16 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, September 28th, 2006
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www.ciitheroetoday.co.uk — iili Transport costs
add to our worries PARENTS who have been subjected to extortionate increases for trans porting their children to school should thank their lucky stars that they do not have a child with-special needs. If they did, and they chose an
appropriate school, as advised by Thatcherite administrations, and continued by the neo-socialist Blair, then they would have to pay much more per day. Even if they had been advised to
look around and find the best school for their child, if the local authority disagrees and puts school X on the child’s statement, and they express a
■parental preference for school Y, then they ■will be responsible for transport costs. Last year we paid £24 per day and
this year, even though provided by the local authority, it may well cost £32. A student in Burnley has been
refused transport in the second year of a third-year course, even though the authority had paid in the first two years! Perhaps, and I am no lawyer, spe
cial needs children are being discrim inated against, albeit indirectly, because they cannot access public transport, nor the “normal” buses pro'vided by the authority. Since putting pen to paper, the
matter has to some extent been resolved. We are now being asked to pay £5
per day, £25 per week. However, we are not the only ones
in this position. There are a lot of special needs children in the Kibble Valley. Families with special needs chil
dren have enough problems without ha'ving to fight an unfair system. In addition because of the wide
geographical area from which fami lies come, at any particular school, they find it difficult to present a united front.
They are vulnerable in more senses than one.
S. KENT, Fairfield Close, Clhhcroc
Bravo Ron, but it’s a lost cause
really
BRAVO Mr Ron Loebell, and wel come to the Ribble Valley Branch of the Disillusioned Club (“Good luck, but it will never happen”. Letters, Sept. 21st). I too had a protracted (three-year)
experience trying to knock some common sense into a petrified Envi ronment Directorate situated in the rarefied atmosphere of Guild House, Preston, with regard to the world’s wacky racers and their use of Accrington Road, Whalley, for their daily speed trials in a 30 zone. But to no avail, Nigel Evans MP
simply passed the buck. Lancashire County Council’s even
tual brainstorming, and equally par simonious solution was to use double parking in the porous notion that it will slow down the traffic with little outlay. As if parked cars are a permanent
fixture. So nothing’s chaiiged in Accring
ton Road then, other than it’s worse. The LCC Environment Direc
torate’s mantra of accumulate six fatalities or more and then, and only then, we may listen to your case has become nothing less than an escape clause to gratify their inertia. The sooner this six fatalities
notion is erased from the books and their minds the better. The better for the Ribble Valley if
not for the frisson that would ripple through the dusty minds of the Lan cashire County Council should ever the likes of Two Jags get their way with regard to regional authorities. Not that I am a fan of regional
authorities, but the LCC needs a sharp wake-up call lest they are labelled “not fit for purpose.” By the way, what is the annual bill
to the ratepayers for the running of the En'vironment Directorate? I only ask.
JOHN B. LEAVER, Manorfields, Whalley
No bungs, simply
some good football I ’M sure many football fans are aware that Clitheroe has a non league football team, but how many have ventured down to Shawbridge to check them out? They have started the season
superbly and six wins in eight games (before Tuesday's match) sees the Blues nestling in fourth place in the UniBond League Division 1. The bung culture aired on BBC's
“Panorama” is one of many factors turning people off Premiership and League football. Have you had enough of sky high
wages, high ticket prices and messing about with kick-off times? Then please come down to watch
football how it used to be - you can stand up, mingle with other fans and the players are on your level. Top of the league Eastwood Town
are the visitors on Saturday and come 4-50 p.m. it's just possible that the Blues could be sitting proudly at the top instead. It's an ideal opportunity for you to
give non-league football a chance and support your local team as they, push for top spot. Football at 3 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon - you know you want it!
“TOPSIDER” (Name and address supplied)
Thank you for the
damage you caused I WOULD like to take the opportu nity of using your letters page'to thank the driver who reversed into my drive causing damage to one of the brick posts situated there on Wednesday, September 20th.
Noted academic is guest speaker at USA meeting
NOTED author, academic and sometime head of geography at Lancaster University, Professor Colin Pooley, spoke to 75 members of the Clitheroe branch of the Uni versity of the Third Age (USA) at their annual conference. His subject for the event, held at
Mytton Fold Hotel, Langho, was “Global Mobility and Everyday Travel, Recent Changes and Future Prospects”. With the aid of numerous well
prepared charts and carefully cho sen statistics. Prof. Pooley set out to explode a few of the myths exist ing in all layers of society, that local travel habits and patterns have changed radically over the past 60 years.
In terms of local travel, while on
one hand improved mobility has enhanced our lifestyle, children’s school journeys show surprisingly little change in the pattern of trav el.
Whereas there is a different atti
tude to the freedom of movement between a child of the 1930s and the present day, total everyday travel between 1965 and the pres ent day has scarcely changed at all. Interestingly, he pointed out that
statistically there were consider ably higher risks for pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists than there was from terrorist action in air incidents. He suggested that should we be persuaded, either by legislation or
rising costs, to give up our cars or use them on a more restricted basis, we would miss them little and soon become accustomed to an enhanced public transport system which must follow. Finally, on the subject of air
travel, he was quite clear that with increased surcharges on fuel and increasing power of the green lobby, would see a rapid end to ultra cheap airfares. The audience left contemplating the return of the bicycle and more involuntary exer cise! Clitheroe U3A meets on the sec
ond Tuesday of each month in St Mary’s Hall, Church Street, Clitheroe, at 2-30 p.m. Members and non-members are all welcome.
OUR picture shows guest speaker Prof. Pooley with Clitheroe USA from the left, Mike Howseman, Jean Parkinson, Sue Thorpe and
annual conference (A20090G/2)
committee members, Anne Bulpin at their
As I am only receiving disability
living allowance due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the cost for repairing this I can ill afford I hope my post didn’t damage your vehicle.
JAMES RYAN, Balmoral Avenue, Clitheroe
What became of
civil liberties? DON’T drink and drive. You might spill it. Actually, you can drink and drive.
All countries have a tolerance. You must not be drunk and drive. My intolerance is against those
pretentious hypocrites who presume to set themselves up as judges. ■ Informers who ingratiate them
selves, presumably, with the authori ties will tell on those who they decide have had a drink too much in the pub, before dri-ving home. If the person who is alleged to
have consumed too much alcohol is apprehended on the way home, tough luck. The evil is the liberties police take
when the driver has actually reached home - and is inside his/her own home. What right has any police officer
to presume entry into that person’s home? An infringement, a blatant offence against cml liberty. Once within his/her own home
that person has every right to a “night cap” of a wine, whisky or brandy. No consideration is given by the
police to this liberty. They are arrested, drinking in their own home, taken away and breathalised - for drinking in their own home! This is the -vicious totalitarianism
of a police state we used to condemn in the Soviet-controlled Eastern bloc countries, and now this evil has become practised and accepted by our own local police force. I am motivated to submit this concern because of two recent
instances of this nature. And how many more do I not know about?
ROBIN PARKER, St Chad’s Avenue, Chatburn
Could anyone help
out on Bleasdale? I AM engaged in research into the his tory of the North Lancashire Refor matory at Bleasdale near Garstang, which opened in 1857 and closed in 1905. There is plenty of general informa
tion, but it is very difficult to find per sonal stories, and I would be very interested to hear from any readers who have found ancestors who were at Bleasdale. It would be equally inter esting to know more about the father and son team. Grant King and his son Alfred, who were superintendants during the whole existence of the Reformatory. Alfred King died in Liv erpool in 1922, and left a family - Mil dred, b.l878, Charles Grant b.l881 and Gladys Grant b.l884.
EMMELINE GARNETT, 1 Oak Lea, Wray, Lancaster, ■ LA28QG e-mail:
emmelinewray@gmail.com)
Information sought
on grandmother MY grandmother, Margaret Jane Rice, was bom in Clitheroe in 1876. She married Richard Thomas Whit- tam in Burnley in 1898. I know that she had a brother,
Richard, and possibly a sister, Mary (Polly). I would like to know whether any other family still live in Clitheroe and whether they have any informa tion about her and her siblings.
RICHARD WHITTAM, 9 Montrose Way, Thame, Oxfordshire E-mail:
r.whittam@tiscaIi.co.uk Tel: 01844 2G0519
I Write to: The Editor, Clitheroc Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW Editoriai e-mail:
vivien.meath@
easlIancsnews.co.uk —
Walkers put their hearts into challenge
MORE than a hundred hikers took to the hills for the British" Heart Foundation’s (BHF’s) third annual Heart of the Kingdom Challenge. The 12-mile challenge hike once
again took place in the very heart of the kingdom at Dunsop Bridge, in the picturesque Forest of Bow- land Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The hikers, including a 45-
strong team from Stonyhurst Col lege, tackled a course that took in some of the most spectacular
views in the country as they passed through the valley and offered them an opportunity to witness one of the country’s rarest birds of prey, the hen harrier, in its natural environment. The chal lenge was supported by landown ers United Utilities, who mar shalled checkpoints, supplied 200 bottles of water and manned the much-needed Soup Stop - ensur ing the hikers were fully hydrated and nourished at all times! The Forest of Bowland AONB and Lancashire County Council . Countryside Service also support-
ed the event by marshalling check points. Bowland Pennine Moun tain Rescue Team showed its sup port for the challenge and was on hand throughout the day to keep a watchful eye on the hikers. The Heart of the Kingdom Chal
lenge will raise more than £10,000 to help the BHF with its vital work in the fight against heart dis ease. This money will be spent in Lancashire and the Ribble Valley. Our picture shows some of the
walkers who took part in the Heart of the Kingdom Challenge. (S170906/1)
Pounding the streets for charities
A GENEROUS Clitheroe couple will be pounding the streets of Tyneside this weekend in aid of two worthwhile causes. Bob and Heather "Wilkinson, of
Mearley Syke, ■will join thousands of entrants on Sunday as they take part in the Great North Run.
The super-fit duo, who are hop
ing to raise as much money as pos sible for the MS Society and East Lancashire Hospice, will slip on their running shoes and take part in the gruelling half marathon. Mr Wilkinson (35), who will be taking part in the race for the
fourth time, said: “I have always enjoyed taking part in the run and this time we will be raising money for two deserving charities that are very close to our hearts. “Training has been hard as we
28th September - 30th September
French Market Spectacular
Nelson Town Centre
Thursday 28th September French & Scottish Market and Indoor Market
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Friday 29th September French & Scottish Market, Street Market and Indoor Market Centre M^sterplan Launch
Nelson Town, s
Saturday 30th September French & Scottish Market and Indoor Market
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Samba Band >y "i- y y /y y f Dfior Drummers
Chinese .Lion .Dancers b 1 ® 3S tlan c a sh ire
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have had to find time around our busy schedules because we work and have two chil dren, however we are very much looking forward to the challenge.” Anyone wish
ing to sponsor the couple is asked to call 07976 823977.
Concert to honour
a friend THE memory of a Clitheroe man who devoted much of his life to the town and, in particular, its band is to be hon oured by a free concert. Clitheroe Town
Band is to per form a free evening of music in memory of Mr Walter Brayshaw at St James Church on Octo ber 4th. Mr Brayshaw,
who died this year, actively sup ported the band and for several years acted as its press and publici ty officer. The
pro
gramme at the W e d n e s d a y evening concert ■will include music from musicals, well known classi cal tunes, march es, the Last Night of the Proms and much more. The event starts at 7- 30 p.m. and mem bers "of the band are hoping for a huge turnout.
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