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I Write to: The Editor, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clilheroe BB72EW Editorial e-mail, \hicn. What an absolutely
great place to live! I MOVED to this area six months ago and I want to say how very glad I am to have
done so. Prices are so much lower, service is much
better, the scenery is stunning, especially where I live, traffic is scarce compared to my former home and the beer is wonderfull . Clitheroe is a delightful town, clean, tidy, bustling and with many local shops
and businesses. But, above all, what has struck me is the
people of Clitheroe and the villages. I have been so delighted by the friendliness and kindness of all those with whom I have come in contact. I really can say that I have not yet met a
single unfriendly or unhelpful person. Here, folk take pleasure in giving good ser vice, having a chat, giving you a smile, passing the time of day. I do not want to knock the Bucking
hamshire people, but I never received such a response all the time I was there. My point can best be made by my saying that I have not once missed my former home. I am also highly impressed by the
youngsters who work in the area, who are always polite and helpful. May I say a special thanks for welcom
ing me to the Waddington Arms, the Edis- ford Bridge, the Aspinall Arms, the check out ladies in Booth's and Dave in Dunsop Bridge, who repaired my car and charged half what I would have had to pay down south! But to all you people of Clitheroe and
the villages, a heart-felt thank you! This really is God's own country.
ALLAN FRISWELL, Hodder Court, Chaigley
My hunt day invitation
was really an eye-opener I STARTED riding as an adult, just for the plea sure of hacking around the countryside where we
live. Now as a retired grandma of seven, I have
been hunting for the first time in my life. On Saturday, November 6th, I took advantage
of the open invitation extended by the Masters of the Pendle Forest and Craven Hunt to join them for a day, and I had the most fantastic time. The thrill of riding across country was unfor
gettable. The sheer enjoyment of everyone, whether
mounted or on foot was unmistakable, and the welcome we all received, whether “newcomers”, “regulars” or “foot followers” was warm and
friendly. I never thought that I would go hunting, per
haps, like many others, I believed a person was born into that lifestyle, but Saturday was an eye
opener. Hunting is a rural tradition to be enjoyed by anyone who loves a good day out in the country.
■TUDY DRIVER, Clithcroc
These are, indeed, very
frightening times WE live in very frightening times at this point of
history. The medieval knights had a moral code of not
finishing off defeated opponents. We slide down with the horrors of the French
Revolution. the First World War followed. At the end of it the nations' leaders gathered in Versailles to look
up a code for humanity. Hopes lost again with merciless sword raised - a
rare escape but no mercy. Once again we hear calls for mercy. Mercy can
not be plucked off.a tree. Mercy can not be taught. I t has to grow in human hearts and encompass us all to be real. How incongruous looks an article in the
Clitheroe Advertiser and Times produced by Pen dle Forest and Craven Hunt: "Come and enjoy a day's hunting". Watch a creature run for its life - 1 know how it
feels, I have been there. The sad victim which the hunts' produce will not even beg for mercy. It is a foreign word in hunt vocabulary.
IRENE ZALASIEWICZ, Survivor of Soviet Labour Camp, Hebburn Drive, Bury
Thank you for a poignant
service for oiir loved ones I WOULD like to offer my thanks to the Rev. Rodney Nicholson for the remembrance service which he held at St Paul’s Church on Sunday It was held in memory of local people who have
died naturally and not in the wars and I felt therefore that it had certain poignancy. I lost my husband last year and I felt the ser
vice, was very appropriate. So thank you Rodney tor your thoughtfulness
in allowing some of us to remember our nearest and dearest in God’s house on Remembrance Sun day.
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J. M. DEVINE, Edisford Road, Clitheroc
Anonymity and the right
to decide who and when YOUR reply as Editor to our questions about the use of a "nom de plume" was inadequate and evaded the basic issues. The need for anonymity must relate to the con
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mcath@castlancsnews.co.uk~~|—
tent of a letter. How can it be justified to hide your identity when simply commenting on a plan ning application? If anyone submitted comments on a planning application to the local council anonymously, they would be completely ignored
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The site is the old Barkers garden
centre.site which is now empty. R.J.M.LOEBELL,
Edisford Road, Clitheroe
Why do you think it is acceptable m your news- A different set of rules for and rightly so.
D&D6r? The only other purpose of "Brockhall Resi
dent’s" letter seemed to be to make unfounded and false accusations against members of the parish council. Is it right for a newspaper to allow a writer to make such comments while hiding their identity? Again, tell us why you think it is
If you now realise you made a mistake, have tne courage to admit it.
acceptable. . ^ 4.1, Please give us straight answers to our direct ,• 4.
questions, not just a bland repetition of "I reserve the right as editor...." etc. CARL ROSS AND GRAHAM SOWTOR, Billington and Langho Parish Council
Vodafone: please think of
the health issues involved ARE people living in the Salthill area aware of
the dangers? Vodafone has applied to erect a 45ft. monopole
3G (third generation) mast within yards of peo ple’s homes, workplaces and play area. These masts allow people to watch videos p d
have extra services on their telephones, not just for communication, and they run off higher pul sating frequencies. In the past these masts have been placed in
fields away from homes, why now are they being allowed to be erected where people live and work? We do know these masts can cause illness in
people and children are most at risk. I am a mother of four and there are lots of
small children who live and play near the pro posed site - they cannot speak for themselves! Please can the owner of the land reconsider and look to the health issues involved?
JANE NOLAN, Salthill Road, Clithcroe
Please help me trace my
Ribble Valley ancestors I AM tracing my ancestors, the Hothersalls, who originated from Clitheroe. I have managed to get back to a John Hother-
sall, who was married in 1867 at St Mary’s Parish Church, Clitheroe, to an Elizabeth Hauson. I am also looking for details of Thomas Baron Hother- sall, who served in and survived the First World War in the Highland Light Infantry. Thomas was bom in 1881 in Castlegate. If any
one can help with any details of the Hothersalls or Hausons with photographs etc. I would gladly refund any costs that you may incur. You can write to me at the address below,
phone me on 01954 251518, or e-mail: long-
drove@hotmail.com
COLIN HOTHERSALL, 18 Leopold Walk, Cotlcnham, Cambridge, CB48XS
Possible site for number of religious groups
THERE are many more minor religions (I have counted at least six) th a t are practised in Clitheroe and the surrounding villages. They may in their own right like their own
place of worship. Would it not be a better idea to have one building that could be built for all the minor religions to use? May I suggest a site for this which has room tor
a decent-sized building with ample parking space and will not cause any traffic or noise problems.
the big businesses I READ with interest the relevance of the “Clitheroe Readers’” contribution to “Valley Matters”. A little more consideration can really work wonders. I propose a sequence, of the same title, should be addressed to the, I understand, adequately paid bureaucrats of our council offices. Like the Pharisees of the New Testa ment, they stringently make rules for others they never keep themselves. 1. Four superstores within the town where
modern 20th and now 21st planning says super markets should be outside, on the fringe of towns, so that town streets are not cluttered with accumulating numbers of cars - like our town. 2. And what consideration was ever given to
residents along Queensway (inner by-pass) up to the junction with Highfield Road? The views from their homes are the monstrosities of tower ing industrial blocks. And what aesthetic ethos for the hundreds of people who pass by them,
every day? 3. When visitors come I take them up to the
Castle to view our little town from above. I am struck by the intrusion of the acres (seemingly) of the strident metallic roofs of Ultraframe. Those who live in the area. Up Brooks, have the encroaching advance of these massive construc tions across the green fields towards their prop erties. They lament. No consideration is given to their views, it is the money of big business that
counts. 4. And I am prompted to write these com
ments through the observation of friends who point out tha t as we look out onto the views across Waddington and Grindleton Fells, the landscape is now impeded by a new huge blob, or blot, rising from the ICI works. If the site behind Kirkmoor Road is not to be designated for a mosque, there are valid applica
tions for industrial expansion. What the council has ignored has been the
application from a committed parent to develop there the facilities for skateboarding. The young people of the town have voiced, through your columns, their frustrations that the council lis tens with apparent sympathy to their ambitions, but produces nothing. And skateboarding activi ties are restricted to holiday visits to Blackpool. Why have to go so far? We all recognise, and we are grateful for, the
industries that offer employment to so many in our borough.
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What we lament is that the paid officials of the council, so sensitive and so often, I read in your paper, restrictive to the requests of individuals- have no compulsion at all at despoiling our tra ditional market town and its immediate environ ment when “Big Business” makes the demands.
ROBIN PARKER, St Chads Avenue, CHATBURN
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• The Editor welcomes letters on any subject, but correspondents are reminded that contributions maj be edited or condensed, must not exceed 350 words
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j WH,.. ,n. The Editor,
r.litheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW Editorial e-mail:
vivien.meath@
eastlancsnews.co.ul^ Seek immediate
medical advice YOUR readers may be aware of the rise in the reported cases of mumps. Most of these cases are appearing
in teenagers or young adults b e ^ ^ this age group missed out receiving the MMR vaccine, which was intro duced into the childhood immunisa tion programme in the late 1980s. The Meningitis TYust warns that
the affects of an increase in mumps cases could have an impact on the number of cases of viral meningitis this winter. We fully support the Department of Health’s initiative to offer the MMR vaccination to teenagers and young adults, as this will hopefully keep the incidences of this type of meningitis caused by the miunps ■virus to a minimum. Meningitis caused by the mumps
and measles virus had been virtually wiped out, but as a charity we are now very concerned that cases may
rise. We urge everyone, especially the
age group concerned to be aware of the symptoms of meningitis, as early diagnosis is vital. I have included the symptoms at
the bottom of this letter and would remind people that 24-hour informa tion is available from the Meningitis Trust on 0845 6000 800. Meningitis and septicaemia
symptoms include: fever, headache, stiff neck, light aversion, drowsines, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, fit-
• ting, high-pitched cry (in babies) and a bulging fontanelle (in babies). Symptoms can appear in any
order and may not all appear at once. Both adults and children may have a rash (septicaemia) that does n't disappear under pressure. Please remember, do not wait for
the rash as it may not always appear, if you suspect meningitis seek medi cal help immediately. ■
BRIDIE TAYLOR, Community Services Manager,
Meningitis Trust Is this extension
really justified? RE planning application 3/2004/0806 for Shirebum (Jaravan Park, Edisford Road, Waddington. I wish to object to this planning
application. Shireburn Caravan Park was
started as a site for holiday hoines, but now seems to be developing mto a park of residential homes, current
ly 55. The present site has a licence lor ,
200 caravans and so can easily absorb the 71 caravans applied for without the need to use the adjacent open countryside. If the park is allowed to expand it will mean a very large village is created or other wise a suburb of Clitheroe. Extra caravans will also cause a
big increase in the huge volume of traffic at present using the narrow twisting road between Edisford and
Waddington.
to shop for provisions etc travelling the two or more miles to Clitheroe s
four supermarkets as almost all the periphery small shops have closed.
The aonlication savs the site will People will have to use their cars We can all play a .
part in campaign IN a recent letter (We protect cars, whv not ueoole too? October 28th)
bring more tourism to the area. Where is the justification for this demand? A glossy brochure for 2004 (part funded by DEFRA) lists 18 holiday cottages in the surrounding
villages. The national demand for caravan
holiday parks is declining. People now want holiday homes or second homes in sunnier climes such as Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Mediter ranean countries and even the Caribbean islands and Florida. Evi dence for this trend is demonstrated in the increasing number of televi sion programmes and newspaper
articles. Therefore an extension to the pr^
sent park does not seem to be justi fied by reason of the very great strain that will be placed on Clitheroe’s public services, especial ly the health centre and the need for more doctors etc. Some residents in Clitheroe and
other Lancashire towns have sold their houses and taken up rraidence in the present park. Does this mean the applicant wishes to create a resi dential park rather than a holiday
park? Therefore, in conclusion, this
application needs very careful con sideration. D. PARKINSON St Paul’s Street,
Clitheroe • Copy of letter sent to Ribble
Valley Borough Council Planning Department and Nigel Evans MP
Mission details
available to view FIFTY SIX years ago, July/September 1947,1 was privi leged to be part of a Goodwill Mis sion to the USA/Canada with RAF 617 Squadron, in which 16 Lincoln Bombers toured America and Cana da and over the past four to five years I have, rather than rely on memory, researched the official Air Ministry documents of that tour, and made an A4 folder type book, some 90 pages long. Through various avenues, I have
contacted seven members of the Squadron who, like me, are still with us, and have obtained photographs etc. in order that it may add a little
flavour to the script. - At the request of the reference sec tion of Clitheroe Library, I have deposited a copy of the history of
the tour. I am anxious to advertise the fact . „ -
that this history exists, and adds to the history of such a famous squadron (The Dambusters), so that any other airmen, who are still around, may like to have a copy. The relatives of those airmen, who
are no longer with us, have been extremely grateful to receive a copy, so that the families can keep a histo ry of the father/husband exploits in
1947. bob HORNBY, Crow Trees Gardens, Chalburn
you helped me to identify how vul nerable road users were, in effect, the victims of inequality; a high-tech camera system at Manchester Traf- ford Centre had been extremely suc cessful and welcomed, in reducing the theft of motor vehicles to zero, whereas any such technology aimed at reducing road death to zero, has always met xvith a great deal of resis
tance. To this day, there are 10 people
killed and scores more seriously injured on our roads every day, a good many of them totally innocent of any wrong doing. And now we have yet another example of this inequality. “Clitheroe Police have renewed their plea to the public to work xvith them in a determined bid to put the brakes on car criminals”. Has any police force ever made such a plea to the motoring public to work with them in a determined bid to put the bakes on road traffic casu-
Would they attract much support
if they did? Or would it be the same old rhetoric? “Why don’t you get out there and catch the “real criminals . But how many children, cyclists and horseriders do “real criminals” kill? Nowhere near as many as law break
ing drivers. Surely any car owner who can t ^
respect the laws of the road — those laws that protect life - hardly has the right to expect the law to act in then- favour and protect their cars. How much more time would the police have to target car criminals if they didn’t have road casualties to deal
with? More often than not, car enme is
an act of desperation - to f^d drug dependency^perhaps. Driving at excessive speed on the other hand, is as often as not an act of greed - try ing to get more out of the system than the law allows - to make up for lost time or to make money. Insp. Bob Ford, of Clitheroe
Police said: “Car crime will never go away. I t is mindless damage, which causes motorists a good deal of money and repair. This sort of crime is very difficult to guard against . But, at least the damage can be
repaired. Unlike the broken body of a child or cyclist, hit by a ton of speeding metal. Car crime might be very difficult to guard against, but unlawful driving surely isn’t. Insp. Ford is urging members of
the public to call the police or Crimestoppers. And no doubt any video evidence would be more than
welcome. Can I ask him, therefore, if he
would welcome and act upon any video evidence of drivers using mobile phones and might he also consider training members of the public (cyclists or parente perhaps, who live in fear of speeding traffic) to use mobile speed cameras, m ini tiative I believe now in force in two counties at least - Cheshire and
Cumbria. Car crime and road death might
never go away. But with the public s help and co-operation, it can surely be “driven” far enough away so as to have a minimum of effect on the lives of decent law abiding people.
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Closures: another
blow to the elderly ROYAL MAIL’S reported plan to close up to 280 post offices will be a significant blow to a great many elderly people. As Britain’s largest provider of private
sheltered housing, we know that many pensioners still rely on the post office as their source of cash for everyday spending. Indeed, when choosing sites for new
developments locally, we still place great importance on having a post office and other public amenities nearby. Those of us lucky enough to be freely
mobile, or to have a home computer for banking by Internet, perhaps do not worry so much about the loss of post office coun ters - although they are all part of a depressing picture of public services in
decline. We have already seen rural post offices
decimated over the last 15 years; now we face the loss of up to half of Britain’s 560
town centre branches. The situation is not helped by the major
banks closing long-established branches in the high street. Yes, there are more cash points, but elderly people are understand ably wary of using credit cards and cash machines in the open street. They like to
deal with human beings. To the older person, the post office is
more than a convenience - it is part of the community they live in. Shutting local branches can only mean more reliance on the car or public transport, bringing added expense to the user and more damage to
the environment. And it is not only people needing their
pension money who are affected. Where do you take a parcel to be weighed if the post
office has gone? Almost every public service you can
think of, from railways to refuse collection, seems unable to grasp the concept of ser vice” these days, while continually raising costs. Do they not understand the well- proven saying “the customer is king ?
KEITH LOVELOCK Chief Executive, McCarthy and Stone pic,
Altrincham, Cheshire
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