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“What Every Woman Knows”; the Royal Exchange, V // Manchester
Last time we will be shopping at Tesco
, ON January 11th I received a notice through the post from Tesco stating that in effect I had overstayed my wel come at Tesco, Clitheroe, on January 4th, and that if it happened again I could look forward to a parking charge notice. Now, I am as supportive as the next
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shopper in believing that one should park only as required and only for as long as required, since spaces in town are at a premium. And I wouldn't mind a system in operation tha t worked like a pay-and-display, or o n-. the-spot notification and enforcement for those who exceed the allowable parking time. What dismayed me was the refer
ence to the “Parking Eye” that is used to check on those of us who park at your store. Now, I know that neither myself nor
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my wife exceeded the stated 1.5 hours parking allowance on this day, and I am able to prove it. Indeed, had the letter contained a parking charge, I can assure you that it would be snow ing in Hades before the charge would be paid. I duly phoned the manager at Tesco
and asked what the letter was all about.
. I was informed that, and I quote,
"your registration number is recorded ; on camera when you enter the parking lot and recorded again when you leave.
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. If you have overstayed the limit, a let ter such as the one you received is gen erated". ■ I was outraged. If this does not vio
■ to see relatives and friends in Settle, and on the way back, we spent £42 on
• groceries for the rest of the week. On .neither occasion were we parked in excess of 1.5 hours. I suspect the Big Brother Camera saw us come in at lunchtime and did not record our departure a few minutes later to Set tle.
We have been shopping a t Tesco
since 1991, first in Blackburn and then in Clitheroe. We have been spending an average of £80 per week in their- stores. However, if Tesco assume that it can treat customers in this way - and keep them - then the mistake is theirs. 'There is a choice in Clitheroe and we have decided to exercise it.
• We no longer shop at Tesco, and when we relate our story to friends and associates we find others are as appalled as we are to learn that Tesco can track customers down through obtaining data in a manner tha t should be reserved for bonafide law enforcement agencies.
GARY WILSON, Wilson Street, Clitlicroc
9 A copy of this letter has been sent
to Tesco pic and Ribble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans •
Please watch what
you are doing! I’LL keep this letter short and sweet!! Can you please inform drivers who
late data protection rules, it should do. What r was being told was that a pri vate firm had used my car registration to get my personal details: my name and my home address. Herein lies the problem. As I have ■
said, I would not mind pay-and-dis-- play, nor would I mind finding a fixed penalty notice attached to my car - or any immediate means in the event of an infringement; But I do not think it is appropriate to give a private firm ; the authorisation to access my person- ' al details by taking the registration of my car. I question its legality. That is why I am sending this letter
to the local press and my local MP as well as to Tesco pic. As for the alleged overstay, I would
like to make two points. First, we have no reason to linger in the Tesco park ing lot as we live a mere five or six minute walk away and keep our car at home. And second, on the day in ques tion my wife and I visited Tosco twice. Once on our way to Settle at 12-29 p.m., and once on our way back from settle at 6-52 p.m. The first visit was to purchase lunch sundries for our trip
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: IN an effort to preserve, conserve and protect ■ our planet Friends of the Earth, the ecological organ isation with many support ers here in the Ribble 'Val ley, have offered to supply regular tips to our readers, to help us all to lead more : sustainable lives. This week’s tip has a romantic feel. Is your beloved wild at I heart? If so, forget expen
, m . ' i l : I was recently in Clitheroe (I live in
London now) and to my shock and probably a minor heartbreak, I saw that it has been turned into a croft, and that the building no longer stands. So it is with this plea that I come to you. I am looking for information on
where I may be able to find a photo of the building (in its glory) before it was knocked down. Even though I have the beautiful
memories of St Denys’, I would be delighted to have a framed picture of it on my wall. ■ So I would be extremeley grateful
for any information your readers may come up with.
WENDY SYRETT, 26 Tompion House, Pcrcival Street, London, EClVOHU (
wsyrctt@hotniiiil.coni)
Painting provides boost for library
■ THE Ainsworth Research Trust would like to thank residents of the Ribble Valley who responded to the opportuni ty of buying a print of “View of Clitheroe Circa 1740”. In addition, thanks are due to the
library staff, who have dealt with orders and Borough Printing for the care taken to ensure good prints - 220 of -them.
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use supermarket car parks, that con trary to what a lot of them may think, ■ their heads can move in both direc tions! Every time I visit these places, there
is always someone who seems hell-bent on reversing into my car. My car cost a lot of hard-earned
money. I am sick of having to blast the horn to make these people aware of the fact that I am there. You can move your head both ways
to look. Please watch what you are doing!
ANGRY DRIVER Name and address supplied .
Can you help with a
joyous memory? I WONDER if your readers can help me in any way.
I was one of many children who
lived at St Denys’ Children’s Home, 9a Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, in the early 1990s. It closed, I think, in 1996. For me it was the best thing to hap
pen in my childhood. It was a very sper cial place and the staff became the most important people in my life at the time. I credit them for the way I have turned out into adulthood!
Practical way to protect our planet
sive flowers and give some thing priceless this 'Valen tine’s Day. Tlantlife’s new Adopt-a-Flower scheme means you can choose from six of Britain’s rarest wild- flowers to adopt, all of which are looked after by Plantlife’s conservation pro gramme “Back from the Brink”. For more informa tion; go . : online at
www.plantlife.org.uk
r-;, - This figure means that costs per print were able to be lowered and the library has benefited to the tune of some £200, so a good community response all round. A copy of the book “John Marsden’s
Will” ivill shortly be available from the reference library together with a file giving fuller information about the view itself and possible local family involve ment. Finally, the framed copy of the pic
ture in memory of Cyril Ainsworth is, as promised, on permanent display on the stairway leading to the reference department.
BOBJONES On behalf of the A. R. T.
This is the effect of
cannabis on a teen A CLOSE friend of mine has a teenag er ,whose behaviour through smoking cannabis is tearing the family apart.", This young person is in trouble with'
the police, and steals money from mother and the little ones to buy the drug. They are all in tears. MEP Chris Davies believes people
taking cannabis are "causing no harm to anyone". I tell you sir, this is not so.
I agree there should be more educa
tion and other measures, but "great oaks from little acorns grow". I rang a
. number given on TV about drug prob lems. All I got was "Oh yes, this is most common. They can get enough for a couple of quid". What can I tell my friends whose
child, aged 14, bunks off school, comes • home at all hours and is incoherent for hours or asleep all day from using cannabis?
WORRIED SICK, (Name and address supplied)
Ming is our man for
the job ahead LIBERAL DEMOCRATS in Clitheroe this week receive their ballot papers for the party’s leadership elec tion. The three candidates. Sir Menzies
Campbell, Simon Hughes and Chris Huhne all possess the energy, talent and ability to take our party forward. The choice is not easy, but as the party’s two representatives for the whole of the North West region we have come to a shared decision. Many people think Ming Campbell
talks sense about difficult issues, but some see him as too much of an estab-^ lishment figure to lead a left-of-centre party. We have no such concerns. ^ He displays not just ivisdom, but also
a passionate commitment to the pro motion of human rights and freedom
. across the world. He wants the party to campaign for
a fairer society and he recognises the importance of taking action to safe guard our planet’s environment. We are backing Ming Campbell to become Liberal Democrat leader. ■
CHRIS DAVIES and SAJJAD KARIM, Liberal Democrat MEPs for the North West
Battlefield trips of
the Great War EACH year the Lancs and Yorks His torical Society organises pilgrimages to the battle areas of the First World War." With 2006 commemorating the 90th
anniversary of the Battle of the Somme, we tvill be visiting this battle field in August and then again in Sep tember, we also plan to visit the battle fields of the Ypres salient, Arras, Vimy Ridge and Loos.
The trips specialise in visiting specific
cemeteries or memorials as and when they are requested, and an experienced guide will accompany each trip, to com mentate on the various battles and the many historic events that occurred. We can also assist in the tracing of war graves, and whenever it is possible we
operate a grave or memorial photogra phy service, for those people who can- not travel.
The Historical Society was formed in
1990 by ex-Servicemen, who have many years of practical experience in conducting visits to the battle area ol France and Flanders, and we actively support a variety of ex-Service charities and institutions. These trips are open to anyone who might be interested, and we welcome all inquiries. Anyone who requires further information should write to: John Battye, 32, Rhodes Street, Hightown, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WFIO 5LL.
• 9 The society asks for a medium sized SAE for postal replies
Memorable event
for bridge clubs TO share with friends and sympathis ers a word of intimation I am delight ed to highlight the inauguration of an event which took place on Friday, February 3rd, between the Bridge Clubs of Great Harwood, the hosts, and Clitheroe, the guests. The two clubs were contesting the
Lancashire Rose Trophy for the first time, funded by the Great Harwood Bridge Club this year to mark the occasion. There has been a sisterly affinity
and brotherly contention between the clubs for many years .... a recipe, it seems, for rapport, leading to a splen did reception by the hosts, at their premises in Great Harwood, and a wonderful evening all round. Hour by hour of the exciting stages
of the contest the evening, sadly, came to a close when the guests were presented, happily, with the trophy and the inevitable gauntlet of chal lenge to defend it next year at about this time..
JOSEPH PAWLICKI, Langshaw Drive, Clitheroc
9 The Editor welcomes letters on .any subject, but correspondents are remind ed that contributions may be edited or condensed, must not exceed 350 words and should reach us by noon on Tues day. Letters with nonis de plume are now only accepted 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
Y o u r le t t e r s . . .
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methods must, however, include the writer’s name and full postal address.
Overcast day promised little in the way of views
IT was a dull day promising little in the way of views when a group of Clitheroe Ramblers set off to climb Pendle Hill.
- : The party left from High Moor car park and
followed a track past-High Moor Farm and across the fields to cross the bypass. • ■ //■Walkers then made their way to Little Mearley Hall, before turning to follow paths under Pendle. Gradually climbing past Hookcliffe and on to Pendle road above Downhafn where the
walkers stopped for a drink before starting the realclimbupthehill. ^
On the ascent the group became aware of a horizontal gap in the clouds enabling them to
make out the hills of Pen-y-Ghent and Ingle- borough. , -
■ , As the party climbed the view became clear
er, until, on reaching the top, more hills were visible and in greater detail., While eating lunch in the shelter of a wall, a magnificent view was enjoyed, although the
land in between was completely shrouded in mist.
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, After lunch the ascent was completed upon reaching the trig point.'
.. The paved path was then followed down to^ Ogden Clough and on to the Nick o’ Pendle. Ramblers-then , went to Pendleton via
, Wymondhouses, where after a walk through . the village, field paths took them to the A59, which was crossed to reach Standen Road, Pendle Road and back to the car park.
Swim Schools, Ifs a Knockout
Pool Inflatables, Mini Olympics Football, Gladiator Challenge Basketball and much more!
For more information or to book, coll or pop in to
Pendle Leisure Centre, Colne. 661166 Pendle Wavelengths, Nelson. 661717
West Craven Sports Centre Barnoldswick. 666710
www.pendleleisuretrust.co.uk f t : '
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ra2"Sl6rexf433 Sunday March 5th 2006 m .
IT is a pleasure to see more productions of J. M. Barrie’s work. For too long he has been
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■ associated only with Peter Pan. :. In his day he was an incredibly successful pla3rwright who wrote many excellent plays
and this is one of them. . Its modem relevance is clear. Women may
have gained equality of status, but we can still see the dutiful politician’s wife in the
: pages of our tabloid newspapers. When clever, ambitious John Shand
Weekendplus Plan your - .
week ahead ' with Duncan Smith
including Weekend T V Chess teams head to head
TWO Clitheroe chess teams went head to head in a local derby. And the hard fought event between the A and B teams ended in a draw. Brendan Brown had a narrow victory over Ray Sutcliffe on the top board. George Illingivorth, captain of the B team, gained a draw against Philip Titterington and
John Smith won against John Buxbaum. John Moxham defeated A team captain Eric Mansfield, while Mike Boult won against newcomer Nick Haworth. The club meets every Tuesday at the Catholic Social Centre, Lowergate, from 6-45 p.m. For details ring Brendan Brown on 07800 830531.
..we've got it. stop the Brussels Gravy Train
The facts about the EU parliment from
Dr JOHN WHITTAKER MEP
at: The Coaching House ' Glen View Road
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Spring 2006 sponsored by Sel l-out certain fo r concert
FOUNDING fathers of British folk-rock, Fairport Convention, will play at Burnley Mechanics on Valentine’s Day, February 14th. Featuring five of the genre’s finest musicians
- Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Chris Leslie, Ric Sanders, and Gerry Conway - Fairport Con vention never fail to impress with the original ity, inventiveness and vitality of their per formance. Fairport first played together in 1967, won.
huge critical acclaim during the 1970s, dis banded briefly, but reformed in the 1980s and have been together ever since. The members developed the world-famous
Cropredy festival and, in 2002, Fairport Con vention won the coveted BBC Radio 2 Life time Achievement Award. Despite ground breaking albums such as “Liege And Lief”, the band’s greatest strength has always been live performance. In fact, they have been delighting concert audiences for nearly 40 years and their annual Mechanics concert has consistently sold out year after year. Their current show is an exciting mix of the
old and new. Tickets, priced at £17; are selling fast. Ring the box office on 01282 664400 for
yours.
Ballroom Dancing at the Muni - Sat 11 February East Laricashire-Tslevyspapers
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(Mark Arends) is coerced into a bargain to marry Maggie Wylie (Jenny Ogilvie) a spin ster of 27, he has no idea of how much she will help him. She is in love but he sees the marriage as a financial arrangement. The path to true love and full understand
ing is complicated by the presence of the beautiful Lady Sybil Tenterden (Ruta Ged- mintas), but Maggie is supported by her loyal family, father Alick (Roy Sampson) and brothers David (James Watson) and James (Michael Morland). ■ • However the star comic parts are the
Countess de la Brie, a wordly-wise woman who recognises Maggie’s talents and Charles Venables a wily politician looking to back the coming man.
: Gabrielle Drake and Michael Elwyn revel
in every chance for wit and comedy and almost steal the show from the young couple. As always at the Royal Exchange the
direction (Braham Murray) and all aspects of the design and production are impeccable. Johanna Bryant and Louise Ann Wilson’s set received a spontaneous round of applause. This is a good old fashioned comedy well
presented. PIPPAMUNRO 01282 661234 . ,Admission^FREP
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