22 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, August 25th, 2005


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Letters to the Editor \ \ rile to; The Editor, Clilheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW Editorial e-mail: vivien.mcath@eastlancsnews.co.uk —■ My memories


of Lamb Row ONCE upon a time there was a wee hamlet known as Lamb Row. This consisted of a garage, the Spread Eagle pub, Ashcroft’s Cotton Mill and all the houses between the Whal- ley village sign and the Barrow village sign. One of the rows of cottages was named Lamb Row.


Back in the golden era of the te/i


precious village school, Wiswell - pronounced “Wizwell” after the old wishing well in the vil­ lage and never “Wizell” - had pupils from Lamb "Row who would walk the footpath through the fields to school, or up Whiteacre Lane. This included a beloved old lady, Mrs Ashcroft, who would often take the little ones in tow along the way. She was the Infant School headmistress. There was a separate head­


mistress for the Senior School Room. In my time it was Miss Leach. The children, in the early days, stayed at the village school until school leaving age at 14 or 15 years old. What carefree happy times. In the deepest of mid-winter,


sometimes the boiler pipes burst and we would have to wear lots of clothes to keep warm when there was no heat­ ing. The headmistress would fill the scullery sink with warm water and immerse our icy third-bottles of school milk in the sink to take the chill off. I recall this tepid, raw milk was quite putrid and put me off drinking cold milk for many years. So when the school was too


cold for sitting to eat packed lunches, the children from Lamb Row - the Hartleyburys and the Hopwoods - would bring their lunches to the Brown family home and eat with us in bur warm kitchen and have a hot drink. I recall in 1947, the deepest of


exciting mid-winters, when huge and picturesque snow drifts would pour through the hedges and almost meet in the middle of the roads. My sister and I thought it was magic to walk on top of hedges, not to be perturbed by sometimes falling, through the soft snow and get­ ting half-buried to our waists. In Spring the hedgerows were


full of wild strawberries, violets, celandine, herb robert, stick- wort, bluebells, primroses and soon. But the big, exciting moment


was when the huge steamroller, in readiness for repairing the roads, would park across from our house. At night it had big blinds dropped down. Did the steamroller man sleep in his machine behind the blinds at


night? This, I suspect, was the case. I know he always had a billy-can! It was the event of the year when the hot tar tanker would spray the roads with hot tar and the road men shovelled and spread chippings from the huge mounds by the roadside. Then the magic, chuffing, huge steamroller went back and forth pressing it all evenly down. I can also recall as a small


child on my walk from home to school, seeing barrage balloons hanging in the sky. Our village school windows had some sort of canvas gauze covering them to prevent shattered glass from scattering into the school room in the event of a bomb being dropped. My Dad was in the local Home Guard and had a tin hat and learned how to operate the sirens and the searchlights. We children all had to carry our gas masks in special bags slung over our shoulders. Being a very small girl, my gas mask had a rubber Mickey Mouse face to it! Today, Lamb Row no longer


exists, as that particular row of cottages, at the top of Shaw House Farm Lane, had to be demolished to make way for progress when the A59 bypass was built and ran over the top


- of the Whalley/Barrow road on the bridge which was construct­ ed at Lamb Row. But memories can’t be


demolished and those were happy days. DORIS BROWN, a “Wiswcllcr” now residing in Whalley .


Valley Scouting


is in good heart I AM very happy to report that Scouting in the Ribble Valley is in very good heart, and mem­ bership has increased by 30% since 2002. The District, while always


welcoming new leaders, is very well served by a dedicated team of leaders and helpers. We do however have a very


serious shortage of helpers to assist as group administrators, in fact out of eight groups in the district we require: 9 Six group chairpersons • Five group secretaries 9 One group treasurer Their main function is to


support the group leaders to enable them to do the job for which they have been trained. If the leaders are having to do all the admin work then the actual training of our young people will suffer. The task of the admin team


is to liaise with parents, and to support the group with record keeping and fund-raising, and to rally support from all the parents.Leaders make every


I These polite boys need a skate park!


ON Saturday morning, I hap­ pened to be walking past the railway station in Clitheroe. There were two boys who


were skateboarding there and they were using the seats as props for their manoeuvres. I went over to them and sug­


gested that it probably wasn’t a good idea to use the seats as it may cause damage. They were very polite and


effort to consult with all par­ ents, but it is an added respon­ sibility which should be done by the admin support team. If the problem is not solved


we run the risk of being unable to provide the quality of service our young people deserve. However, I believe that most


parents and potential helpers are not aware of the situation. I am confident that the response will be very positive. Why not come along and


help? Parents, grandparents, ex Scouts and any other willing adults will be very welcome. Contact any of the following: 9 District Commissioner


01254825543 9 District Secretary 01200


425885 9 District Dev. Officer 01200


425350 JOHN HEMINGWAY, Dislricl President


Know your


blood numbers I AM writing to let your read­ ers know about an opportunity to find out about their most vital statistic - their blood pres­ sure numbers. Every year the Blood Pres­


sure Association (BPA), of which I am a member, rims a high profile national blood pres­ sure testing week as past of its


listened to what I had to say. Having read the article about a skateboarding “safe haven” in the Clitheroe Advertiser (August 18th), I asked them if they were aware of this. They said they had been to


the site at Edisford Primary School on Tuesday, but that the ramps were no longer there and the arrangement had only been a temporary one. They


ongoing “Know Your Num­ bers!” campaign. The event sees thousands of


specially set up “Pressure Sta­ tions” offering information and blood pressure checks to the public at locations including health centres, supermarkets, pharmacies and health clubs. This year the event runs from September 12th to 18th. High blood pressure is serious


- it is a major cause of heart dis­ ease and stroke - but it can be treated and sometimes prevent­ ed. The BPA is urging everyone to know their up-to-date blood pressure levels. If you cannot pop along to a Pressure Station there are lots of places where you can get your blood pressure checked - many pharmacies, health clubs and workplaces (with an occupational health department) offer checks year round. As well as knowing your


numbers, there are five simple steps we can all take to beat the pressure: cut down on salt, eat more fruit and vegetables, take regular exercise, stick to a healthy weight and keep alco­


hol intake to recommended lim­ its.


To find out more about the


campaign and for details of local Pressure Stations, or to try the fun-based lifestyle quiz, log on to www.bpassoc.org.uk Selected branches of Lloyds


said there wasn’t any\vhere else they could skateboard. They were such pleasant


young people that I promised I would follow this up. Does anyone know of a per­


manent site in Clitheroe where youngsters can practise in safe­


ty? ANN SENIOR, . Shays Drive, Clilheroe


Pharmacy, Asda pharmacy stores and Alliance pharmacy are also taking part in the event. MRS A. CARR, Bleasdale Avenue, Clilheroe


Money should


be for residents YOUR issue of August 18th carried details of a plan, backed by Ribble Valley Borough Council and the Clitheroe Advertiser to raise £500,000 (in addition to a £2ra. lottery bid and £250,000 from Clitheroe the Future) to revamp the Cas­ tle in order to encourage visi­ tors and to foster use of the archives.


In the same issue you pub­


lished a report of a meeting of local people seeking support to keep open the current cinema in St Mary s Hall. Cited as rea­ sons for poor attendance at the cinema were uncomfortable seating, restricted viewing, a poor sound system and a gener­ al lack of atmosphere. These conditions are not surprising as the venue is a church hall and not a purpose-built cinema. Admirable though the


scheme to revamp the Castle may be, it seems to be designed to benefit visitors rather than residents of the town. It also


brings to mind an earlier scheme first proposed several years ago to provide Clitheroe with a new arts centre which would offer facilities for cinema, drama, music, dance and other community activities. Much enthusiasm was expressed in the town. At one time it seemed that the plan was about to be realised on the site of the Grand Cinema and later, after this building was suddenly listed, on the old gasworks site. Time and money were spent on feasibility studies for both these sites, but both came to nothing and the future now looks bleak. The proponents of the scheme have worked hard, but achieved little and other towns who started after we did, with the same aims, have finished before we have begun. The £2.75m. which it is


hoped will be raised for the Cas­ tle project would surely be bet­ ter spent providing facilities for the local community, the needs of which were amply expressed at the cinema meeting, rather than on giving visitors the chance to consult the archives, look at the view and enjoy a cup of coffee. With a little imagination the Castle site could itself incorporate an arts centre. It is time that the coun­ cil gave a lead in helping this town to realise its hopes. MARGARET HERMON AND BRIGID HARDWICK, Clilheroe


Thanks to the


‘coconut man’ I WOULD just like to write to thank a stranger who helped me out on Wednesday, August 10th, while I was shopping at Tesco. I was attempting to buy a


packet of desiccated coconut at the cigarette kiosk for 60p. Unfortunately I had no cash and the lady serving me could not accept my cash card for such a small amount. I was about to give up when a man, also being served at the kiosk, gave me the 60p I needed with the words: “I cannot deny a man his desiccated coconut”. He left the shop very quickly,


before I had fully contemplated his gesture and, more impor­ tantly, before I could say “Thank you”. I do not know if he was a big


fan of coconut or just a very generous person. However, at a time when individuals in socie­ ty appear increasingly distant from one another, I found this to be a very warming and reas­ suring act. Thank you once again,


“coconut man”. ROBIN STRATTON, Hayhurst Sirect, Clilheroe


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