8 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, July 17th, 2003


10th anniversary will see a wonderful array of talent


IN the winter of 1994 a new and exciting theatre opened in Kibble Valley - the Centenaries Theatre in the grounds of Stonyhurst Col­


lege.' ' ' At the end of his year of office


as Mayor of the Kibble Valley, retired headmaster John Travis was invited to manage the the­ atre and open it to a wider audi­ ence. One of his ideas was to invite professional, mostly young, musicians to give a lunchtime concert followed by a two-course meal. This was instantly success­


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ies. He has planned the theatre's" 10 th series of Summer Luncheon Concerts with a wide array of ■ performers. The concerts are held every Thursday a t noon from July 24th until August 28th and the first one features Paul Green- halgh, head of Blackburn School of Music, on the piano. , Anyone requiring; further information should contact 01254 826948.


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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified), www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 4 Letters to the Editor H Write to: The Editor, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Slrccl, Clilheroe BB72EW Editorial e-mail: vivien.meath@eastlancsnews.co.uk — Losing out because of


the height of a bridge THERE does seem to be a noticeable increase in coach companies operating in the Ribble Valley. Of course this is good news for local busi­


nesses associated with tourism. The coach operators are attracted by the


markets in Clitheroe, the Pendle witches and the outstanding beauty of the villages. I have the great pleasure of conducting


Pendle Witch and Ribble Valley tours with two North Eastern companies on a regular basis. And, along with other Ribble Valley guides, I find genuine job satisfaction in sell­ ing the area.


The majority of coach operators have.a


two-hour stay in the valley before they make their way to the mill shops in Oswaldtwistle and Colne. The Hodder Valley is undoubtedly one of


the majority of modern coaches are 12ft. high. For coaches to visit gems like Wadding­ ton, Newton, Slaidburn, they have to divert from Clitheroe to Chatbum or Bashall Eaves, using some valuable time from the day's itin­ erary. I fear Hodder Valley tourism businesses


the most picturesque locations in the area. Sadly, from a coach operator's point of view, it is an area that is not easy to gain access to due to the Waddington Road railway bridge. The height of the bridge is l i f t . 9in., but


may have lost some considerable trade due to poor coach access.


asset, bringing wealth and support to many. I t would be greatly appreciated if Lan­ cashire County Council could look into the


have been extended to the Waddington Road bridge, creating three more inches to allow coaches to pass under safely and also, per­ haps, solve the problem of flooding. Tourism is the Ribble Valley's greatest


to be popular with tour operators and undoubtedly is money well spent. I t is a shame that this good work could not


The new Clitheroe Interchange has proved


possibility of a feasibility study regarding work on the bridge.


SIMON ENTWISTLE, Littlcmoor Road, Clithcroc.


Young people need


affordable houses WITH regard to the affordable housing, nobody is trying to spoil Clitheroe. I am a Clitheroe girl, born and bred, who


married a Clitheroe boy, born and bred. We stepped on to the housing rung at the tender ages of 19 and 21 respectively, back then when youngsters could afford to buy in Clitheroe. My daughter and fiance (aged 23 and 28


years of age) have been engaged for 12 months and are saving madly to buy a house in Clitheroe, but as each week passes by, the two up and two down seems to be slipping fur­ ther and further out of their reach. I am sure there are a lot of other young cou­


ples who do not earn colossal wages who would love some affordable housing in Clitheroe so that they do not have to move out of town. These youngsters are not yobbos and


layabouts, but responsible people with jobs in Clitheroe who would like to stay and be able to bring up the next generation of Clitheroni- ans.


A CONCERNED MOTHER, (Name and address supplied, but withheld by agreement with the Editor)


Housing: let us look


at real issues of need DEAR oh dear, another John Cave rant in last week's Advertiser and Times, this time claiming we should avoid building affordable housing because the "inner city homeless", "asylum seekers" and "third world immi­ grants" will flood in, "drive out the genteel" and "destroy the essence of the town". As always with John, any subject gives him


a pretext to attack the non-existent asylum seekers of Clitheroe. What will his next letter be about - asylum seekers causing a rise in the price of beer? But let’s turn to the reality of our afford­


able housing crisis. 1. The RVBC Housing Needs Survey sug­


gested 19% of respondents planning to leave the area, were doing so because of a lack of affordable housing. Many of this group were bom here, have no desire to live elsewhere and are probably the children of CAT readers. 2. Some 62% of "concealed households"


(i.e. people living with parents, sleeping on friend’s floors etc) can afford to pay only £60


a week, far from a local market rent. 3. Local authorities now have greater


responsibilities for 16-17/18-21-year-old homeless people, of whom there are increas­ ing numbers. Many of us will know young people who-are having to move or live in inap­ propriate accommodation. Last month, Prince Charles gave an


instructive speech at the launch of the Afford­ able Rural Housing Initiative. He stated: "Many people who work locally and whose families have formed part of the community in our towns, villages and hamlets for genera­ tions are being forced to leave. “When they go, they take with them the


children on whom village schools depend, the business on which village shops and pubs sur­ vive, key workers without whom local services cannot survive and above all the history and that sense of community which makes our countryside such a special place". His words should give us pause for thought.


I don’t claim to have all the answers, but I do say we urgently need a serious debate about


how we develop affordable housing in the Val­ ley.


tribes. What we do not need are ill-informed dia­


MARK FOORD, Watt Street, Sabdcn Lecturer, Salford University Housing and Urban Studies Unit


Lack of Christianity in


Anglican hierarchy CHRIST CHURCH, Chatbum is the church of my baptism. I t is a Christian church. Its atti­ tude, or rather, the attitude of that of its over- lord, the Anglican Diocese of Blackburn, is hardly Christian today. The local village community, as presented


from time to time in your columns, is striving to establish a community centre. You would imagine, expect, a Christian


church to support a village community in this venture. The opposite appears to be the case. The sale of a very modestly-sized car park between the school and the properties of Beech Grove would have allowed access to a communi­ ty centre with larger car park facilities that would also offer an advantage to church visitors. "No!" says the Anglican Diocese of Black-


bum. "The car park is not for sale." I submitted my own letter of inquiry to the Anglican Dio­ cese office. I received a reply dated May 15th to the effect that the colleague concerned was unfortunately sick. He would contact me as soon as he got back. I t is now mid-July and there has been no contact. We have the dedication of a wonderful Angli­


can minister, the Rev. Rodney Nicholson, who apart from his commitment to his own parish of St Paul's, Low Moor, travels into the village in an active Christian ministry. What church response can he expect from the


people of Chatburn he comes to minister to when the superiors of his own church are so indifferent, indeed hinder the promotion of a community spirit a Christian church is supposed to foster?


ROBIN PARKER, St Chad's Avenue, Chatburn


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Only time will tell YET again the long-running saga of the mosque is about to make headline news. Will the bid suc­ ceed this time? If it does, will we see Coun. Dyson cut the ribbon to declare the mosque open, warmly applauded by your correspondent Mrs Seaward, of Tower Hill? As I said in an earlier letter, would Coun.


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Dyson be so supportive of a mosque if it was in his street in Bolton-by-Bowland and would Mrs Seaward be so enthusiastic for a mosque if it was within yards of her front door? What is a mosque? Many people envisage a


mosque as a large building, slightly, in these parts, out of keeping with its surrounding areas and most distinctive with its bright green top onl If anyone in the Ribble Valley has any friends


or relations in Rochdale they will tell you that, contrary to common belief, most mosques in that town are former small dwellings like the one on Holden Street, converted to small mosques. Whilst there are almost 50 mosques in


knows? Perhaps by then, Low Moor will have its own mosque. Maybe Whalley Road will have one. Only time will tell.


G. A. REYNOLDS, Milton Road, Whnllcy


THIS CAR! Why not just accept & - - O p 7 j |


Clitheroe who just will not take no for an answer and intend beavering away until they get their own way.


but no cinema when permission for th a t is refused.


In two or three years there will be a mosque,


S. J. DODD, Highmoor Park, Clilheroe


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Why not have birds


in Castle grounds? I THINK that Clitheroe Castle is a beautiful area of Clitheroe. The scenery is great as well, but I think a good idea would be to have some peacocks and parrots in cages in the Castle grounds.


KYLE COWGILL (10), Cardigan Avenue, Clitheroe


Thank you to you all


on Jane’s behalf THANK you, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, for the publicity you gave to Jane Astley’s selec­ tion for the Canadian Camp. She left Wilpshire early on Friday morning and would have arrived


at the New Brunswick campsite during the weekend. The silent auction was a great success, raising


more than £400. Our thanks to everyone who made it so - the parishioners of St Mary’s, the Clarion Hotel, Mytton Fold Farm Hotel, Forget me Knott, Escape, Beauty Box, Bloomin’ Love­ ly, Floral Fantasies, Blackburn Rovers and last,


but not least, the Clitheroe'Advertiser and Times. With the auction, our parish collection organ­


ised by our parish priest, individual donations (some instigated by your report) and donations from various Guide groups, the amount of £1,300 needed for the venture was raised. Many thanks to everyone.


YVONNE WHITE, . Guide Guider,


3rd Langho (St Mary’s) Guides Y o u r l e t t e r s . . .


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council’s decision? TWO years ago a friend applied to Ribble Valley Borough Council for planning permission for altered use, which was refused. Fair enough; planning permission is either granted or refused and we accept this. However, there is a group of people in


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