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member states. Conservatives continue to take the flak for the state of our railways rather than admit to our people that they were following an EU directive. As a matter of interest,


France currently has the most number of cases against it in the European Court of Justice - over 400 a t the last count. These are for non compliance with either regulations or refusal to comply with ECJ judgements. Why are we tolerating this nonsense folks?


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post office I JUST felt I had to write to you about my initial disap­ pointment and now disgust upon hearing of the proposal to close Henthorn Road Post Office in Clitheroe. This is a very busy and


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in the town is insane and they would need to make it twice as big - at a great expense. Save Henthorn Road Post


Office.


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for closures THERE is presently much con­ cern and anger about the clo­ sure of well-loved local Post Offices in the North West. People are unfortunately


directing their fury in the wrong direction. Their MPs and Government are helpless. In October 1998, under the


framework of the European Joint Committee on Postal Ser­


vices, an agreement was signed between member states, which included the UK, to “Mod­ ernise” and “Liberalise” the postal services within Europe (EU Directive 2002/39/EC). This “Agreement” was sup­


posed to be a positive step in developing European mod­ ernised postal services which “would create employment and flexibility within Europe's Postal services”. However since this agree­


ment was signed, countries like Belgium have seen nothing but unrest. In Britain, not only have we seen the disappearance of our second class service, but complaints continue to rocket in relation to an increasingly deteriorating first class postal service. Add to this the closure of a


large proportion of much need­ ed sub post offices and you have another example of the hidden EU causing havoc and hard­ ship. Directory inquiries, imple­


mented under EU regulations COS/1994/2184-paperl, has given us the expensive and highly inefficient 118 service, all due to the “Liberalisation of


the Telecommunications Mar­ ket”. The very worst of the hidden


EU is the debacle of our rail­ way system (EU Directive 91/440), which separated rail from services. So blindly imple­ mented by the last Conserva­ tive government, it is totally ignored by all the other EU


monstrous plan NEWSPAPERS traditionally print nonsense on April Fool’s Day and many residents of Slaidburn think that the article of April 1st entitled “Massive backing for new village hall in Slaidburn” falls into this cate­ gory. The unspoilt character of the


village of Slaidburn is one of the jewels in the Ribble Valley’s crown, which people come from all over the country to see. Whilst the residents are in


favour of retaining the chapel and the chapel house, they do not want to replace the attached Sunday school, which harmonises with the chapel, with a much larger building complete­ ly out of harmony. It is not the front of the chapel


that visitors see approaching from the east, but the side over­ looking the village green. One look at the barn-like


structure and large slabs of glass shows that the design would be more appropriate for a super­ store or a building in a retail park. To write that the Slaidburn


Property Trust has received an impressive 179 letters of support is misleading propaganda. If one letter per household was allowed it is thought that the number would be nearer 30 and the majority are little more than names on a petition as the Prop­ erty Trust wrote the letters, which people signed. How many of those people


believed when they signed the forms that they were supporting the general concept of a village hall rather than the proposed monstrosity?


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The intention to pave and


make a car park on a registered village green, which is also a flood plain, is unacceptable, as is extending the plans over land they do not own.


Promises were made of a joint


meeting of the parish council, Ribbie Valley Borough Council, English Heritage and nearby res­ idents before the plans were sub­ mitted, but it never happened. The Property Trust refuses to consider alternative plans, which have been drawn up, which are in keeping with the conservation area. If the people of the Ribble Valley knew the size of the pro­ posed building there is strong feeling that little backing for the massive new village hall at Slaid­ burn would reflect informed opinion more accurately. Should this monstrosity look


over the village'green at Slaid- bum?


MR AND MRS S. WOOD, MR AND MRS D. PEARSON, MR AND MRS M. COOK, MR AND MRS T. WOOD­ COCK, MR AND MRS J. CLARKSON, Residents of the village green, Slaidburn


Decisions will


be less secret IT IS good news that all 25 gov­ ernments of Europe now seem united in supporting the draft EU constitution. I t is not a perfect document,


but it is a great deal better than the existing treaties. The constitution will end the


secrecy behind which key EU decisions have been made, and will strengthen the role of national parliaments in holding ministers to account and chal­ lenging proposed EU laws. It will help Europe speak with


a single voice on a world stage otherwise dominated by Presi­ dent George W. Bush. It will give individual citizens new legal rights. It will make it more diffi­ cult for countries like France and Spain to block much-needed reforms to the common agricul­ tural and common fisheries poli­ cies. Rejecting it wouldn't mean


that the EU goes away, but that we just muddle along the same problems as at present. Liberal Democrats are calling for a refer­ endum on the issue. Without question we should vote YES.


CHRIS DAVIES, Liberal Democrat MEP for the North West


Your letters. . .


• The Editor welcomes letters on any subject, but correspondents are reminded that contributions may be edited or condensed, must not exceed 350 words and should reach us by noon on Tuesday. Letters w ith noms de plume are now only accept­


ed for publication if the editor agrees that there is a valid reason for the writer's identity to be withheld. Letters can be sent by post to the Clitheroc Adver­ tiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB7 2E\V, via e-mail to vivien.meath@eastlancsncws.co.uk,


via fax to 01200 4434G7 or texted to 07799G9G417. Letters submitted by any of these methods must include the writer's name and full postal address.


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leg is ended! AS I was walking my veloci­ pede at the extremities of the Clitheroe Town boundary I stumbled upon a leg which I pulled from the undergrowth. I believe it is part of your


Tyrannosaurus Rex. I have taken it home and


cleaned i t up and found the word "Airfix" highlighted along its width. I believe my leg is more


Psychedelic Era than Creta­ ceous - say late ’60s.


The museum would not take


it as they do not accept plastic. However a comer of the Plat­


form Gallery has been found and there it sits with the cus­ tomary 450 Euros label. A home needs to be found if


we can marry the two parts together - the original box with exploded diagram would of course be a great help. Surely a vacant plinth can be


found outside the local Joke Emporium a t the RVBC Offices - after all disabled sculp­ tures do seem to be the in-thing if Trafalgar Square is anything to go by.


IDI "PUSS"REX (a.k.a. Bruce Dowles) Whatley Road, Clitheroe


Thanks for all


your vital help THE Meningitis Trust would like to take this opportunity to thank toddlers in the North West for helping to raise £330,000 towards the fight against meningitis. Thousands of under-fives


throughout the region joined m our special “Toddle Waddle” sponsored walk and helped to make this the biggest fund-rais-


Thank you for doing


something amazing I AM writing to thank your readers who have donated blood or bone marrow to the National Blood Service (NBS) over the past year for their support and to persuade others to become donors as well. I would also like to thank those people


who support the NBS behind the scenes: the local collection session organisers, companies and volunteers who make valu­ able contributions to help the NBS fulfil its core purpose of saving and improving lives. I recently presented the NBS’s National


Special Awards. The awards recognise the work of those people who have made “special” contributions to the service, including staff, volunteers, organisa­ tions, blood donors and recipients. These people really have gone the


extra mile to support the NBS and I had the opportunity to see at first hand that being a blood or bone marrow donor real­ ly can save and improve patients’ lives. It was a great honour and has inspired


me to help spread the word. By giving blood you really are doing


something amazing - saving lives. During the awards, as well as meeting


blood transfusion recipients, I met some of the wonderful donor carers who


ensure that giving blood is as comfortable as possible, and also the volunteers who help to organise donor sessions across the country. Without these very special people the


NBS wouldn’t be able to operate and a big thank you goes to them as well. The NBS requires 9,000 units of blood


every day to meet demand from hospitals, and the demand never stops. Please become a donor. To find where


your nearest donor session is taking place, call the National Donor Helpline on 0845 7711711 or visit www.blood.co.uk


TANIA BRYER, TV presenter and blood donor


www.clitheroetodayco.uk


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, April 8th, 2004 19


STANDING proud with all limbs intact!


ing event ever for the Meningi­ tis Trust. The money raised will help us


continue our fight against meningitis, which still kills more under-fives than any other infectious disease. Your readers can see pho­


tographs and find out about this year’s event at www.toddle- waddle.org. It is only with the continued


support of the public that we will remove the threat of meningitis in the UK.


CHRIS HUGHES North West Regional Development Officer, Meningitis Trust


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