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8 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, January 15th, 2004:


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POWERGEN THE CnslIe, where dirt and tiereliction have sadly become the norm (s) Exciting plans ahead


for Clitheroe Castle I WAS glad to see your article about the Cas­ tle.


■ In 2002 we carried out an extensive consul­


tation exercise among the people of Clitheroe, and the issues you raised were very much on people's minds. - The Castle and its grounds are the town's biggest tourist attraction, and an important recreation area. - There are separate plans for the Castle buildings and the grounds.


In respect of the Castle buildings, there are .


exciting proposals following a feasibility study carried out last year on behalf of the council. The idea is to roof in the old aviary area, improving the museum and raising the profile of the sound archives. Facilities for visitors, particularly schools.


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THE culling edge of hair styling is the business at Paul Smith's salon at Crow Wood, Staff are highly experienced — many of them Tony and Guy


trained - and the bright, modern salon offers the most up-to-date hairstyles and techniques. Situated next to the state-of-the-art Crow Wood Leisure Centre in


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Ro ylo R o a d , c l ie n t s id o jn o L n e e d - to<be jm em b e r s c a ^ d r c a n .enioy^.i. being pampered in the peaceful, beautiful surrounding. V


Customers con also take advantage of the 300-space car park. The salon, which was


established by Paul Smith nine months ago, has been nominated by Andrew Collinge for


the Fellowship of


Hairdressing, and stylists have taken part in the Clothes Show Live and Salon International shows. Paul is keen to keep one step


ahead of the trends and insists on his staff being trained in high- tech cutting and colouring techniques.


THE new Smiths salon in Barrowford, which will open in Riverway, off Gisburn Road, next month, will bring together the talent and expertise of Paul and his business partner, Christian Smith, as well as a team of highly-trained stylists. Paul will return to the Barrowford salon one day a week. This is a new venture for Christian, the former manager of Angles


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in Barrowford, who has trained in Manchester, London and Europe, he will be working at the Crow Wood salon until Barrowford opens in February and will continue there one day a week. The salon has been extensively refurbished, totally redecorated


and fitted with the latest styling equipment and hairdressing facilities.


. ■ Paul and Christian are hoping to


extend opening hours from 8am to 9pm to give customers as much flexibility as possible. A hair fashion show is being


planned to launch the new salon and specialist sessions are to be held in both salons. Clients wanting a free


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would be greatly improved, and there would be the possibility of a cafe in the new roofed area, which would have excellent views. There are plans for a new "contemplative


garden" in the area around the war memorial, to include the old council yard. The issue with the trees is over (it should not be forgotten that the original idea was to cut down all of the trees around the Castle), and I agree with your observations on the current poor state of the area. There are always problems with mainte­


nance. All councils seem to dislike annual expenditure commitments like that, but where is the sense in allowing the area to deteriorate? Could this be a good time to discuss more vol­ untary involvement in the maintenance of the Castle and grounds? Perhaps even community ownership? As for the Castle grounds, the council's pro­


posals wore published last year. While we had reservations about a proposed butterfly garden


and one or two other aspects of the scheme, we welcomed the proposal for better drainage for the Castle field, and the retention of the exist­ ing bandstand site, with Improvments. We wel­ comed the retention of the all-weather playing area beyond the bowling green, and Clitheroe the Future paid for a new all-weather pitch, which was installed last year. Consultation on re-instating the skate park is taking place. Clitheroe the Future is confident of bringing


significant amounts of money into the tovvn to help with issues of the kind you raised in your article; To help us spend this money wisely, we always welcome new members and views. If you are interested in the fu tu re of .


Clitheroe, please contact us on 01200 427886, or contact us at our website: www.clitheroethe- future.co.uk


JEREMY GROUT-SMITH, Clithcroc the Future


Let US make a start on


the clean-up operation I AM one of those protesters about the Castle mound trees. I have lost the "battler" spirit however, hence


my tight-lipped and ashen-faced approach to the logging activities in Brungerley Park. • But I did make the trek to the Castle (with­


out oxygen) and confirm the dereliction. I t does not help of course when consultants promise the earth (and charge it) with the attraction of a Lottery grant. I have read their report and believe me it is not rocket science. Much of it is transposed from any other con­ sultant's report, just certain names appear to have been changed. But, in the meantime, the do nothing option is as you say as if "we" are ashamed of the place. So let's have a DIY job to remove the spray


paint and please replace the interpretation sign. P u t simply, the transfer of the Parks


Department from next door to the Keep to the main depot at Salthill should be expedited and


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the unsightly former greenhouse area to the of our, war memorial should be cleansed


and brought into use as a car park and/or pic- . nic area..


That is the theory anyway. ./; ; V Please also note th a t th e Keep itself is


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neglected and suffers from the same fate as the rest of the immediate surrounding area. English Heritage will not be happy bunnies! ;


BRUCE DOWLES,


WhalleyRoad, Clitheroc


Thanks to the people


o f ‘God’s country’ FOR nine years, my husband and I had come to the Ribble Valley to visit. ■ My husband was born in Preston and his


parents loved to visit here. He imported me from America.


. So, two years ago we decided to leave Cam­


bridge to come to live in “God’s country”. We sold our home and moved here in September, '


2002. Sadly, in early August of 2003, I lost my


dear husband. Every morning I wake up and thank him for bringing me here. The care and warmth I have found here has helped me to survive and go on. So, thank you.


MRS. T.L. TURNBULL, Greenacres, Read


Regional Assembly:


another option BY now all households should have received a leaflet outlining the Boundary Committee's proposals for new unitary authorities. I urge everybody to read it carefully and to respond, whatever their views. I appreciate that the committee has carried


out the remit set by the Government, which allows only for unitary authorities. However, the proposals are entirely dependent upon peo­ ple voting for an elected Regional Assembly in the North West of England. I t would have made more sense had the


Government first addressed the “West Lothi­ an Problem” so that Scottish and Welsh MPs no longer have a vote on issues th a t do not affect their constituents. An English Assembly or Parliament could


Vill a fir


by Victoria Duffy


PUPILS and teachers! Sabden County Primal School are on cloud nil after being the first schoolj Lancashire to receive


“excellent” Ofsted report.l Inspectors found that tl


Whalley Road school provif “an excellent quality curriJ lum and values each subjif equally”, which places it in : top 5% of schools in the coij


try. The report, which has thrill


be established or, better still since it would involve no extra expenditure, Scottish and Welsh MPs excluded from debating or voting on measures that do not apply to their coun­ tries. While not objecting to the establishment of


teachers and governors, finds t.f the school excels in teaching, lei


the Government's p rop osals fo r .R eg io n a l Assemblies and Unitary Author ities seem


the Scottish and Welsh Assemblies, both have led to vastly increased expenditure. Multiply this by the number of Regional Assemblies proposed for England and I fear for the finan­ cial consequences. I sincerely hope that voters do not approve the Government’s proposals. In addition to the financial consequences,


designed to make local government less ' accountable and definitely less local. This is particularly the case in an area such as the Ribble Valley, which is predominantly rural with a scattering of market towns and villages, where I fear decisions being made by an urban majority with little or no understanding of, or feeling for, rural issues. All the Options for Lancashire propose


transferring part of Rossendale to Rochdale and two of them propose uniting the Lancaster District with South Cumbria, which was his­ torically part of Lancashire. Was it not possi­ ble for the committee to think “outside the box” and to also propose mergers across region­ al boundaries, such as the Ribble Valley Dis­ trict and northern parts of the Pendle District with the Skipton District, all three being sim­ ilar in nature? If people were to vote for a Regional Assem­


bly, and I sincerely hope th a t they will not, then before new unitary authorities are estab­ lished I would hope th a t my proposal for a merger of predominantly rural authorities will be given serious consideration. If that were not possible, then Option Three


comes nearest to preserving “local” govern­ ment in th a t it proposes placing the Ribble Valley District in the smallest possible unitary authority, but who wants to be lumped with Blackburn-with-Darwen and Hyndbum?


ANTHONY A. COOPER, Peel Park Avenue, Clithcroc


These figures do not


add up to more safety EURO MP Chris Davies says that the risk of an accident occurring has been reduced by two- thirds through the Introduction of 20 m.p.h. zones. Maybe then he could explain how to cal­ culate the two-thirds reduction if, apparently, drivers are s t il l driving a t 40 m.p.h., as explained by Mr Peter Cloney (January 8th). Also, given that it is assumed that these acci­


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COURSES for first aid are bei:| Clitheroe. Following the lead given l l


headquarters, the Red Cross [ attempting to increase pubUB


the need tor first aid knowledge As a resuAt a scr\cs ot


over the next few weeks. The! Aid Course is considered the u | Aid training for adults and 1 two hours per week. This il course starting on January 22:f at the Red Cross Centre in Bal The Basic First Aid Coursel


to suit the needs of any orgail office-based company and group to active groups like ScT ingclub.


They last seven hours, whicj I


led into three evening sessioi held anywhere there is a suit.l aim is to give people a gencril


organisations at a venue of th i last two hours and aim to in;| support skills. The Save a Life courses i{


order to defray costs there is ; standard and basic courses. To book on the Standard col


inquiries about any of the couil Red Cross Training Officer Wl on 01772 424965.


A refreshil out for rai


IT was a fresh, dry, but cIouJ Clitheroo Ramblers set off oil walk from the Crook O'Lune " Mick Donoghue. The Lunc was in spate, ma|


side flooded, but the path til known officially as “Lune Vall|


clear. At Aughton (pronounced.


river was left to climb a rathj the olde-worlde and quiet ha house built in the past 200 ytl taken here.


dents are only attributable to speed, could it not be that in order for an accident to occur a pedestrian has to walk in front of a moving car in the first place, regardless of whether it is travelling at 20 or 40 m.p.h. Similarly, those who conjure these spurious


claims about road safety could also show us how to calculate how many lives each speed camera saves, despite there being no reduction In the death rate for the previous six years! According to the Transport Research Labo-


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/ ; . A. Aughton's main claim to fa I


ding Festival” held every 2l! being in 1992 when the pul 7,1901b. ,


After lunch, the route cont! I


ney Hill to Sidegarth, throuff to the road, turning in at Oall the festival is held. Good all rl enjoyed as the path continuecl hamlets of the Highfields - Ml - where in bygone days iro | made. A second break was taker


leader's wife; Doreen, pasd mince pies. The walk then col the imposing Halton Park wl|


Woodland


A NEW 55-acre community I Ribblo Valley is about to be ol


Situated between ClithcrocI


the River Ribble, Standen fl Woodland is a new rcsourcl


opened on January 28th for a | it for informal recreation. .ft was planted out last yea


the children of Barrow Prini were supervised by the parisl


Lancashire Countryside SenP eventually be incorporated


short walks based around r which ivill be a circular route


• tions of the walks should be I Tourist Information Centre I


in the new woodland. / - ; : Access to the woodland is 11 Mitton'Road and the Ribblel


picked up leading back to the I walked an interesting and refi j


what to do in an emergency si I Save a Life courses are ol


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