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CLEANING some drawers, I came across the attached poem my sister, Edna Chamberlain, compiled. She lived in Clitheroe for many '
She wrote it before she died at
the age of 60 in 1986. My sister, Elizabeth Wright
(Bet), who had also lived in Clitheroe for many years, recently died aged 73. I am sure this poem would bring
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D.LOBLEY(MRS), Robin Lane, Hilldale, Parbold
Oh Pendle Hill, so calm, so still,
on this a fine spring mom. You reign there like a royal queen
and watch a new day dawn. And yet your mood can change
in hours from smiles into a frown. You look so black and gloomy as the rain falls on the town.
The many moods of a dear old friend Then when the clouds all break
apart, the sun comes streaming through. No matter where I look I see the
biggest change in you. Then there are days when things
look wrong, a loyal friend is missed. Because we can't see you at all,
you're hidden in the mist. So comes the time we go to bed,
one cold and frosty night. To rise again next morning and
behold you dressed in white. As seasons change, so you change
too, from green to tawny gold. You stand out like a beacon guid
ing lost ones to the fold. If you could speak and tell us
tales of days so long ago. When witches rode on broom
sticks casting spells upon their foe. It would relieve the tension of
this hectic day and age. To just relax and listen and let
Pendle take the stage. E. CHAMBERLAIN
We must fight for the
rights of everyone I WISH to respond to the letter of Gavin McQuade that was printed in last week’s edition of the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times.
He suggested that Coun. Bev Jones’ Christian views are at odds with resolu
tions passed at recent Lib Dem confer ences.
another Christian Liberal Democrat,
I wish to clarify some issues. Firstly, resolutions passed at party con
ference do not necessarily make it, lock, stock and barrel, into election manifestoes or the proposed programme for govern ment that the party sets before the elec torate at a General Election. Secondly, Liberal Democrat MPs are
given a free vote on matters of conscience. . Thirdly, the Liberal Democrats are a deinocratic party, and conference represen tatives vote according to their views. We have members from diverse backgrounds and different ethnic groups, from all faiths and none, and one of the things that unites us is a commitment to preserve freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of religion and freedom of association - indeed, the very tenets of democracy! ^Many Christians at those conferences
Will have voted against those resolutions, as wall Musliin and Jewish members, and
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voted for. The point at issue is, if we wish to' pre
faith. Clearly, other members
serve these fundamental freedoms in our society, we have to stand up and fight for
the rights of every individual to enjov them.
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introduce legislation controlling “incite ment to religious hatred” are accepted, there would be serious repercussions for freedom of speech, thought and religion. Indeed, some of the views expressed in
Secretary’s proposals to
the current debate about a mosque in Chtheroe couM well be challenged and peo- pie threatened with prosecution.
_ DaWd Blunkett is already allowing indi-
^duals to be kept indefinitely in Belmarsh prison, without charge, challenging every
good , we are on a slippery slope to oppres sion. •
known safeguard in the British judicial sys tem, and is proposing to introduce even more measures that will limit individual freedom, and do nothing to prevent the cre ation of a climate of suspicion and fear. I am proud of the Liberal Democrat sup
port of the local Muslim community, who may not share my faith, but who should share the same opportunity to worship together in freedom. For so long we have taken these precious
freedoms for granted - now I believe they are under threat, which in turn threatens our democracy. Sometimes politicians of faith and conviction have to vote for what they believe is right, rather than what is popular.
JULIE YOUNG, Liberal Democrat Prosp'eclive Parliamentary Candidate, Ribble Valley and Fulwood, Barrow
Democracy means
the right to disagree I DON'T usually get involved in political matters regarding Letters to the Editor, but I feel I must support Coun. Beverley Jones from the remarks of Gavin McQuade in last week's letters. At a superficial level, his comments
regarding Liberal Democrats voting in favour of allowing 16-year-olds to take part in hard core pornographic films and voting to lower the age of consent for sex to 15 may seem appropriate to some, but so far as Coun. Jones herself is concerned, they are totally inappropriate. Does he seriously believe that she agrees
mth these matters and would have voted in favour of the motions? We live in a democracy, Mr MQuade,
where sometimes our own beliefs and prin ciples are defeated. The easy reaction is to throw in the towel
and resign. The courageous thing to do is to battle on against the tide and hope that
our beliefs and example will eventually pre vail. I am more than happy to leave any local
policy decisions in the hands of someone of the integrity of Coun. Beverley Jones.
DAVID BOWKER, Park Avenue, ClUhcroe'
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Letters to the Editor I Write to. 1 he h'ditor, Clithcroc Ad\ ertiser and Times, 3 King Street,' Ciithcroc BB72EW Editorial e-mail:
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eastIancsnews.co.uk I— A decision made for
the benefit of many IN your letters page of the November 25th issue was a letter from P. and B. Hardwick, Clitheroe, regarding the Ribble Valley Borough Council Policy and Finance Committee’s refusal to sell land for the building of a mosque that would only (so we keep getting told) be used for 15 people. In this letter the Hardwicks con
demned the action of the elected coun cillors on that committee for deciding that the land should only be used for much-needed housing for the town. They wote, what I consider, a lot of
misinformation on the subject, there fore, may I through your paper put a few details to clarify some of the items written by them. First of all the Policy and Finance
Committee does not deal with any planning applications for the RVBC, it deals in what it says quite clearly and that is policy and finance. (There was never any application for
planning on its agenda). 'The meeting was held to debate what would be the best use for a plot of land (that is val ued on the open market at some £400,000) in the centre of Clitheroe town. At the meeting there were three
main points to be discussed. 1. "rhe land to be used for much-
needed housing only. 2. The sale of parts of the land to a
local joiner, a security company and a religious association (that was to have it split into three parts). 3. The use of part of the land for
housing with the other parts sold to any or all of the above in item 2. Now in the discussion that followed
it was obvious from the statements of a minority of people on the committee and a senior executive of RVBC that they had no intention of doing the best for the majority of the Clitheroe resi dents in the town. I t appeared to all onlookers tha t
their intention was to badger the com mittee into one decision, regardless of what the majority wanted and that was the sale of part of the land to this religious association.
’The majority on the committee, in
their ivisdom and taking into consider ation the fact that Clitheroe town has a waiting list of 400 people for total housing stock of some 600 and a fur ther additional waiting list of another 415 people for sheltered accommoda tion out of a stock of 600, decided that building housing or sheltered accom modation to house some of the 800 Clitheroe folk who are desperate to live in their own town, had preference over any other item for discussion. This decision was applauded by the
30-plus Clitheroe folk standing outside the chamber - not as the Hardwicks suggested, BNP members - please get your facts right. The people on the waiting lists will
in the future applaud the committee for giving them a chance to live where they were bom - in Clitheroe. I doubt that many will applaud the likes of the Hardwicks of this world. One last item in the Hardwicks' let
ter goes on to bemoan the fact that their chosen religion was hard done by many years ago. Well was England not being threatened by the Spanish and French at that period and was not that threat somewhat curtailed by severe restrictions, just like we are at in this moment in time? May I suggest to the Hardwicks of
this world that if they want to carry the burden of a cross for a worthy cause then go to places like the Sudan and Palestine and Pakistan where to have a different religion usually ends up with that person suffering the way Christ went.
R.J.M. LOEBELL, Edisford Road, Clilheroe.
The wishes of the
people won the day IN response to the Hardwicks' letter. I am afraid you were incorrect in stating that BNP members applauded outside the council chamber when the ruling party threw out the application for the land purchase. In fact the BNP demonstrators were
gathered on Church Brow and the peo ple who applauded were concerned res
idents from all parts of Clitheroe who have no affiliation mth the BNP. I have, over recent months, spoken
to a vast amount of people in Clitheroe who are totally against a mosque being built anywhere in the town, but are afraid to air their views publicly for fear of being called racist. I t is time the Hard\vicks realised that the majority of residents in this town hold this view. I feel the decision made by the coun
cil was absolutely correct and I applaud them for their courage in not bowing to political correctness. As Coun. Hill pointed out, the deci
sion had to be based on the wishes of the peopie of Clitheroe.
NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED Village road danger
needs addressing THERE is a shortage of yellow paint in Sabden. Having witnessed two near-misses of
children getting knocked down step ping out from behind parked cars, please note that: © Parking both sides of a two-lane
road turns it into one lane. ® Cars can not get through and are
taking chances. ® Sabden recently had a purge on
speeding motorists, the concern, right fully, that of the danger to children. Perhaps Insp. Ford could look into
the problem.
W. JOHNSON, Bushburn Drive, Langho
Years campaigning
have finally paid off Af t e r 80 years of campaigning, the League Against Cruel Sports would like to congratulate MPs across the political parties who voted to pass the Hunting Act 2004. The league would also like to thank
its many supporters who have stood their ground, often in the face of intimidation by pro-hunters, and cam paigned peacefully for a change in the law. The Hunting Act 2004 is a land
mark in animal welfare legislation, which has established a precedent for outlawing cruel blood sports. The majority of the public welcomes this and according to a recent YouGov poll (published in the Daily Telegraph on November 26th), a two-to-one majori ty of voters agree with the House of Commons that fox hunting should be a criminal offence from February onwards. Although we, supporters, the public
and MPs are delighted that a ban on hunting with dogs and hare coursing will come into force, there is still much work to be done. We must ensure that this new act Is policed as any other, and our supporters and monitors ivill be helping the police in the months after a ban. We call upon the hunts to switch to
drag hunting, therefore ensuring that no dogs are put down and no staff lose their jobs. All the fun of the chase - none of the cruelty.
DOUGLAS BATCHELOR, Chief Executive, League Against Cruel Sports
The dismantling of
all our traditions I WAS talking to a friend the other day and he began teliing me about his young daughter, who goes to a local primary school. She came home from school one day
last week having learnt about Islam, with henna-style patterns on her hands and a picture of Mohammed in her bag. So what? This very same school, however,
instead of holding the traditional Christmas carol service, wili have its children singing songs previously released by bands such as Boyzone. This is because it does not want to offend the very small number of Mus lim children, and their parents, at the school. This, on the grand scale of things, is
nothing too unusual, but add this to the stories of other schools doing the same and to the countless tales of com panies banning Christmas cards xvith nativity scenes on them and the Royal Mail banning stamps of the very same
Ribchester telephone mast application
A PLANNING application to erect a 22m telecommuni cations mast, three antennae, four transmission dishes and ancillary equipment at Kel- lets Farm Green, Moor Lane, Ribchester, has been submit ted to Ribble Valley Borough Council. Comments on the proposal made by Orange PCS Ltd., (number 1107) must be made to the council by December 3rd. Other recent planning
applications are as follows: Clitheroe: Insertion of
dormer window to rear of property a t 31-Brownlow Street (1044). Attached ground floor garage xvith first floor double bedroom and en- suite bathroom at 2 Mayfield Avenue (1090). Shop front fascia signage (re-submis sion) a t Original Factory
Shop, Shawbridge Street (1099). Replace existing util ity with a two story exten sion and add a two storey extension to the back. Also remove render to expose stonework (re-submission) at Mearley Cottage, Mearley (1103). Side and rear exten sion at 30 Moorland Crescent (1109). Change of a portion of the first floor from a C3 use to A2 use at 21 Church Street (1111). Kitchen/din- ing extension to rear of prop erty at 26 Conway Avenue (1129). Bolton-by-Bowland: Erec
tion of garden room exten sion to approved dwelling at Middle Bam, off Nook Lane (1094). Erection of a summer house in the garden at Lower Greaves Bam, Holden Lane (1108)...,
Grindicton: To carefully
take down existing derelict cottage and rebuild as exist ing, using reclaimed materi als a t Cobblers Cottage, Slaidbum Road (1131). Higher Hodder: Balcony to
side of dwelling (re-submis sion at Sagar Bam (1123). Hurst Green: Extension of
existing dwelling to form new kitchen, dining, family room and bedroom at 4 The Dene (1070). Proposed removal of the existing garage and erec tion of a new detached garage at Thornlea, 2 The Dene (1092). Langho: New car park (67
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spaces) with road, at Kemple View, Longsight Road (1113). Proposed two storey side extension over existing garage at 85 The Rydings a m . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . Milton: Proposed porch
and ground floor toilet exten sion at 2 Lower Hodder Cot tages, Whalley Road (1110). Newton: Extension of exist
ing dwelling into adjoining barns at Lower Underhand Farm (1096). Ribcheslcr: Proposed en-
suite and new vehicular access at Maples, Stoneygate Lane (1102). Subden: Kitchen extension
at Ivy Cottage, 137 Whalley Road (1069). Sawley: Porch and garage
extension (re-submission) at Huckle Ing, Gisburn Road (1068). Simonstone: Change of use
of livery building to form 10 holiday cottages (re-submis- sion) at Higher Trapp Livery Stables, Trapp Lane (1105). . ,Waddington:, Alterations to
existing garage with bedroom above. New pitched roof to existing dormer. New store adjacent to kitchen a t 27 Waddow Grove (1045). West Bradford: Single
storey utility and WC exten sion at rear at Owl Cottage, Waddington Road (1072). Erection of sheep housing building of 174.4 sq m. on site of derelict building at Lower West Clough Farm (1112). Whalley: Proposed single
storey extension at 5 Regen cy Close (1097). Conservato ry at 3 Nightingale Close, Calderstones Park (1106). Wiswcll: Extension to form
annexe accommodation at Wiswell Eaves Farm, Pendle ton Road (1042). Proposed conservatory to side elevation to bungalow at High Royd, Cunliffe Lane (1125).
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nature, then it makes you wonder. Chuck the ban on hunting foxes with
hounds into the equation then things start to add up. The Labour Government’s ban on
hunting with dogs has nothing whatso ever to do with animal welfare. No government which encourages
supermarket cartels to squeeze farmers so ruthlessly that they have to resort to factory farming - rearing chickens in such appalling conditions that 100,000 die of disease, injury and stress every week - has the right to criticise fox hunters. No government that then turns a
blind eye to the brutal ritual slaughter of defenceless herbivores, for halal meat, has the right to use essentially, emergency legislation to protect a few thousand beautiful, but ruthless, carni vores from the possibility of being chased and caught by hounds. Labour does not care about animal welfare. The banning of fox hunting, along
with the attempt to wipe out the Chris tian values of Christmas and other such acts, including the mass immigra tion of asylum seekers, is about old- fashioned Marxist class warfare and Tony Blair’s great ambition - the “Abo lition of Britain” by the systematic dis mantling of its identity and traditions.
MR ADAM WOODHEAD, Henthorn Road, Clilheroe
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Trading fairly proved a popular suggestion
A TALK about Fair Trade produce was given to members of Trinity Ladies' After noon Fellowship. The meeting was opened by Mrs D.
Dixon, who introduced the guest speaker, Mrs M. Saberton. She told members that by purchasing
Fair Trade goods they would be helping people in Africa and Asia to help them selves. With a small amount of money these peo
ple are able to buy wood, as well as material for sewing and basket making. A stall was manned by Mrs Saberton
with members able to purchase dried fruit, tea, coffee, biscuits and sweets. Refreshments were served by Mrs
McGowan, Miss Hetherington and Mrs Scott. Flowers were given to Mrs Saberton and
the pianist for the afternoon was Mrs E. Cowperthwaite. The next meeting will be the Christmas
lunch. This will be held at the Post House on December 8th.
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