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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) Valley Matters a weekly look at local issues, people and places


End at last in sight: Fm more amused than angry


cious opposition of some people to the development of Brockhall Village but, now that I have the opportunity to speak out, I feel more amused than angry. I also feel terribly nostalgic. When I


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first set about the development of the vil­ lage, in 1992,1 was beset by bureaucratic obstacles and did not know which way to turn. The maintenance of the infrastructure


h e funny thing is that I have been waiting for years for the opportuni­ ty to really let rip about what I have always felt to be the nasty and mali­


As I see i t . . by Gerald Hitman


him that the development will have taken 16 years to complete rather than the six that might have been more appropriate. Thanks to the opposition, there is no


of the old hospital and the pressure of expenditure of more and more fees on frankly irrelevant professional reports was at the point of driving me bankrupt when a very genial elderly gentleman came to see me and started to lead me by the hand through the bureaucratic labyrinth. He was the late Bill Fleming and Brock-


hall Village would not have happened without him. Bill ran a waste recycling business that


had been established by his grandmother and run by his mother. The money it made gave him the opportunity to concentrate his energies on community service and he had become leader of the borough council. By the time I met him, divorce and a


mindless change of subsidy regime by the European Union had ruined him and I was terribly worried that he would see the grant of planning permission as a way to re-establish his fortunes. I could not have been more wrong. All


he was interested in was ensuring that the borough got the best possible develop­ ment. He introduced me to Nigel Evans, who


went in to bat for me with the Planning Minister, and to Stan Thomas, the chair­ man of the planning committee. All three men had very definite ideas


about what they wanted to achieve for the borough and were very direct and bruising in the way they set about getting it. I was very lucky to encounter such men. The deputy leader of the Liberal Demo­


cratic Party, Coun.Graham Sowter, has been utterly consistent in his opposition to- every significant development proposal at Brockhall and, in my view, it is down to


swimming pool or gymnasium and the vil­ lage hall, which would have rivalled the best in the county is of very modest size. The delay has meant that I am now sell­


ing the best houseplots here for several hundred thousand pounds each which I would otherwise have sold for a few tens of thousands of pounds up to a decade ago. Looking back on the development of the


village there are a few things of which I am very proud. I am proud to have built it as a "gated" community which has given a comforting feeling of security to lone women, people with young children and people who spend long periods away. I do not apologise for catering for peo­


ple's real desires. I think it is what busi­ nessmen are for. I am also quite proud of the contemporary house I have built for my family and the 15 acres of garden I have laid out around it. I have loved putting the sculpture col­


lection together and I am looking forward’ to working for the next three years with Sophie Dickens on a great artistic project in the garden that will eat up most of the profit from the recent planning permis­ sion. I am proud we took the opportunity to


afford some decent respect to those who are buried in the old hospital cemetery. And I am also proud that the last phase


of the development will provide homes for people who want to run their businesses from home. I am sure that this is the way of the future and will be a powerful motor for rural economic and social regeneration. My son, Harr,y and I, and our col­


leagues Peter Downs and Simon Miller hope to make a name for ourselves and for • the Ribble Valley in this new field.


LOOKING BACK 50 years ago


A FORMER Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil, Kenneth Allen (23), left his home in Pendleton for New Zealand. He travelled on a 1,700 mile journey in a 1935 Ford V8 Coupe through the Bush and desert country of Australia from Adelaide to Perth. A lover of the open air, it took him a year to complete the journey. • In a meeting held at the Parish


Church School it was reported by the Vicar, the Reverend S. Birthwell, that a record number of communicants, more than 600, were at the Parish Church on Easter Sunday. The -vicar’s warden, Mr L. G. Kent, commented that the new Lady Chapel in Clitheroe, had been dedicated that year.


With pride goes shame. Every time I


drive past a Walker Farrimond car dealer­ ship, I am reminded that I went back on my word to sell the old hospital director’s . house to Duncan Farrimond and cringe. And I am ashamed th a t, in the early


days, I lost confidence in the Boy Scouts to restore well the old ward building I had said I would give them. Hopefully, I shall make up for that in


the coming months. I suppose that the thing I am most ashamed of, though, is the way I have given in to the aesthetic cretinism of some of our local councillors. Last year, when my final phase planning


application was rejected, we were propos­ ing a set of-truly wonderful buildings, designed by a great English architect, Frank Lyons from Plymouth. They would have been an ornament to


the village and to the Valley. They were condemned by a Liberal Democrat coun­ cillor as being of "alien modern" appear­ ance "more suited to Milan than to the Ribble Valley" and the speaker won the day.


As a matter of fact, he could not have


been more wrong. The designs were deeply rooted in the English Arts and Crafts movement and the main design elements would have been utterly familiar to any­ one who knew anything of good quality English architecture at the turn of the 20th Century. However, they would have been terribly


expensive to build and I took the easy way out of opting for a less distinguished design and making more money. I just didn’t have it in me to struggle


against the LibDems to make less money. Over the next couple of years, we shall


complete the -village. There will be some tiny, practical issues


over which we will have to go back to the planning committee and I have no doubt that the two Liberal Democrats may try to put obstacles in my way, but I rather think th a t the committee now has the measure of them. John Hill, the leader of the council, is a man of Bill Fleming’s cast and I think we can now get on with get­ ting the job finished.


-Ji'-;- ' t-i-' - i f e g f e


Well done, Hal C


ONGRATULATIONS have been bestowed on a promising student who has excelled in his trial exams.


Hal Parkinson (17), of Newton-in-Bow-


land, has passed his preparation AS level exam’s with flying colours. The bright pupil from Queen Elizabeth’s


Grammar School, .in Blackburn, was praised by headmaster Dr David Hempsall who con­ firmed tha t Hal had exceeded the target grades set for him in all four of his AS level subjects. “This should give Hal a big confidence


boost,” said Dr Hempsall. “The results he has achieved are due to his own hard work and commitment and I am delighted for him. I hope he can now keep up the momentum through to the summer.” Hal, who passed 10 GCSE subjects at


QEGS last summer, is currently studying clas­ sics, English literature, history and religious studies at AS level which he will sit in the


■ summer. Our picture shows Dr Hempsall with a delighted Hal. (s)


ment. Cards, gifts and donations to the Lan­


cashire 'Wildlife Trust have been flooding into Kiddrow Lane Health Centre for Dr Martyn Smith while a celebration at Fence’s Sparrow Hawk Hotel saw a party with past and present colleagues. “I’d like to offer my very grateful thanks


to everyone who has sent good wishes, cards, gifts and donations to the charity,” said Dr Smith. “People have been remark­ ably kind.” Now Dr Smith is hoping to spend more


time going through his large collection of books, as well as walking and gardening with his wife, Elizabeth, who he met while she was involved in medical research. The couple also hope to spend more time with their new grandson, two-month-old Owen. The couple, who have lived in Read for


30 years, have two daughters, Rowena and Laura, who live near York. Born in Ripon, Dr Smith was brought


up in Leeds and attended school in York before he went on to study medicine at Cambridge University and then started his


DR SMITH (second right) with fellow Doctors Joe Kallarackcl, Michael Barsby and Michael Gornall (A040406/2)


career at King’s College Hospital, London. He worked in hospitals in Bradford and


Leeds before starting his career in general practice in Rosegrove Lane in October 1974 with Dr Michael Gomall. Just three months later the practice moved into new premises in Kiddrow Lane. “'When I start­ ed out there were two doctors, a reception­ ist and a caretaker in a terraced house,”


T H O U G H T for the week


25 years ago


THE outstanding example set by two Val­ ley youngsters earned them warm praise and inscribed glass goblets for being among the Ribble Valley boy and girl of the year award winners. The girl award went to Christine Yates (17), of Victoria Street, the boy award was presented joint­ ly to Ribchester brothers Nicholas and Stephen 'Weir, while 11-year-old Simon Rawstron, of Shays Drive became the first holder of a newly-created prize for junior citizen of the year. 0 There was a holiday mood in the Rib­


ble Valley for the Easter weekend with more people than usual heading for the Continent and an expected 1,000 caravan­ ners for the Sawley rally.


God had raised him to life again. Easter had come. This is the glorious message


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which churches proclaim this weekend. Amid the many uncertainties and pains of liv­ ing, this unconquerable truth stands out, colouring all of life with its promise and joy. First, Easter spells a changed


■view of death. 'The mention of dying can produce a chuckle which hides our uncertainty about what, if anything, lies' ahead. Certainly we do not know the details of the next life. There has to be a proper sense of, mystery about what our^


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he stone was rolled away. Jesus’s body was no longer in the tomb.


minds take in. ■W


said Dr Smith. “Lots of revolutionary medicines have come in and so much more is handled in general practice than it used to be and the number of staff we have has increased.” Dr Smith’s partner. Dr Michael Barsby, who has been in the prac­ tice since 1997, is being joined by Dr Joe Kallarackel, who has been working as a locum after leaving a practice in Nelson.


Pain, joy of Easter


earthly eyes cannot see, or our e are, however, in no doubt


that death is the entry point into a new and transformed life where, through faith in Christ, we shall see God and his Son Jesus Christ and experience healing, reunion and joy ivith- out end. With St Paul we can say, “to me to live is Christ, and


to die is gain”. Second, Easter gives an


enhanced delight in the world as it is. We had a five-day-old lamb in church last Sunday - a symbol of new life which never ceases to enthral. Many other signs of the re-awakening earth


are in evidence in spite of the ■recent ^vintry; conditions., , . -


Seeing this world as the place


which Christ entered at Bethle­ hem and where he died and rose again at Jerusalem gives us a deep respect for the creation. Martin Luther, the great


reformer, said that the resurrec­ tion is seen not only in the Bible, but in every blade of grass. To live in the ongoing Easter experience means cele­ brating life here and now. Yet there is no Easter with­


out Good Friday. Do come to one of tomorrow’s special events, particularly the 10 a.m. united service at St Mary’s, fol­ lowed by the procession to the Castle gate. Our joy in the risen Lord never blinds us to the appalling


reality of much suffering, including that borne by some Christians today in certain countries. When Jesus rose from the


dead, he still bore the wounds of the cross in his hands and feet. He bears the agonies of a suf­


fering world to this day, so that to follow him -will always mean sharing others’ pain, yet not being suffocated by tragedy since we are still meant to live the Easter joy.


REV. RODNEY NICHOLSON,


Vicar of St Paul’s, Low Moor, and pricst-in-charge of Chatburn and Downham


Fond farewell to a highly-respeeted GP P


ATIENTS and colleagues have been bidding a fond farewell to a highly- respected family doctor on his retire­


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