16 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 14th, 2004


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This should not


is still hard to take in, but the sadness is now slowly turning to anger as this was a needless accident waiting to happen. Some 12 months ago, I


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organised a petition a t the request of many villagers to have a crossing installed in Chatbum to replace the two we used to have th a t were removed. This was because the villagers felt the traffic was increasing so much i t was becoming difficult for the older residents of the sheltered accommodation to cross the road to the shops. In ju s t over a week, more


than 400 people had put their names to it, which must repre­ sent almost every household in the village. I duly took the peti­ tion to the council offices to


find out to whom I should send it.


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attend our parish council meet­ ing to express our concerns and were met with an equally nega­ tive response, being told that we did not meet the criteria for a crossing as there had been no serious accidents or deaths to warrant the cost (what cost is human life?). To make matters worse


(much worse as it turns out), LCC in its infinite wisdom decided after making such a mess of the junction a t the A59/Pendle Road to Clitheroe they would close the access into Pendle Road to all traffic com­


DUE TO MODERNISATION OF OUR


CLITHEROE BRANCH OUR BUSINESS WILL BE CLOSED


FRIDAY 15th OCTOBER & TEMPOIRARILY TRANSFERRED TO- 36 KING STREET (50 yards down the road) F R O M S A T U R D A Y 16th O C T O B E R


OUR TELEPHONE NUMBER REMAINS THE SAME


01200 427136


ing from the direction of Skip- ton. As traffic cannot now turn


into Clitheroe, they simply turn into Chatburn at the Saw- ley Road exit and have a straight run into Clitheroe. LCC has created an extreme­


posed to help Chatbum is now no help a t all. In fact. Chat- burn is now being used as a b3rpass to byrpass the bypass. In my opinion LCC has a lot to answer for. This old lad y ’s untimely and violent end is mainly on their hands and we hope they will now start to lis­ ten to the people who live and


ly dangerous rat run through (;he village because it is unwill­ ing to spend money creating a proper and safe junction on the A59/Pendle Road end. A bypass which was sup­


dagger, who informed me that he was going to a meeting with Lancashire County Council Highways Department and he would be glad to take it along and hand it over for me. Since then, despite numerous inquiries we have not even had the courtesy of a reply from LCC, no acknowledgement or any sort of communication. We then asked the police to


have happened I WRITE to express the village of Chatburn's sadness a t the untimely death of one of our dearest older residents. Our hearts go out to her relatives and friends. The shock of what happened


Letters to the Editor Dream on, i f s


only a fairytale ONCE upon a time a town called Clitheroe served well its residents and also the surrounding local vil­ lages. I t had a traffic problem with


traffic going through the town cen­ tre, so a bypass was constructed to ease the problem. This was so successful that .signs


were erected on the bypass to encourage people to visit this ancient town. So the people came, and also four


i l l * THE scene of the fatal accident in Chatburn (G111004/6c)


work here, who could see that it was only a matter of time before this happened and will happen again if nothing is done. We are elected to listen to the


people we represent and help them fight their corner, but who has listened to us! No one. We are certainly not going to


let this matter drop as the traf­ fic is now so bad it takes more than five minutes to exit Ribble Lane on to the main road - it used to be a matter of seconds. How the police can say there


has been no significant increase in traffic is laughable as we who


live here 24/7 see it every hour of every day. A crossing is now a must and should be made a priority before someone else is killed.


COUN. HOWARD DOUGLAS, Ribbic Valley Borough councillor for Chatburn


Parking, cars


are chief issues CONGRATULATIONS to Mr A. Warrington - letters Octo­ ber 7th - for cutting through all the pomposity and posturing on the issue of the Mosque development, and for making the one incontrovertible point on which all residents of Castle View/Kirkmoor Road agree; there is already too much park­ ing and traffic down a road


which has only one entrance and exit. Unlike some of your corre­ spondents, he speaks with


authority because he lives there. I t was this safety considera­


tion which led to the residents opposing both an earlier hous­ ing development and the more recent arts centre proposal. I would also add, in support of Mr Warrington, that the quali­ ty of life of those who live in the area is a not inconsiderable fac­ tor; we chose to live where we do because it was a pleasant residential area, offering rela­ tively quiet and safe ambience to young and old alike. The building of a place of public ^ emb ly will cause an


appreciable deterioration in that quality of life, while fur­


ther increasing the already dan­ gerously high traffic volumes passing through a dangerous junction in the town. It is intriguing to note that it


is those who write to you from outside the area who are the ones trying to distract from the real issues by attributing racist motives to opponents of the scheme, accusing us of being intolerant, and forgetful of our


responsibilities to others in the community. I, for one, take exception to


being lectured from afar about tolerance and learning to live with those of other faiths; this is not an issue and to raise it ill serves both the Muslim and non-Muslim communities, by playing right into the hands of political extremists. My position remains as it has


always been: the area under discussion is not suited to building a place of public assembly, whoever the intended users, and the same arguments, based on traffic volume and the quality of life of the residents, which I put forward against previous planning applica­


tions, are just as pertinent in this case. Nor should we lose sight, too,


of the fact that whatever the decision on this particular appUcation, there still remains the development of the remain­ ing and much larger site: a prospKt of more traffic, pollu­ tion, invasion of privacy and noise. Ah well, some of us


should be battle-hardened vet­ erans by then!


PETER A. ANWYL, Castle View, Clithcroc


Something of


benefit to all IP the council is to sell its for- mer depot off Kirkmoor Road, Lhtheroe, it should be sold with the proviso that no sectarian building - be it a church, hall,


or Mosque etc. - can be built upon it.


Planning permission should given to something


the RibWe Valley community. If we English are so "intoler­ ant, as some people would


have us believe, why do so


many immigrants want to come and live here? Why are there so many Asian food out­ lets and taxi drivers in Clitheroe and most other towns and cities in England. Just who are their customers? The English are, in the main,


a tolerant people, but sadly that tolerance has been greatly abused, mainly by career politi­ cians with a policy of divide and rule. Finally, I think local con­


cerns should be given first con­ sideration. The residents in the Kirkmoor Road area should be asked what they want. After all, they live there 24 hours a day, seven days a week.


BERT HARDWICK, Queensway, Waddingion


Barrow is the


obvious choice! I’M very impressed by the pub­ lic-spirited view of Zoe, of Bar- row. Obviously, Barrow is the


place to build the Mosque. I t is handy for the A59, so


that Muslims from Accrington and Blackburn can commute easily. Zoe, then, can have instant


local viewpoints, instead of having a voice a t three miles range.


IVOR NASH, Faraday Avenue, Clilheroe


Yet more hassle


for everybody PROM the initial figures for the number of parking ticket issued in the first few weeks, it would appear the council will raise around £4,000 to £5,000 per month, but some of this it will never collect. I t would seem th a t this


would barely cover the cost of the three wardens. I, for one, have never had a problem park­ ing during the day in Clitheroe, so it seems rather pointless and will just cause people a bit more hassle.


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supermarkets came to town which were then given all the best car parks on a massive scale. A few small areas were left,


payable of course. The town grew, businesses grew, house prices rose, council tax rose. “Oops, Clitheroe had a parking problem.” Never fear, Parkwise is here. So dream on, you may grow up


to be a Parkwise employee, a clam­ per or even a town councillor - any­ thing is possible. You could, of course, dream of


free, tree-lined car parks with a traffic-free town centre. However, dream on, this is only a


bedtime story.


AN INTERESTED OBSERVER Name and address supplied


A few words of


advice, thaf s all MR BROWN in his response to my le tte r on the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 has


jumped to the conclusion that there is a hidden agenda behind the mes­ sage my letter conveyed. Can I say to Mr Brown tha t I


have no axe to grind. I do not own any land in the designated areas, I do not hunt, I do not shoot, although I do fly-fish. I am a great admirer of our beautiful country­ side, a dedicated conservationist and I have trekked the wild expans­ es of Lancashire, Cumbria and Yorkshire since the age of five. There is no denying that the haz­


ards I mentioned are out there and their dangers can be exacerbated by adverse weather conditions. All I am saying to Mr Brown and oth­ ers of a like mind is, be wary and consider the financial implications.


ANDREW J. MOORE, Kenilworth Drive, Clitheroc


So sorry for any


inconvenience I AM writing to apologise to mem­ bers of the public for any inconve­ nience that is being caused during the building work to our house at Black Lane Croft, Clitheroe. I thought it would be courteous


of me to explain what is happening. We are having a disabled exten­


sion built on to our existing build­ ing for my husband, (seen in last week’s issue of your newspaper). At the moment, he has to trans­


fer from his wheelchair to the stair lift and then back into his wheelchair again every time he needs to use the toilet and when going to bed. This causes him


extreme pain due to the nerve damage th a t he sus­ tained when he was involved in an HGV acci­ dent. When the


extension is built i t will provide Simon with a down­ stairs bedroom and shower room with a toilet, which will keep his transferring to a minimum. We have had


several com­ ments from p a s s e r s - b y about the vans being parked at the back of our house part­ ly blocking the walkway from the train station. The path is being kept as clear as


it possibly can be. I t would be impossible for the


builders to carry out the work with­ out access, but we would like to assure the public that any vehicles will be either loading or unloading and will clear the way as soon as they have finished. We are sorry for the inconve­


nience caused by the building work, but i t is essential for making Simon’s day-to-day living as "nor­ mal" and as pain-free as possible.


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