10 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May'6th, 2004
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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified).
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Vs.co.uk | Lack of buses puts
pool out Of bounds AS a disabled pensioner I would like to bring to the attention of the residents of Clitheroe that there is no bus service to Clitheroe’s swimming pool. I no longer own a car so unless I trav
el by taxi I am unable to get to any of the facilities at Edisford Bridge, includ ing a stroll by the river! The council is considering a park and
ride bus service to ease the traffic in the town centre. Can I suggest the large Edisford car
park would be ideal for this and also provide a bus service to the amenities at the edge of town.
BETTY JACOBS, Pine Grove, Clilhcroe
Be on your guard
for these pet killers LAST year (October 16th) you printed an article about rabbits being killed in the Edisford Road area by free-roaming dogs. As I had not heard any more about
the matter, I assumed it had been dealt with. But on Friday morning (April 30th) at 6 a.m. my 13-year-old son made a gruesome discovery on his way out to do his paper round. He found one of our rabbit hutches in
pieces and the rabbit left dead on the front lawn. After reading the article last year we
did everything we could think of to make our rabbits safer. We even fas tened the hutches with bolts and wing nuts to prevent animals opening them.
However, something was so deter
mined to get the rabbit that it tore an eight inch hole in the roof, which is
.made off quarter-inch plywood, and also managed to drag the hutch four feet. I am sure that with the state of the
hutch, the animal(s) in question must have also injured themselves. All three of my children are, natural
ly, very upset, but I would like to warn other pet owners who, like me, thought the matter had been resolved, to be on the lookout!
S. TAYLOR (MRS), Faraday Avenue, Clilhcroe
Hard decision for
my elderly parents I AM writing this letter to inform the media of what I believe to be a gross injustice to my parents. Ribble Valley Borough Council
refused planning permission on March 2nd 2004 for a specially adapted granny annexe for my two disabled parents. My mother, Mrs Pauline Teasdale
was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 25 years ago. Now in her 70s, she needs special disabled facilities and wider doors than at her current place of resi dence. My father, Mr Thomas Teasdale, has
angina and suffers with gout and would also benefit from the new accommoda tion and it would help him to better assist my mother. Despite the council receiving a doc
tor's statement and detailed plans for converting a suitable outbuilding, including numerous calls from our local councillor Mr Collis and our parish
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council's approval, it was refused and we are all devastated. There were no objections whatsoever from any parties and we cannot understand therefore why it was refused. Hence this letter to inform you of
what we believe to be the council's out rageous behaviour and maybe it will reconsider its decision.
JOHN TEASDALE JUN, Ribchesler 9 The council's refusal notice which
refers to a specific agricultural property in.Ribchester states that the proposal would "lead to the creation of a new dwelling in the open countryside with out sufficient justification to the detri ment of the visual amenities of the area", that it would add to the "signifi cant over supply of residential develop ment within the borough" contrary to Policy 12 of the emerging Lancashire Structure Plan, it would represent "an urban encroachment to the detriment of the surrounding countryside” and that it would set a "dangerous prece dent." The applicant can, of course, appeal to the Secretary of State - Editor
Could you give help
to the Samaritans? ON Saturday, May 22nd, the Black burn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley branch of the Samaritans will be mak ing its annual street collection in and around Clitheroe town centre. Previous collections have been a great
success and the people of Clitheroe and surrounding areas are to be thanked for their generosity. Listening volunteers are always required at the Blackburn office and,
during May, information sessions have been planned for anyone interested in the work of the Samaritans. The number to ring is 01254 662424.
NORMAN JOHNSTON, Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valiev Samaritans
What is happening
to our country? WHAT is going on in this country and with this Government? I see in one of the Sunday newspapers
that Maxine Carr might be given wit ness protection costing the tax payers millions of pounds. Yet, we have pen sioners unable to pay their council tax. I really do feel the Conservatives
have got to get a grip on these things. If Miss Carr cannot go outside then
let's keep her locked up. Everyone is worried about the
growth of the BNP and the support it’s getting. Should we be surprised when we see millions of pounds of tax payers’ money being spent not just on the likes of Carr, but asylum seekers, the one- handed cleric and others who abuse our freedom.
MARTIN JAMES, Mcadowside, Grindlelon
Let’s have this new
EU referendum A REFERENDUM on the new EU constitution will give Britain a chance to drain poison from its system, poison for too long spread through the lies and distortions of the eurosceptics. It will in effect be a referendum on whether
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ject, 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 with noms dc plume arc now only
accepted for publication if the editor agrees that there is a valid reason for the writer's identity to be withheld. Letters can he sent by post to the
Clithcroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clithcroe BBT 2EW, via e-mail to
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ods must, however, include the writer’s name and full postal address.
Beef and sheep info from the experts
GISBURN'S Stirk House Hotel is the venue for a beef and sheep event for live stock farmers tonight. Myerscough College's Rural Business
Centre has organised the free event for those working in the agricultural sector and the supply industry. Speakers include Peter Hardwick, inter
national manager MLC; Dan Weston, managing director of the Dales Quality Meat Company; John Thorley, chief exec utive NSA; Robert Forster, chief executive NBA and Tom Bathgate, chief executive Pye Bibby Agriculture. They will give an overview of the red
meat industry, changes in the home mar ket, challenges and opportunities in Europe and suggestions for rising to the challenge. The event starts at 7 p.m.
Britain is to play its part in making the policies of the European Union, or maintain its status as George Bush’s personal poodle. The time is long overdue for euroscep
tics to be forced to explain how Britain is going to shape the policies of a single market including nearly 500 million people without being a full member of the EU. They are going to have to tell us how we tackle the immense problems of the environment, of terrorism and organised crime, of immigration and asylum seekers, without developing common policies with our European partners. Glib answers will not suffice. The eurosceptics must present practical alternatives and I look forward to play ing my part in tearing them to shreds. I commend the website of the UK j
Independence Party to all those who j want to know just how divorced from j the realities of the 21st Century these j people have become. They will find : plenty of cheap criticisms, but nothing j that addresses the reasons why even j staunch critics like Margaret Thatcher j eventually played such an important j role in creating the European Union. They will also catch the whiff of xeno phobia. I t is not without reason that stories keep appearing about the links j between the UKIP and the British; National Party.
Y j No political system is perfect. I want i
major changes made both in European j policies and decision-making. The con-; stitution will help make it possible to achieve these reforms. I t is in every respect an improvement on the existing j situation. Let battle begin.
MR CHRIS DAVIES,
Liberal Democrat MEP for (he North West
Varied topics enjoyed at speakers’ club
A NUMBER of topics fell format worked well. The group under the spotlight at the latest next meets at the Young Farm meeting of Clitheroe Speakers’ ers’ Club, Lincoln Way, on Club. Each proved different, Monday, May 10th, from 7-15 and members agreed the varied p.m. and all are welcome.
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Writer helps make film on war spying
A WRITER from Clitheroe has been helping a French team make a film about a Second World War spy net
work. Mr David Harrison, who lives on Clare
mont Drive, compiled a booklet about the training of Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents at their secret base in Scot land, after researching the activities of the group in the area. The SOE agents and their instructors
were stationed in houses requisitioned in and around Arisaig, and the booklet has been made available at the Land, Sea and
Island Centre in the village, which is on the coast to the west of Fort William. As a result, Mr Harrison accompanied
the French film director Jean-Marie, whose grandfather was a member of a resistance group which received SOE agents parachuted into Gabarret, near Bordeaux, to Arisaig. Mr Barrere was making a documentary
for TV3 about the British connection with the French Resistance. Mr Harrison said: “The Arisaig area
played an important part in the para-mili tary training of about 3,000 secret agents. “The vicinity was ideal as there was only
one road to seal off, there was railway access and it was remote and a long way from Germany.” The houses, woods, beach es and hills were used for all aspects of training in survival and surveillance tech niques, and the use of small arms, sabotage explosives and radio equipment. During their service in France some of
the agents were captured and executed, or were imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps. After filming in Arisaig, the team flew to London, to visit the National Archives at Kew and to meet some of the surviving agents at the Special Forces Club in Knightsbridge.
Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May 6th, 200,4 11 Historic photos on show
MAY is Local History Month 2004 at Clitheroe Library’s ref erence department. To mark the occasion, a fas
cinating exhibition of historic photographs of Sabden will be on display throughout the
month. Compiled by Audrey Barrett and David Eaves, the exhibition previously attracted large crowds to Sabden Prima ry School over the Easter Bank Holiday.
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Young chef wins a Rotary club award
A TALENTED young Sawley teenager was the VIP guest at the Rotary Club of Clitheroe's monthly evening meeting. Justine Greenwood, a pupil at Clitheroe
Royal Grammar School, won the district final of the Rotary Young Chef 2004 com petition, held a t the Globe, Accrington. The chief judge was celebrity chef Nigel Smith of the Fielden Arms, Mellor. During the Rotary meeting, a t the
Shirebum Arms, Hurst Green, Justine was presented with an engraved cut glass ice bucket by Rotarian Thomas Slinger. Her next assignment - and most impor
tant - is in Lutterworth, where she repre sents the district in the national finals of the prestigious competition. Pictured is Rotarian Slinger, Justine and
district 1190 competition organiser Rotar ian Malcolm Weaving, (s)
People depend on cars
TRANSPORT Minister Kin Howells earned harsh criticism from Ribble Val ley MP Nigel Evans over “ill thought- out” comments on the benefits of taxing motorists off the road. “People in rural areas such as the
Ribble Valley depend on their cars as a lifeline,” said Mr Evans. “Cars are not a luxury in rural areas,
they are a necessity and the Govern ment must realise this. “To increase duty on fuels and hike
up road tax would be a punishment for living in the countryside.”
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