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www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Speed limits are there


for a good reason I AM a driving instructor and take great pains in explaining about speeding to my pupils. Not only the possible consequences of speeding, but also the actual speed lim­ its.


As such, I was interested to read Mr Earnshaw's letter of August 19th that


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referred to the drop from 70 m.p.h. to 30 m.p.h. in Whalley Road Lane in Read. As I understand it, Whalley Road


between Padiham and Read is a single car­ riageway and the national speed limit for such a road when there are no lower limits is only 60 m.p.h. Maybe if Mr Eamshaw had not evidently been exceeding the 60 m.p.h. limit, then he may have passed the camera at a speed nearer to 30 than 37


m.p.h. anyway! There has to be a point at which the


speed limit is enforced and that is immedi­ ately after the sign. If a "slowing down


zone" was allowed as Mr Earnshaw sug­ gests, then how would that be defined? At what point would we have to be doing 30 m.p.h. - especially if it was not "apparent" that we were speeding? Speed limits are there for a reason. Are


all the speeders out there aware that it takes approximately 35 feet more to stop at 38 m.p.h. than 30 m.p.h.


one's life. That 35 feet less could easily save some­


MICHAEL BRYAN DSA ADI, Bushburn Drive, Langho


Letters to the Editor Angry Nathan puts pen to paper!


LIKE most young boys, seven-year- old Nathan Mitchell is determined to fulfil his dream of becoming the next Wayne Rooney. His dreams began to turn to reali­


ty when Ribble Valley Borough Council’s disability sports officer, Mr Peter Fletcher, teamed up with Burnley Football Club to hold sum­ mer soccer schools for budding foot­ ballers across the borough. However, Nathan’s dreams crum­


bled to dust when youngsters failed to attend the introductory coaching sessions held a t Hurst Green and Clitheroe Castle Playing Fields Because of the lack of interest


shown by the children, the third ses­ sion scheduled for Monday a t Grindleton, also had to be cancelled. The school was available to chil­


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saved us a lot of cash THE letter last week headed: “Bridge cries out for some remedial work,” referring to Edisford Bridge on one of Clitheroe’s bor­ ders, in fact identifies a very cost-effective traffic calming measure. Vehicles entering the town at this point


soon meet a combination of pedestrian and other hazards emanating from Roefield Leisure Centre and other recreational pur­ suits and, thankfully, therefore their speed has already been drastically reduced. The bridge is therefore ahead of its time


and has saved us a truckload of money in council tax costs.


BRUCE DOWLES, Whalley Road, Clilheroe


Raise cash and help


worldwide reserch ONE in nine women in the UK is with breast cancer at some point in their hves, and for this reason I am urging you to support Cancer Research UK’s new cam­


paign, Making Strides Against Breast Can- cen


Focusing on the progress being made in


tackling a disease which affects our moth­ ers, sisters, grandmothers, daughters and friends, it also highlights the ways we can


make a difference by raising money to fund research. Cancer Research UK supports world-


class scientists, doctors and nurses. Thev work tirelessly to find out more about breast cancer, improve treatments and


make people more aware of the disease and Its causes. This work must continue. You can heln


by getting involved. Thousands of different fund-raising events will be happening


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walks, which range from 10km hikes to shorter strolls, suitable for everyone


To find your nearest walk visit www.can-


cerresearchuk.org/making strides. Or you can Think Pink and organise your own fund-raising event at work or with friends and family. To find out more, visit www.cancerresearch.org/breastcancer or call the events hotline on 08701602040. The money raised will go straight to vital


research, giving hope to women whose lives have been touched by breast cancer.


HONOR BLACKMAN, Actress,


’ on behalf of Cancer Research UK Fund-raiser to help


the people of Dafur FOLLOWING the recent letter in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times regarding the situation in Sudan, people might be interested in attending a coffee morning and bring and buy sale in aid of the Sudan appeal, at Trinity Methodist Church Hall. As your previous correspondent said,


thousands of innocent Sudanese villagers have already been killed in Dafur and the Malakel area. Up to a million more, terri­ fied for their hves, have fled their homes in search of safety. The rainy season has start­ ed, increased the risk of malaria, and many families are without food, shelter, mosquito nets or proper sanitation. If the already short supplies of clean drinking water become contaminated, many people - espe­ cially children - will die. At Trinity we are holding a coffee niom-


ing and bring and buy sale in order to ^ve a little help to the people of Sudan at this dif­ ficult time. On September 11th, between 10 a.m. and noon, you are invited to come along and support the fund-raising effort for the Sudan Appeal. If you have any bric-a-brac you would


like to donate, or you would like to help on the morning, perhaps by making coffee or baking cakes, please speak to Andrea Duck­ worth, tel. 01200 444907, or Kath Crane, tel. 01200 425672. Whatever we raise can make a huge dif­ ference to so many people,


ANDREA DUCKWORTH, Peel Street, Clithcroe


dren aged between six and 12, who wanted to learn new soccer skills with the valuable assistance of qual- ified UEFA Coach and regional schools manager for the Ribble Val­ ley and H3mdbum area, Mr Ashley Hoskin. The sessions were due to take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at


a cost of £9 per child. Disappointed Nathan, who is a pupil at Clitheroe’s Brookside Primary School, expressed his sadness in a letter to the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. He said: “I don’t believe it. There


aren’t even 10 kids in the Ribble Valley who want to play football. “Ribble Valley Borough Council


had organised coaching sessions with Burnley F.C. and they have had to cancel them because they could not get 10 kids to go. “What are they all doing with their holidays - playing on comput­


ers?! “No wonder we cannot win Euro


2004 - let alone the next World Cup!” Also disappointed by the outcome


was Mr Fletcher. He commented: “I just cannot understand it. “This is the first time we teamed


up with Burnley Football Club and you would think children would jump at the chance to acquire pro­ fessional coaching. “Youngsters usually complain


there is nothing to do over the sum­ mer holidays and when we organise


Speed laws are there to


protect the rest of society IF drivers like S. Earnshaw object to being caught breaking the law, they should stick to the limits prescribed in the first place. They are there, just as any other law, to protect


the rest of society from those who have little or no regard for anyone other than themselves. In this sense there is little difference in principle between a speeder and a burglar. In fact, the nearest 70 m.p.h. roads to Read are the M65 itself, and the A56 south of the M65, so had this driver been obeying the speed limits in the first place (the normal national speed limit is 60 m.p.h; 70 m.p.h. is for motorways and dual carriageways), s/he would have found it quite possible to drop to 30


something like this, they fail to turn up.Prior to the sessions, we dis­ tributed around 4,500 leaflets to pri­ mary schools across the borough highhghting the event. I t was even advertised in the Chtheroe Advertis­ er.


“There was some interest shown,


but not enough for the scheme to go ahead and as a result we had to can­ cel the sessions.” Similar views were expressed by


Mr Hoskin, who is also manager of Rossendale United. He said: “Peter worked extremely


hard to get the scheme up and run­ ning. I t was just disappointing to find no one had attended the ses­ sions.” “Plans are afoot however to


introduce a similar scheme in the near future with the possibility of a couple of free sessions to begin with.” Meanwhile Nathan’s father, Mr


Steve Mitchell, of Pages Barn, Slaidbum, is currently in the process of inquiring as to how his son can join Clitheroe Wolves Junior Foot­ ball Club.


m.p.h. before reaching Simonstone. Try telling a grieving parent whose child has been mown down: "Well, I was slowing down". Of course, when speeding drivers spot a camera,


they tend to slam on their brakes, prior to speed­ ing up again when they have passed the camera. Most of the time this is because they assume they are going too fast, even if they are not. Cars trav­ elling at the correct speed are then endangered by this carelessness. A speed limit is the top speed for a particular


stretch of road. The stopping distance a t 30 m.p.h. is approximately six car lengths, and in very bad weather it could be 10 times that. In the vicinity of Simonstone Primary School this is a fact particularly worth considering. Few drivers appear to have read a Highway Code since their original test; and have little knowledge of more


Plans in the pipeline


A PLANNING applica­ tion for removal of old coatings from inscribed stone tablet and conserva- tion/consolidation of tablet in order to reduce further decay a t former Ribblesdale Arms Hotel, Main Street, Gisbum, has been submitted to Ribble Valley Borough Council. Comments on the pro­


posal made by Ribbles­ dale Developments Ltd, Flashy Hall, Skipton (number 0784) must be made to the council by September 3rd. Clitheroe: DemoUtion of


former bus depot and the erection of 24 apartments together with associated external work a t former bus depot, Pimlico Road


(0774). Bashall Eaves: Proposed


new window and door to ice-cream parlour. Erec­ tion of canopy structure


at Bashall Barn, Twitter


Lane (0777). Billington: Non-illumi-


nated office sign a t Brindle House, May Ter­


race (0541). Chipping: Erection of


detached dwelling and garage and creation of footpath adjacent to high­ way (re-submission) a t land adjacent to Highfield, Garstang Road (0782). Hurst Green: Erection of


apex roof to replace flat existing felt roof on rear of property at 7 Avenue Road


(0781). Langho: Proposed dou­


ble garage and alterations to existing bungalow at 131 WhaUey Road (0780). Old Langho: Proposed


single-storey lounge, breakfast room and kitchen extension a t 10 Larkhill Cottages, Brock- haU Village(0770). Exten­ sion of existing porch at 6


Bowling Green Cottages, Brockhall Village (0771). Extension to existing porch at 4 Bowling Green Cottages, Brockhall Vil­ lage (0772).Demolish an existing single-storey structure and erect an extension to accommodate breakfast room and play/day room, including two side windows (re-sub­ mission) at Oak House, Brockhall Village (0776). Pendleton: Proposed


bedroom extension (over existing garage and kitchen) and extension to dining room a t Windy Ridge, Whalley Road (0779). Ribchester: Extensions


to and the demolition of existing dwelling plus detached garage. Including roof lift to incorporate two en-suite bedrooms at The Limes, Blackburn Road (0775).


recent additions e.g. toucan crossings, changed use of hazard hghts and rules for flashing head­ lights. Some also appear to have forgotten what they learned in the first place. Therefore a lack of knowledge combined with a


disregard for safety has created a society where legislators have seen the need to try to regulate matters by the use of cameras, just as they do in order to control behaviour in town centres. In an ideal world road, and other rules, would be under­ stood as existing for the social good, and cameras wouldn’t be needed. The answer is simple: learn and obey the lunits.


And don’t whinge when you are caught breaking the law! REV. DR PETER SHEPHERD Eastham Street, Clitheroe


Pendle Club weekly results


SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were: Mrs M. Parker, Mrs A. Foster, Mr A. Hartley. New players welcome


every Monday at 7 p.m. Bridge winners at the Pen­ dle Club were: Mrs Anne Riley and Mr Ernest Man­ ning, Mrs Joan Lavery and Mrs Frances Porter. New members welcome


every Monday at 1-30 p.m. Domino winners were:


Mrs S. Holden, joint 2, Mr R. Barker and Mr P. Haworth, joint 3, Mr F. Giles, MrK. James and Mrs D. Knight. Sessions held every Fri­


day at 7 p.m. Line dancing is held


every Thursday at 1-30 p.m. and sequence dancing every 'Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. New members welcome.


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 with 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 CUtheroe Adver­


tiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clithcroe BB7 2EW, via e-mail to vivicn.meath@eastIancsnews.co.uk, via fax to 01200 4434G7 or texted to 07799696447. Letters submitted by any of these methods must,


however, include the writer’s name and full postal address.


Full marks to healthy staff


COUNCIL workers in Ribble Valley have the best work attendance record of any district council in Lancashire. Yet far from resting on their laurels,


officers a t the rural borough have announced plans to reduce working days lost to sickness still further. Ribble Valley Borough Council loses


an average of eight days per person per year to sickness, compared to 10.95 days in Blackburn and 12.2 days in Hyndbum. The council’s legal and administra­


tion manager, Michelle Smith, said: “It emerged at a recent meeting of the Lancashire Personnel Officers Group that Ribble Valley had the best sick­ ness return in the county, which is extremely pleasing. “But we are considering a number of


measures aimed at reducing sickness absence and improving the health and well-being of staff even further. “We plan to issue monthly letters to


staff linked to levels of absence sup­ ported by closer monitoring, discus­ sions with managers and enhanced reporting requirements, as well as health promotion.” The letter scheme, originated by We.st Lanc.s Di.strict Council, will .see


staff with a 100% attendance record for 12 months congratulated in a “green” letter. “Amber” letters will be issued to


staff with between seven and 12 days sickness in any 12-month period and “red” le tters issued to those with' absence exceeding 13 days. Effective management of sickness


absence is a key issue for organisa- tions. The CBI’s latest annual absence: survey shows that the average British worker took 7.2 days off sick in 2003, which equates to 176 million days; across the economy. Michelle Smith added: “Better absence management will improve ser­ vice levels, morale and efficiency, meaning we can support the needs of our residents more effectively.” Members of Ribble Valley Council’s


Personnel Committee gave the letters scheme the thumbs-up. The full sickness absence “league


table” for Lancashire councils is: Ribble Valley 8.5 days. West Lancs


9.2, Rossendale 10.5, Pendle 10.6, Burnley 10.8, Blackburn 10.95, South Ribble 11.9, Hyndburn 12.2, Preston 12.4, Lancaster 12.6, Chorley 13.5, Pvlde 14.2.


ENGLAND


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