18 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, January 19th, 2006


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for the following day. What is the prob- • lem?


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'Th e market should be working together not causing conflict..


MARKETTRADER (Name and address supplied) Only the petition opposing Mr


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GradwelTs application was included with the council agenda which formed the basis of our article. The petition backing his successful bid was present­ ed later-SD/TOR.


King Street is no


place for night club SOMETHING strange is happening in King Street. Perhaps someone bet­ ter informed can explain it to me. At or near the entrance to the old


sorting office (behind the General Post Office) are two posted notices. One indicates that planning permission is being sought to convert the premises into what is euphemistically described as a wine bar. 'The second one outlines an application to sell and consume alcohol and to permit music and danc­ ing etc into the small hours of the morning. These applications are to be consid­


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dvertlser and 1 imes & Salvation Army


You helped make


Christmas special WE, at the Salvation Army, Clitheroe, wish to say a huge thank-you to the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times for promoting the 2005 Christmas Toy Appeal. A special thank-you goes to Natalie


Cox, who worked so hard at encourag­ ing the public to donate toys. Thanks also to the photographers


who spent time with us, trying to get decent pictures - a difficult task with such reluctant models. Thank you also to the staff who so


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willingly made room in the office for the toys, and helped us load the car when we collected them. The appeal would not have been a


success without all your efforts. We would also like to pay tribute to


the public in and around Clitheroe who were unbelievably generous and thoughtful in their response to the appeal. The gifts donated were care­ fully chosen, and very suitable. Thank you also to those who gave donations of money which were spent on items for teenagers. We are indebted to Clitheroe Round Table for their huge supply of toys, purchased at Wool- worths. These came just as our stock. of toys.was at its lowest. Very timely! Thank you. We were able to provide a main pres­


ent, a book or game, a soft toy and a stocking filler for 127 needy children, : who would otherwise have faced a


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bleak Christmas. > ' ' We received letters, phone calls and


text messages saying thank you for bringing smiles, not only to the faces of the children who received presents, but also to the parents who had been so worried and upset at not being able to provide for their children.


Thanks also go to Ribblesdale and


Moorland Schools for their donations of food, to Coun. Robert Thompson for a turkey, to Barrow village for the generous donation from their carol service, and for the food hampers delivered to our charity shop. We were able to provide Christmas


food for families in crisis. On Christmas Day we provided din­


ner for those who would otherwise have been on their own. The meal was beautifully cooked by the Clitheroe Hospital chef and catering staff. - We were grateful for the help of the volunteers who provided transport,


■ served the meal and washed up. It was a fantastic team effort. Thank you.


. The true spirit of Christmas is “car­ ing and sharing”. This was very evi­ dent in the overwhelming response to our Christmas appeals. We think the public in Clitheroe and the Ribble Val­ ley are just superb. We wish God’s blessing on you all.


ELIZABETH SMITH (CAPTAIN) AND BRENDA WISE- (LIEUTENANT), The Salvation Army, Ciithcroc Corps, ■ Lowergale, Clitheroc


Article on butcher


was misleading LAST week’s article on the market butcher, heading “Go ahead for butch­ er despite protest”, was very mislead­ ing, not stating that Mr Gradwell had also handed a petition to the council with a higher majority of signatures having no objection to him using his cabin for prep work for the following day.,'


Many traders have to visit their stalls on non-market day to stock up


ered by the relevant committees in the very near future. What I don’t under­ stand is why extensive reconstruction and renovation work connected with these applications is going on apace even before they have been considered, let alone approved! The name appearing on the notices


is Faradays Ltd. Do these people have some psychic powers of optimism in assuming that this nightclub venture vvill go ahead? One assumes that the unthinkable


can’t be happening, that this applica­ tion is going to go through with “a nod and a.wink”! Make no mistake, any premises that are'licensed for alcohol, music and dancing can never be described ^ a wine bar. It is a night-, club per se, constituting all that this word entails! I cannot think of a greater error of


judgement than to permit such a facil­ ity to exist in King Street of all places. King Street is one of the jewels in Clitheroe’s crown, justly deserving its royal name. I t already has a splendid wine bar together with many other high-class outlets. Jewellery, furniture, fine wines, fash­


ion, ;travel, restaurants, accommoda­ tion etc. ,etc.' to say nothing of the offices of this prestigious newspaper. A few short wee^ ago the headline in the Advertiser read: “I t’s all-out war on drunken yobs”! Does.the left hand know what the


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right hand is doing with regard to restoring some semblance of law-abid­ ing behaviour on our town centre streets late at night? Will someone in authority be bold enough to describe what effect a nightclub would have on the residents in the vidnity of King Street? Yes, I have a vested interest in writing this letter, my daughter and eight-year-old granddaughter live within 30 metres of these proposed premises. I will go so far as to say that if this


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planning application is allowed to go ahead in its present form, it will in some way be to the detriment of all existing businesses and residents on upper King Street. Without wishing to prejudge the clientele, a nightclub will almost cer­


tainly attract undesirable elements into the town at hours when peace and


quiet should prevail. Without wishing to sound facetious,


I think nightclubs should be in similar locations to car boot sales. Might I suggest somewhere just off the Pimli­ co Link Road, leaving King Street to remain a safe and prosperous thor­


oughfare. DAVID BOWKER, Park Avenue, Clithcroe


What sort of people


wreck cemetery? I 'VISITED the Clitheroe Cemetery on Sunday afternoon.' I was so shocked at the vandalism


that had taken place. Two seats had been completely destroyed by vandals.


The first seat was in memory of Nora Briggs, a well-known lady in Clitheroe who dedicated her life to rescuing stray animals. She was a member of the Fur and Feather group for many years. As a tribute to her endless work, the group erected a really well-made seat. It must have cost quite a lot of money. - If any member- of Fur and Feather


read this. I’m sure they -will feel like I do.


What kind of people can do this? The second seat, again erected by


relatives, was completely destroyed. I had thought of having a seat erect­


ed close to my daughter’s resting place,. but have now changed my mind.


; Is this the beginning of more seats


being destroyed which relatives have bought in memory of their loved ones? When vandals do all this damage in


. cemeteries, do they not have any con­ cerns at all? . How would they feel if it was a loved . one of theirs?...


M. PROCTER, Chester Avenue, Clilheroe


This store would


bring in more trade I AM writing with regard to letting Homebase into Clitheroe. At the moment in Clitheroe all we


have are banks, building societies, charity shops, hairdressers, dress shops and cafes.


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town and more money being spent in other shops.


Surely it would bring trade into the r


With regards to Mr Haworth saying


it is a market town, he must be joking. ■ All we have are a few cabins and a lot of open stalls with tin roofs which are empty of traders. When they altered it the council should have built- an enclosed market hall. People say it is becoming a ghost town. I am afraid it already is.


ALAN JOHNSON, Langhsaw Drive, i Ciithcroc


Why destroy our


lovely countryside? LIVING in one of the nicest areas in the United Kingdom, I can not under­ stand why so many people want to destroy the beauty of the area in which they live.


Our country lanes often look like rubbish tips. Two or three days a week


I, along with others, clean up the litter between Grindleton Bridge and the village of Chatbum. But sadly we still get more rubbish left by the lazy slob- bish brigade. Some of those dropping the rubbish are walkers who profess to love the countryside. Why do they do it?


You can clean it up one day, the next


day you will find the morons have dropped more litter. Fast food contain­ ers, plastic bottles, beers and soft drink cans, cigarette packets not to mention the dog dirt because the owners cannot be bothered to clean up after their ani­ mals. I suggest those that want to leave rubbish stay at home and drop their rubbish in their garden. We don't need you in our beautiful countryside. The same goes for those who let their dogs foul our footpaths.


MARTIN JAMES, Kingfisher, • Grindlcton


Pub radios help us


prevent trouble IN response to Paul Redmayne’s letter about the pubs in Clitheroe being issued with radios, I would like to ask him how he thinks that showing me identification to say that a person is under 30 is going to stop people from being violent in my pub or going onto the street and being anti-social, kick­ ing over bins or stealing road signs. As any licensee knows, we can not


predict when trouble is going to start (the police don’t issue us with crystal balls) that is why we have these radios. Any violence in the pub can be dealt


with straight away as we can call for assistance and the call will be picked up by other pubs, but mainly by Clitheroe CCTV control room and the police who are on the beat at that time.


^ , We do care about people’s safety and


that is why we have bought a radio at the cost of £217.38 (not every pub was issued with a radio) and installed nine CCTV cameras so that these trouble makers are banned from all pubs through the Pub Watch scheme and prosecuted if there are acts of violence. People need to take responsibility


for their own actions and stop blaming the pubs in Clitheroe for all the anti­ social behaviour that does go on in our town. When dealing with violent peo­ ple these radios are a lifeline and I for


- one appreciate what the police are try- ingtodo. ■ I would like to see ID cards brought ' in as they would help, but they would


not solve the problem. When you are next over for a visit


. Paul, please let me borrow your magic wand so that I can save some money and get a refund on my radio.


CLAIRE ELLIS, While Lion, Market Place, Clilheroe .


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IF the story in last week’s Clitheroe Advertiser and Times about the oil painting of the town has been of interest, you may like to know that from today until Saturday, January 28th, copies of different-sized prints will be shown at the library, costing £1, £1.50 and £3.50. Staff will take orders and cash and your prints will be ready for collec­


tion from February 6th. Perhaps one of the larger ones would be suitable for mounting and displaying some­ where at home. Small ones may be useful for stu­


dents with local history projects or they could be sent off by post to dif­ ferent parts of the UK - indeed any­ where in the world where we have family or friends who perhaps began


life in the Ribble Valley. The small profits from each-print will be used by our local library. It will be inter­ esting to see the response! It is a classic situation of the local


population - not political parties or local government - being in charge. Will five prints, 50 or 500 be sold? Rather like the new TV show - only one question “Deal or no deal!”


The 1740 painting and its history 1. THAGB equals Towneley Hall


Art Gallery, Burnley. 2. On display several years; bought


from a private collector in 1989; pre­ vious home, Hornby Castle. 3. A print of the original, kindly


given recently, by the curator at Towneley Hall, to Clitheroe Library has been framed by the Ainsworth


. Research Trust in memory of Cyril Ainsworth. I t will be on permanent display at the entrance to the refer­ ence library from the end of January. , 4. A Henry Marsden, owner of Gisbume Hall - before the Listers - was a burgage holder in the borough, an out bailiff in the 1670s and also one of its MPs from 1680 until his death in 1685. He bought Wenning- ton Hall, near Hornby Castle, in 1674. He was a member of Gray’s Inn Court,'London, from 1655; two' sons also became members. The ear­ liest borough records (Cyril Ainsworth’s book) refer to this fami­ ly several times and also refer to a


Henry Marsden of 1589 as an out bailiff. A direct link has not been established, but he may have been the grandfather of the Henry above. а. Through a succession of Mars-


dens, Hornby Castle came into the possession of John Marsden, the last of the male Marsdens in the late 1780s. John'spent a period of time at Slaidburn Endowed School in the early 1770s when Thomas Wilson, Vicar of Clitheroe and headmaster at CRGS from 1775 to 1813 was at Slaidburn. Thomas Wilson’s portrait is a prominent feature in the Clitheroe Library’s meeting room - council chamber of the borough 1820s to 1974. б. Marsdens were linked by mar­


riage on the fenjale side to a Dawson family, in turn linked to the Pudsey family of Bolton-by-Bowland. The


' Pudseys held burgage properties, acted as out bailiffs and MPs during the 17th and 18th Centuries. 7. A widow, Sarah Cookson (nee


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Marsden) and aunt of John, lived in Clitheroe during the 1760s and 1770s. She played a key role in the ownership of Hornby Castle passing


• to her nephew who died in 1826. 8. After a long legal battle from .


1826 to 1838, the property was held by John’s cousin, an Admiral Sand- ford Tatham until it came to the Pudsey Dawson’s in 1840. That fam­ ily sold the castle in the 1860s. 9. Was the painting at the castle at


that time? If so, it was left there for more than another century. Had a much earlier Marsden been qn owner and taken it to Wennington Hall? Did the widow, Mrs Cookson, take it from Clitheroe when she went to live at Wennington Hall and Hornby Castle until her death in 1791? Did it find its way to Hornby when the Pudsey Dawson family moved in? And who was the painter? All is con­ jecture - perhaps a fairy story - we are unlikely ever to know. However the theory is worth outlining and provides a happy


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fact that Clitheroe residents now have a copy of a really won- ; derful picture of Clitheroe in Fairy­ land. ■ 10. A book pub­ lished in 1998 by


: Hambledon Press with the title: “John Marsden’s Will,”


; written by Emme-';: line Garnett, out­ lines, very fully, the story of John and . those closely associ­ ated with him. The readem who I


suggested may have acopyof partof the picture in a book­ case , must : have bought a book in the last two years with


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