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www.clitheroetodav.co.uk Letters to the Editor Thank-you for an
excellent service I WOULD like to thank you wonder ful people for the way you organised the influenza vaccinations. I was met with kindness and a smile
when I went for mine. I know how busy you were, but I did not have to wait. I would not have minded had I done so. I t ’s great to have a great health service. It’s a shame the Third World could not have the same. Thank you once again.
LAURA BAILEY, Hazel Grove, Clitheroe
Two years makes a
world of difference WITH reply to the letter in last week’s edition regarding Jack Bearden’s sen tence. First, although I don’t condone vio
lence in any way, I feel that the person who wrote this letter was not aware of the full facts. The crime was committed two years
ago when Jack was a 16-year-old schoolboy. The lad who was assaulted was a man in his 20s who, I under stand, came over to Clitheroe with a group of lads. Jack pleaded guilty to a lesser
charge so the six months was a bit harsh considering what the boy has had to put up with this year, losing his father and the added responsibilities of looking after his mother and two younger sisters and the family busi ness. Two years is a long time in anyone’s
life and Jack has really matured in this time, so the person who wrote the let ter please note that Jack is not a thug, he was a silly young boy two years ago and is now a respectable young man.
NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED Forgive my degree
of scepticism here I WONDER if other readers share my scepticism at both sides of the argu ment on the proposed “ eco-friendly” (sic) woodland cemetery in Langho. On the one hand, the proposer Mr
Esa claims he has no profit motivation in helping to arrange the burial of a couple of thousand people and wants to “put something back into the Kib ble Valley” by ripping up a peaceful area of land. On the other, there is a sudden and urgent interest in local road safety by residents who are often the same drivers who choke the area’s roads every morning dropping off their offspring at schools because they will not walk a few hundred yards.
PETER CLONEY, Rogersfield, Langho
Burial ground will
affect thousands I SEE the proposed natural cemetery has already brought out what to me looks like a staged letter supporting
the scheme. Kenneth Baines couldn't have been
at the parish council meeting in que^ tion as he hasn't raised any of the vahd arguments that were mentioned on
OUR article last week on Geoff and Margaret Walker - pictured above - who turned down an all-expcnscs-paid trip to London because they prefer the splendid isolation of their farm near Dunsop Bridge, was reproduced in sev eral national newspapers. One of those articles caught the eye
Fm backing the Walkers’ sentiments! The tone of the article seemed sur
of a Lancashire lad now living in Lon don. He wrote to the national newspa per concerned and sent a copy of his letter to us.
All hail to Mr and Mrs Walker
from Dunsop Bridge, who preferred to stay in the heart of Lancashire than to take up an all-expenses paid trip to the capital. Why does it seem to be so strange
and aberrant for someone to give London the thumbs down? Would a fuss have been made if a city dweller rejected a free trip to one of Lan cashire's many beauty spots?
safety issues, and also hasn't visited the proposed site either. Mr Baines states that he would like
the site to become woodland with flow ers and wildlife. If he had actually been to the site, he would have seen that it is already an ancient bluebell woodland with deer and herons in abundance and many small streams criss-crossing the whole site thus mak ing it too wet to bury people. These would all disappear as the existing woodland would have to be chopped down to make room for the proposed graves. What sickens me is the way the
council appears to have tried to keep the whole idea quiet and didn't even have the decency to let several resi dents who live just 200 yards away know that they were proposing a 28 acre cemetery next to them. The coun cil unbelievingly sent out just three letters when it must have known it would have an impact on thousands of local residents. If Mr Baines supports the idea of
this cemetery near his own house, I'm sure it can be arranged for the council to dig up the whole of Horse Shoe
prised that there wasn't a dark Satan ic mill in sight, but rather a vast monolith of green and pleasant pas tures. As a Lancashire lad hving and working in London I try, as often as I can, to get out into the ever-alluring Forest of Bowland area for refresh ment, repose and a more laid back lifestyle. A free trip to Clitheroe? Yes please, any chance to escape from London! There does seem to be a wide con
sensus among Londoners that all that matters is what happens and takes place within their milieu - we don't need to go anywhere else because it's all here. What a blinkered view. I per sonally think that London is well overrated.
LEE TAYLOR, London, SEl
Wood and allow up to 1,000 cars a day to visit the site and block all the sur rounding roads.
ANDYMCDOWALL, Brockhall Village, Langho
Sincere thanks to
this kindly person EARLIER on Tuesday I inquired at your desk about a pair of specs which I lost the previous day. Afterwards, I retraced the day
before’s steps, calling at three places where I had been on errands and then I called at the Police Station, all to no avail. In the last desperate hope, for I can’t
write my books without these comput er-eye-aids, I called at the Post Office, and there they were, handed in by one most kindly person. I’m sure you can imagine my delight. I am most grateful to the person who so kindly handed them in.
JOSEPH MARIAN PAWLICKI, Langshaw Drive, Clitheroe
No one party has a
wisdom monopoly IN a letter to your paper, published on September 8th, Conn. Ian Brown set out his reasons for resigning from the Conservative group on the council. The following week, an anonymous
correspondent commented on how refreshing it was to hear of people holding fast to their beliefs, despite pressure to do otherwise. I may have further good news for
him or her. There are at least 15 members of
Ribble Valley Borough Council who are always free to vote according to their conscience and quite frequently do. While there are often, as the phrase goes, frank exchanges of views in the LibDem group meetings, members are never, nor ever have been, coerced into voting en-bloc. Hopefully this will allay any fears
that all members of RVBC are tied to party apron strings. No political party has a monopoly
on wisdom. It is therefore important that individuals are prepared to fight their comer in attempting to influence events as best they can.
MARGARET SUTCLIFFE (COUN), Shays Drive, Clitheroe • The publication of this letter has
been delayed, due to technical prob lems - Editor
Rural bus issues
need addressing I RECENTLY spent a few days in Morecambe and saw several angry let ters in the local press re the imminent closure of the Carnforth Connect Bus Service. This serves the outlying villages of
the Morecambe Bay area in the same way that our local Bowland Transit Bus serves the Bowland area. The reasons for-the outcry are that
the service is a lifeline to rural families and that passenger numbers have increased- just as with the Bowland Transit Bus. Both services are also of benefit to tourism. In addition to the Morecambe press,
I also noticed a report in the Lancaster Guardian which said that angry pro testers arrived at County Hall, Pre ston, with 500 signatures condemning the threatened closure of the Carn forth Connect. County Coun. Tony Martin, cabinet member with power to take action, has now given the serv ice an extra month while sources of funding are explored. Exactly the same sop was offered to
Bowland residents, but almost overnight it transpired that in fact no funding was available. It is only about three or four years
since the Bowland Transit Bus service was launched, to great acclaim, by Prince Charles. No doubt county offi cials were well pleased with themselves at this achievement! Every week we read in the national
press of instances where millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money is being wasted on initiatives which never seem to bear fruit, whereas something like these rural success stories are being killed off for want of a few thousand pounds worth of subsidy. Funding for such deserving cases as these rural buses should come from the
Chancellor’s coffers. This Government promised to give a better public trans port system, but has never honoured its promise. It is time for someone in Government to recognise the needs of rural communities, particularly those of transport, and take action.
JOAN MARSH Lancaster Drive, Clitheroe
We oldies are both
healthy and happy IN every paper and magazine for the past two months they have been bang ing their drums for people to cut down on salt, fat and sugar, saying they will harm you and lead to an early grave. • I say nonsense! When I came out of the forces in
1946 I went back to my old jo b - butchering. Meat was heavily rationed, but liver and sausage were not. It was a busy shop and the boss put me in charge o f making the sausages from meat scraps and fat (mostly fat!). The customers bought lots of sausages, which got their name of “bangers” because the lack of meat caused them to explode in the pan. Meat did not become unrationed until 1953. As for sugar, working men would put
three spoons in their morning tea. Ladies used lard and pork fat for cook ing. Grown-ups and children alike ate large amounts of sweets, the sweeter the better. As for salt, we loved it on fish and chips and every other food. My point is this - if you walk
around Clitheroe on market day you will see hundreds of lovely people in their 70s, 80s and 90s with a smile on their face. I am one of them.
ERIC SNAPE, Queen’s Road, Clitheroe
Low Moor history:
can you help us? WE are currently putting together a collection of old photographs and memorabilia of Low Moor. We are wondering if anyone has any
historical photographs or items con nected with the village, including the mill, which we could borrow to copy or purchase. We are also collecting old mineral
bottles and stone bottles from the old mineral works which existed in Clitheroe and Low Moor, especially Ames and Cundall and John Hacking. Should anyone have such bottles, we would be grateful if they would let us know. Any help in these matters would be much appreciated. (Tel. 01200 429932)
KEVIN AND FIONA KNIGHT, Si Paul’s Street, Low Moor, Clitheroe
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