
stop was the National Park at fT tents were pitched and the cocl with baboons waiting in the treil food.
I On the salt waters of Lake >1
brought pictures of thousands oil goes - unforgettable when seeil the water. Charmed by the girail the party saw a white rhino, rel duced to the park and on the ve| tion. Another boat trip at dawn hi
ings of the white-throated cormi| Jesus bird. The elegance of the Masai t l
impression of a people at home! scape. Some used ochre dyes t i l hair and the red cloaks made t | safari costume seem out of placil made of timber and cow dung, f the women. The audience alsd there is an 80% literacy rate in I In the Masaimara park buffil
some. A cheetah with five youna lion and a black rhino were parti numbers of wildlife existing her! Retracing its steps, the part} j
Tanzania where the climate was| in the Great Rift Valley was i landscape where an extinct vol was 20 miles wide and 250 squatl giving an idea of scale. Spoonbil blacksmith plover and a warthol seen. At a museum skills of huf homo habilis, two-and-a-half i old were examined. In the Serengeti National
plains teamed with life. A close-1 of hippos showed pink shading!
tu rn al leopard was spo tted l branch, elephants looked even J trast with zebra. Wonderful s t l eagle and a lion silhouetted ad before settling down brought t | an end.
After questions the Kellil |
thanked by Mr George Hawthcl The next lecture at Clitheroe
on Thursday, January 23rd, a t r the speaker, Mr Tony S. Duckel “The Natural History of the S:|
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A HALLOWE'EN extravaganl a bonus for senior citizen! Clitheroe's Pendle Club.
I The Rotary Club of Clither!
cheque for £336 to the club durI Rotary meeting at the Old Postl The fund-raising event w J
Moorcock Inn, Waddington, la more than 100 suitably attiij wives and guests attended. Following an excellent meal J
the occasion, a magical extr;| provided by Rotarian John PT his wife, Carol.
Pictured is Clitheroe Rotar}| I
Derek Stuttard, presenting f Pendle Club president Rotaria
(s) Tolkien library
‘special atmosj THE new Tolkien Library al Hall, Stonyhurst, has a “spel phere”, says headmaster Aj
Higgins. ■ In his winter report,
thanks everyone who has raise made contributions to what 1 as an outstanding new facilit! Acknowledging the work f
mittee concerned, which wa Lord Alton, the headmaster s new centre of learning has be the pupils’ favourite places in J Its Tolkien connection erf
pupils to have a preview of t l “Two Towers”.
A high number of nation! ’ I
fives were achieved by pupils i 2 at the school, says Mr Higd There has been an excellenl
new developments proposed I pupils.
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