K - I? T i iV ,fl>? v c . .I'a.T'i i . i j i r . t v ! iA f jo ia . I . i'.O ;'l oc re I; f;) j .t.9 ~ . i 'j . ’j ' v 4 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, September 8th, 2005 www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Letters to the Editor — Write to: The Editor, Clitheroe .Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW Editorial e-mail: vivien.meath@eastlancsnews.co.uk Housing transfer: preparing for challenge (s)


why I resigned THROUGH your columns I would like to clarify the position, as briefly as possible, with regard to my recent resignation from the Conservative Group of Ribble Val­ ley Borough Council and the rea­ sons behind it. Firstly, I believe that the views of


the tenants are most important on this issue and although there is a tenants’ jury of 16 people I do not see how they can speak for all the tenants. I t was for this reason that I pro­


This annual challenge aims to help save lives


I AM writing to you to ask your readers to take part in the second annual British Heart Foundation (BHF) Heart of the Kingdom Challenge on Sunday, September 18th, as part of ITV's National Walking Day. ITV's cameras will be filming the walk


which will once again take place in the very Heart of the Kingdom, at Dunsop Bridge, in the beautifully picturesque Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The challenge is a superb way to raise


funds for the BHF, so that they can contin­ ue to fund pioneering research into the caus­ es and treatment of heart disease. I suffered a heart attack five years ago


and had triple bypass surgery in 2002. It was a terrible time for me and my family, but I have worked hard to get fit and regain my strength. Last year I took part in the Heart of the


Kingdom Challenge, which gave me the opportunity to give something back to the BHF and help other sufferers. In all, 156 of us took to the hills in 2004,


to raise money for the BHF and we had a fantastic day out. This year, the challenge route is different, it begins at Dunsop Bridge again and heads up the valley toward Whitendale Fell, then at the Salter Fell Road, walkers will turn right through Croasdale and the Upper Hodder Valley before returning back to Dunsop Bridge. There is also a four-mile circular route, as well as a four-mile route with wheelchair access. Registration for the event is only £5, but this only covers administration for the event, so if you could ask your friends and family to sponsor you, hopefully you will raise lots of money for the BHF. And apparently there are some superb


incentive prizes for the highest fund-raisers. If you're interested in joining the chal­


lenge, please contact the BHF Regional Office on 0151 236 6988 or email region7@bhf.org.uk for a registration form. You can also register online at bhf.org.uk/events


KEITH, British Heart Foundation supporter


posed at the Housing Committee on July 21st that we send to each tenant the information that we had and the options so that they could decide. After all, the council had the information and was expected to make a decision based on it on August 23rd at the Special Council Meeting and .1 believe the tenants are capable of making a decision on facts available. We may have had no response, or


only limited returns, but we may, jus t may, have had a significant response either way and been bet- ter.informed as to the views of the tenants. However, this course was denied


to us due to the pointless and mis­ chievous decision of five Conserva­ tive members who decided to call in the decision of the Housing Com­ mittee, which meant no survey was sent out. Added to this, at a recent meet­


ing of Tory and Lib-Dem council­ lors the Tory group was not pre­ pared to show a united front with the opposition to come up with a strong action plan to fight this ludi­ crous Government policy, which has put us in the position we are in now. The council has already spent


around £150,000 on consultants and to hold an official referendum we must go down the road of trans­ fer and then the cost for this refer­ endum will be somewhere between £150,000 and £300,000 and, more importantly, the sale price of our council houses will be less than £1,000 each. This cannot be acceptable when


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so many are in need of low-cost, affordable housing. Social housing is essential to the welfare and well­ being of the community and we should strive to retain our housing stock and fight the legislation, along with the other 70-or-so authorities nationwide who wish to retain their stock. In the Ribble Valley we have


from the areas leading Mobility Company


good-quality housing stock and should not be afraid to wish for retention. I realise there are obvi­ ously implications both financial and otherwise to be considered tor retention and transfer, but we have been dealt a stacked deck by the Government and must come up with a way to retain the stock and maintain it over the coming years. Finally, due to my resignation I


have been removed from the Plan­ ning Committee, both as a member and vice-chairman, and, ironically, from the Housing Committee, along with outside bodies of Trini­ ty and Clitheroe the Future, which will make life a little difficult for


me. My punishment was much more severe than I imagined, but I could not give an assurance that I would support the Tory group in all future decisions as it would have been impossible to uphold. In 2007 I will stand as an Inde­


pendent, as I would rather do this and lose than stand under the umbrella of a Conservative Party th a t has acted as it has over this most important issue.


COUN. IAN BROWN, Chatburn Road, Clithcroe


Charming journey


into family’s past I READ with great interest the let­ ter headed “My memories of Lamb Row” from Doris Brown. All the places she mentions are very familiar to me and my young


'sister, Wendy, who now lives in Perth, Western Australia. We lived at Bramley View, which


I seem to recall was formerly known as Lamb Row, very near the Spread Eagle pub, a favourite haunt of my dad’s. My sister and I attended Barrow


Village School in 1945. Mr and Mrs Clayton from “Wizwell” were head­ master and headmistress a t the time. We rented our house from two


spinster ladies - Misses Polly and Ada Ashcroft - who lived next- door-but-one. They were very strict and kept an eagle eye on us at all times. There was much twitching of


their lace curtains whenever we went out and woe betide us if, in sunny weather, we forgot to hang the sun-blind on the front door. There would be a sharp rap at the


door and an ira te Miss Polly demanding that we hang the blind now before the paint started blis­ tering. Our poor Mum was quite intimi­


dated by them. There was Bob Little’s farm, just


behind the Spread Eagle, and always a big attraction for us kids, not to mention all those fields to go


.at. We spent happy days picnick­ ing, fishing and swimming. When it was safe to cross the railway line, we searched and were delighted to find the huge elephant hawkmoth caterpillars, which lived on the wil­ low-herb, and then we would pick the wild strawberries. We were never bored and didn’t


get a television set until I was 13 years old, as not many people had television sets then. I well remem­ ber family members and friends cramming into our little living room in order to watch the Queen’s Coronation. I ’m glad the house where I was


born is still there, I often pass it on my way to Clitheroe.


MRS P. SANDERSON, Valley Gardens, Haplon


Happy childhood


memories return I READ with interest and happy memories the letter of August 25th regarding the area known as Lamb


Row between Whalley and Barrow. My grandfather and his two sons


built the garage in question, which was opposite the Spread Eagle Hotel. My father was one of the sons (W.


Blackburn and Sons) and I spent the early years of my apprentice­ ship working there. There was a mill next door to the


garage, which was a corn mill not a cotton mill (F. Ashcroft and Son). The Spread Eagle and the farm


behind were owned by the brewery and a t one time the same family ran both the farm and hotel. The cottages lower down from


here were demolished for the bypass, which was originally planned to go through the garage and cross over Whiteacre Lane and behind the print works, but the plans were changed due to objec­ tions. In those days (early 1950s) there were no houses in Whiteacre Lane after the stone terraced hous­ es until you got to Wiswell village. I was born and lived in Whiteacre


Lane before moving to Blackburn. My grandfather lived in the first terraced house across from the garage. Mr Fred Ashcroft (of Ashcroft


and Son) was proud of the fact that he lived in the only house in Barrow with a bay windowl The house next to the corn mill


was built by Mr Edward Ashcroft and is set back due to the original bypass plans. Oh happy days!


H. BLACKBURN, Grasmere .Avenue, Blackburn


A famous piece of


sporting history THE sale of a cricket b at for £2,400 reported in today’s (nation­ al) Times reminds me that there ought to be a similar, but slightly older bat in the possession of the Clitheroe Cricket Club.


, The bat in question, made by Duke and Son, Penshurst, is the subject of a photograph taken by the late Ted Pye. It is inscribed with the signatures


of the England and Australian Test Teams tor the season 1924. Most of the names are entirely


legible on the original photograph with the names of Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe being recognis­ able on the English side. On the bat is an adhesive label


which carries the following inscrip­ tion: “To the Clitheroe Crick­ et, Bowling and Tennis Club, Rock House, Clitheroe, Lan­ cashire.” The question


is: where is the bat now? I am told that


the cricket club knows nothing about it.


TONY GOODBODY, Waddinglon Road, Clitheroe


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A NO’VICE Clitheroe gardener has proved she is as green-fingered as her more experienced rivals by scooping first prize in our small gardens compe­ tition. Johanna Egar, who has dedicated much


of the past, two years to creating a green haven a t the rear of her house in Queen Street, Low Moor, was officially pro­ nounced winner this week. ' On hearing she had scooped top prize, a


delighted Johanna commented: “That’s brilliant! I ’m really pleased. I’ve only been gardening for five months.” Johanna went on to explain how the gar­


den had been in a bad state of repair when she bought the property two years ago. It was swamped by a huge shed surrounded by overgrown brambles, five-foot high net­ tles and concrete on the ground. I t took her a total of 18 months to clear


and Johanna has spent the past five months creating the garden from scratch. The result is a glorious space with raised


borders at one end, a planted oval in the centre and a patio area. Johanna’s dad, Alan, has been a “huge


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help” throughout, erecting fencing, build­ ing a summer house and removing debris in his estate car. Judges Chris Hanson, owner of Hansons


Garden Centre, Barrow, and his outdoor area manager Michael Board, said they were particularly impressed by how Johan­ na had utilised the space she had. Michael commented: “I thought it


showed the best use of space because there was a very small space to work with.” He added: “The planting was nice and


uniformed. The whole garden tied in nicely together.” Johanna will be presented with the first


prize of a £30 gardening voucher to spend at Hansons Garden Centre next week. “I ’ve really enjoyed spending time in the


garden and I ’m learning all the time,” Johanna added. “There are lots more things I want to do, so the prize will come in handy.” The two runners-up are Mrs M. Garner,


of Walker Street, Clitheroe, with her circu­ lar themed garden, and the colourful gar­ den of R. Swarbrick, Of Top Row, Down- ham. They will both be presented with keepsakes.


Appeal is a success


AN appeal by a Clitheroe fire­ fighter to recruit more volunteers has been success­ ful.


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McGrath, watch manager at Clitheroe’s retained fire sta­ tion, launched two recruitment evenings to gain interest from the public.


,T: The fire-fighter, who has been at the Princess Avenue base for 20 years, said: “Alto­ gether, 11 people


^ came along and out of them seven have been given


■i application forms.” The station,


which relies solely on volunteers, cur­ rently has 18 ■


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