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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, January 20th, 2005 17


the E d i to r ^ ^ ^ ^ . Editor. Clitheroe Advcrliscr and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW Editorial e-mail: vivicn.mcath@ca.stlancsncws.caidj— Tax refunds on


charity giving IT is very heartening that folk want to support strangers who have had their lives shattered by such a horrendous tragedy. But I am saddened that it is


in public collecting boxes rather than by private donation via the phone line or posted cheque. I saw someone pop a fiver in


the Sainsbury's bucket and my immediate reaction was: "What about the £1.40 tax refund?" Sainsbury's has now had a


fantastic response and raised nearly £5,000 - how many of those people were tax payers? I know not everyone would


have been a tax payer and for those who weren't their generos­ ity was far greater, but had all the charities been able to claim tax back on £5,000 they would have received a further £1,400! The Rotarians must have col­


lected thousands more in their buckets too, doing a fantastic job in all weathers. They aren't political, but wouldn't it be won­ derful if our MP would bring in a Private Member's Bill for these emergency charities to automatically be able to claim 28% from the government on all donations -and wassuccesful? Ideally, and I hope it happens,


the Government will decide that, in circumstances such as this, i t should be assumed that all donations had been taxed deduction and, therefore, given the charities th a t extra 28%


automatically. Some folk who put money in buckets will also be paying a higher level of ta^, so they would balance the dif­


ference a little. Meanwhile, I do hope that


tax payers who want to con­ tr ibute to charities do so by phone and/or cheque, with your name and address, so that the charities can claim the tax back by knowing who the taxpaying donor is. You can opt not to have your


name added to any mailing list, so you won't be inundated by any unwanted post, and no one needs to know about your gen­ erosity, which has th a t added t'Xtra.


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light on picture? WHILE reading my copy of the Clitheroe Advertiser, I am always keen to get to the “Look­ ing Back” section, not least since, at my age, I frequently find that I have my own memo­ ries of the stories reported there - well, the “50 Years Ago” and “25 Years Ago”, anywayl Last week’s copy contained an


item reported from 1955 con­ cerning the Clitheroe Corpora­ tion’s proposal to build 54 hous­ es on a site at Littlemoor Road and this drew my attention for a whole number of reasons. At that time, I was employed as Articled Pupil to the then


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loutism here! YET again a total display of mindless loutism has been shown in the destruction seen and demonstrated over Christ­ mas a t the St Paul’s Parish Hall, Low Moor, Clitheroe. Thugs are what these people


are. No matter how young or old they might be. They care nothing for their surroundings and certainly have no values or morals about them. One idea could be to make those respon­ sible pay for the damage. 'They certainly should be made to if they are caught. These idiots are nothing but


louts and thugs and they do not deserve respect or any other decent word a ttr ib u ted to


them. Another idea could be to


carry out the same amount of vandalism to their homes. Mind you, in some cases they probably wouldn't tell the dif­ ference or even notice given how some families live these


days. Show these people up for


borough engineer and surveyor, Mr J. Newton Bell receiving, for my services, the sum of £2 and 10 shillings per week and was, I suppose, lucky to do so since, until around that time, it had been the general practice for the pupil to pay the employ­ er!


However, having by then


been in that post for a year or more, I was considered ready to take on jobs of my own and the first that I carried out without having my hand held too close­ ly was the survey of the land on which these houses would sub­ sequently be built. This was very convenient for


me since I then lived in Little­ moor Road — not a stone’s throw from the site. Now, some 50 years later, I


am retired and spend a good deal of my time researching my family and many aspects of local history so the reference section of Clitheroe Library has become something of a second home. A year or so ago. Sue Holden


the Reference Librarian, showed me a small book that had been sent to her some time


before. This had been written and


privately published by Harry Brierley, of the Brierley family of plumbers, who had their workshops in Lowergate. Only three or four copies of


this - a history of the Brierley family - had been produced and, in the library’s copy, I came across a reproduction of a charming and seemingly very well painted watercolour of Clitheroe Castle, reproduced above, the viewpoint being somewhere in the middle of the very field upon which the Cor­ poration had built those hous­ es.


Not only did the fields I had


surveyed appear, but also in the picture were Wilkin Street (now Highfield Road), in wMch some of my ancestors had hved when they first moved into Clitheroe and also Mount Zion Chapel, Moor Lane Methodist Church and the National School in which they had wor­ shipped and gained their first early education. To the best of my knowledge,


this painting has not been seen generally in the town before and, considering its apparent quality, I cannot understand why this is so. 'There is no reproduction of it


in the library archives. Mr Robert C. Jones, who has writ­ ten his own book containing virtually all known illustrations of the Castle a few years ago, did not know of its existence and I have shown it to numer­ ous local galleries and picture framers, but without success. Unfortunately, Harry Brier­


ley has since passed away and his family have no idea where he himseh found it. Quite apart from my own


personal interest, the library would be highly delighted to know where the original might be and to obtain a good copy tor their archives. If any reader can cast even


the faintest glimmer of light on this there are many who would be most grateful.


ALAN DIXON, Chalburn Road, Clitlicroe


Painting class:


can you help? MY husband and I are the managers of Todber Caravan Park. We moved here from the Staffordshire Moorlands just


under three years ago and abso­


lutely love it. There is only one thing miss­


ing! I love to paint and have done


painting for years - but I need a “Painting for Pleasure” group and have, until now, been unsuccessful in finding one. The problem is that I can


only join a group that is in an evening and each one th a t I have seen advertising in your paper meets in the daytime. When in the Staffordshire Moorlands I was a member of a group that met at the local high school as part of the choice of night classes offered. Please can anyone help?


D.J.E. WILLIAMSON, Todber Caravan Park, Gisburn


A sincere thank


you to everyone THE St John Ambulance in Lancashire would like to express its sincere gratitude for the support it has received over the past year. As a charity, we are very


dependent on good publicity to ensure successful fund-raising


and recruitment, enabUng us to continue our service to the community. Your support is invaluable


and greatly appreciated. We wish you, your staff and


all your readers a very happy and healthy new year.


OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, St John Ambulance, Lancashire


Move is good


news for me EVERYONE is entitled to their opinion - and here is mine. I am dehghted that my den­


tis t is moving to Whalley. I have been travelling to Accring­ ton from Clitheroe for several years now. I am also pleased tha t the


surgery is opening in February, as my check-up is due th a t month and I did not want to wait until the end of 2005 for an appointment. I am sure th a t all 5,000


patients will not be descending on Whalley at one time and I personally have never been able to park in King Street.


M. EGLIN, Clitheroe


Y c u r l e t t e r s . . .


• The Editor welcomes letters on any subject, but correspon­ dents are reminded that contributions may be edited or con­ densed, must not exceed 350 words and should reach us by noon on Tuesday. Letters with noms de plume arc now only accepted for publica­


tion 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 Clitheroe Advertiser and


Times, 3 King Street, ClUhcroc BB7 2EW, via e-mail to vivien.meath@eastlancsnews.co.uk, via fax to 01200 443467 or texted to 07799696447. Letters submitted by any of these methods must, however, include the writer’s name and full postal address.


what they are. They do not deserve to live among decent, law-abiding people. Yet, they perceive they have the right to inflict themselves on others. I can only imagine the sheer


upset and frustration that went through the minds of those who found the destruction. This is not Bosnia or any


inner city area. The Ribble Val­ ley was once a nice place to live. That's changing because of a mindless and idiotic few. I don't like using cliches, but the younger generation of now is far, far different to any that went before. We have the do what they like" brigade and parents who don't seem to care or even know the difference between right or wrong. Sorry, but the old excuse of


"they're only children and bored" won't wash any more. It is time this behaviour was stopped. Y^e don't want some politician or do-gooder with rose-tinted glasses come along 3.nd S3.y W


them? Each to their own and all th a t . Forget how their nerves must be and so on. Let's make them live on a knife edge of fear almost daily. No doubt there will come the


usual bleating from the younger community next and probably some adults who real­ ly don't know any be tte r as demonstrated above. I for one do not want this


area turned into a war zone where youngsters can terrorise and dictate to the majority what we can and cannot do. Go elsewhere and do it. Get out because I don't want you living near me and that goes for some parents too. Weeds die eventu­ ally if ignored or when they cannot feed off the vulnerable. Do we really want our town


turned into places like there are in inner city Manchester? Exaggeration? Well, I expect that's how those places began with small thinp and because no one took notice and ignored them they are in the state they are in now.


PERSON FED UP WITH


LOUTS, Name and address supplied


A joy to renew


old friendship WHAT a lovely suprise to see my friend Anne Musson peep­ ing out from under "that hat" in the December issue of The


Valley. Although I know the story of


Anne and her very loving asso­ ciation xvith the nuns from the Holy Family Convent, you have brought the story so much to life in your excellent article - a wonderful golden thread that has not lost its glow over the


years. I got to know Anne and her


them". Many sensible people do understand and are fed up


G "must undGrst&nd


with it. Then we have the dozy


adults who encourage it. Last Hallowe'en we had the usual door knocking syndrome around here from a group of youngsters. However, when you have people - as I heard with my own ears - proactively encouraging them not to knock on their door, but go and do it to the neighbour's door instead, what can you expect? Some adults are equally as stupid, too. What hope can children have if adults condone such things? But then, just because you are an adult does not mean you are mature. Absolutely no thought was


given to whether said person next door had an illness and a recognised disability under aw So what, who cares about


family in 1992.1 had written to the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times to request information about a certain Benjamin Jor­ dan, one of the very famous 28 Rochdale Co-operative Pio­ neers who had lived in Clitheroe and had been land­ lord of the Starkie Arms for some 25 years. As warden of the Rochdale Pioneers Muse­ um I had decided to do some research on the 28 families. I was absolutely delighted to receive three replies, one of them from Eric Musson, Anne’s husband, to say that his wife Anne was the great grand­ daughter of the said Benjamin


Jordan. I can see myself just dancing


wth great joy at the time. The result was that I visited Chest­ nut Cottage at Downham and had the great pleasure of meet­ ing Anne’s mother and sister,


Joan.How kind they were. Look­ ing back I see us sitting in the kitchen in front of a huge coal fire, afternoon tea with home baked scones and cakes and all talking ten to the dozen. They lent me family photographs to copy and so started a wonderful


friendship. I t was some time before I actually met Anne and Eric, they came to the museum to hear the story with Joan. I don’t think that the family had realised just how famous their


forebear was. We receive visitors from all


over the world who come to pay tribute to the Rochdale Pio­ neers. They changed the course of history for the working man, not only in this country, but throughout the world, and today there are some seven hundred and fifty million co- operators world wide. But since then many, many phone calls have been made between Rochdale and Clitheroe, and I feel that I have known them all


my life. I had the great pleasure of


hearing snippets from "My Beloved Downham" long before it was published, and how I danced up and down when it was finally in print, and all the joyous occasions since then in the Musson household have been conveyed "over the wire." It was last year that we actu­


ally met again. Eric picked me up from home and we had a magical day. Joan was there too. Coffee in the sitting room, hearing Eric’s latest jazz CD, all the magnificent pho­ tographs of the family and hol­ idays taken by Eric, and Anne’s wonderful collection of memo­ rabilia filed with such accuracy. What a partnership they are! Then out to lunch, a wonderful stroll through Downham, back for afternoon tea in the garden and, finally, a lift home. What a day, what a family!


I’m quite sure that there must be other magical moments to come from Anne and her family in the future. I shall certainly be watching "the space."


DOROTHY GREAVES, Church View, Norden, Rochdale


Why not use a


different route? WITH reference to previous letters in your columns penned by Mr W. Johnson, of Langho, and Mr J. Shorter, of Sabden. These letters concerned the


free passage and parking of vehicles in the village of Sab­


den. First, I must declare that I


know Mr Shorter, but in so doing, I hope that your readers will not assume that this fact will colour my own opinions on


this matter. The fact is that Mr Johnson


resides in the dormitory village of Langho. This sits astride the A66 road, a through road from Blackburn to Whalley and


beyond. The road is wide and runs in


a straight line through the vil­ lage. The majority of residen­ tial properties in the village have a drive so parking is not a problem for the residents. Sabden on the other hand is


a working village built in the main long before common own­ ership of a car or any means of transport was ever considered. The main village streets have


terraced dwellings on either side and because of the early period in which these were built many do not have vehicular access to the rear of the proper­ ties. During recent years the parking of cars has become a problem for residents and visi­ tors alike but with a little “give and take” , we seem to rub along reasonably well. Our village is serviced by two


unclassified roads. These are narrow and have bends in them within the village proper. Parking on these roads is


governed by yellow hne parking restrictions to a greater degree, however there are still some Umited areas in which car park­ ing is permitted. Without these areas there would be no place for some of our residents and visitors to park their vehicles. I t is acknowledged that dan­


gers do exist for children and old people when crossing the roads, however Insp. Bob Ford, of Clitheroe Police, Lancashire County Council, the highway authority and the parish coun­ cil, along with other interested bodies are fully aware of our problems and the subject is brought up regularly within the various meeting of theses bod- Igs* If the police took up Mr


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Johnson’s suggestion to prose­ cute all the vehicle owners who park on the village streets, they would create more problems than those which currently exist. I must ask Mr Johnson where he suggests that the peo­ ple who do not have off-street parking facilities park their


cars? The crux of the matter seems


to be that Mr Johnson, who is not faced with parking prob­ lems in his own village, assumes that we are similarly placed as far as parking is concerned. He wishes to drive through our vil­ lage, as is his right. However, he should always


consider the existing dangers and drive accordingly. If having to drive slowly and with more caution because of these exist­ ing conditions of the route does not suit him, I, like Mr Shorter, suggest that he finds an alter­ native route. Finally, with reference to Mr


Johnson’s unwarranted com­ ments regarding the use of the term “rat run” by Mr Shorter, I would urge Mr Johnson not to take this term so literally and I am sure that if he reads both the national and local press he will note that it is a term used often. It has never been used to per­


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such use.


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