12 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, October 4th, 2007
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Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, October 4th, 2007 13 Letters to the Editor - | Write to: The Editor, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW Editorial e-:-mail:
vivicn.mealh@
easliancsncffs.co.uk~j— Just refrain from
using this junction I HAVE read with interest the recent contributions on this subject (junc tion with Pendle Road and the A59) as we regularly use this junction and find it difficult to understand how anyone can have difficulty with it. There is a central reservation,
which means you only need to con centrate on traffic coming one way at once, and there are clear fields of view in all directions. The A59 is a major cross-country
route and does not deserve to be lit tered with roundabouts or any other obstructions and it is possible that a roundabout would create additional problems not currently foreseen. Anyone who feels uncomfortable
with this junction has other options to use the roundabout a t the golf club even if heading for Pendleton or Sabden from Clitheroe. The next junction east at the end
of the link road ought to generate more comment with the number of heavy vehicles which use it to access the A59, but clearly there must be a higher percentage of professional drivers using that junction. This brings us to the crux of the
problem, which is that most of the incidents seem to be caused by peo ple who are unable to judge speed and distance and who represent a tiny percentage of the driving popu lation. These people should simply refrain from using this junction.
BRIAN TILLOTSON by c-mail
Pity county doesn’t
share these views A SUPERB letter by Madeline Adey in the Clitheroe Advertiser (Septem ber 27th edition) gives a more correct view about the problems caused at the A59 junction with Pendle Road. I t is a shame that these views are
not shared with the county council. Earlier this year, I attended one of
the Lancashire County Council forums. I cannot remember its exact name, but i t travels the area dis cussing issues, one of which was this very topic. I was left in disarray to hear th a t the only issue is one of speed. All problems were simply down
to drivers on the A59 going too fast and a roundabout would not be placed as it would cost £500,000. This is a very narrow minded view
by the county council. Now one per son is dead and a young mother has to live'with that for the rest of her life. Two families have suffered. As a regular traveller through that
junction, let me agree with Madeline Adey and say tha t I too have seen people ignore the no right turn into Pendle Road. I have also seen people turn off as if
going to'Sabden then swing round to use the junction “correctly”. I have also seen several cars balanced in the centre island, but the biggest problem: of all is cars pulling out at the last minute, either to get to Sabden or to : . travel towards Whalley. This is the main cause of the prob
lem. This has been the cause of most of the accidents, this has ended in a fatality. What conclusion did the county
council come to regarding the junc tion? They said there would be flashing
matrix-style lights on either side ask ing motorists to slow to 50 m.p.h. This is the most pathetic answer I could imagine and it still has not even been done.
How many more times are we to see
reports of serious injury or death? How many accidents can you fit into £500,000? Lancashire County Council, the
people of the Ribble Valley challenge you: Build us a roundabout or have blood on your hands.
TOM FLANAGAN Manor Road, Whalley. by e-mail
No one bothers
about saving lives WITH regards to past correspon dence regarding the "death" junction of the A59/Pendle Road. It would appear that really no one
gives a damn about how many peo ple are killed at this junction. We have read th a t even our MP
Nigel Evans has, it appears, drawn a blank in his endeavours to make this junction safe, which on my past deal ings with the local government bod ies, comes as no surpirse. When I was heavily involved in the campaign to obtain a puffin
pedestrian crossing a t the Ribble Valley Borough Council sports com plex a t Edisford. I was totally shocked at the lack of understanding on matters in the Ribble Valley by the people, who it seems have noth ing better to do than shuffle paper work around. The excuses issued by Lancashire
County Council and highways departments was unreal, even the RVBC joined in the fun of passing the buck. When I inquired about obtaining
a safe passage acoss the road at Edis ford, I was confronted with a desire by all (LCC and RVBC) to have no dealings \rith it whatsoever. I was told by LCC officials that to
be put on their list for possible finan cial aid for a crossing, there would have to be a least six deaths at that section of road, (that was to be con sidered to be put on the list). So going off that, we have still got
to have another four deaths before it will go on the list of consideration for action. In the meantime, we the Ribble
Valley residents, will still pay into the bottomless coffers of local gov ernment some £l00m. of taxes every year (taxes, council charges, road taxes) and even hear th a t is not enough to fund a roundabout. It might be a good idea if we in the
Ribble Valley push for a representa tion to the LCC, a person who will be able to negotiate between the tax payers and local government on mat ters like the above mentioned "death" junction. At the end of the day it appears
that-no one is interested in saving lives.
RONLOEBELL, Edisford Road, Clitheroe.
Points clarified -
event a success CAN we, as joint organisers of the Full Phat Event, clarify one or two points raised in your last-but-one edition where a number of factual errors where reported? .Our event was planned from Janu
ary and was not a last-minute poor ly, devised idea. The sole reason for the late appli
cation for a new licence was the postponement of the date due to
weather and the subsequent decision to increase the license capacity due to interest already shown. The Licensing Act 2003 clearly
states that 28 days notice be given and this was indeed the case, should there be issues with this then the only option would be to make repre sentations to the Licensing Authori ty to bring about an amendment to the Act of Parliament that is cur rently in force. We believe that this year’s Beat-
herder Festival was granted a license on the Friday they were to open, was this also reported with such vigour? A further point is our tickets were
refundable and this was clearly stat ed on the ticket and not as reported: Due to the close-knit nature of
our ticket outlets and vendors, we could inform people th a t we were still awaiting our license and that tickets were fully refundable. The reaction of a good number of
people who had purchased tickets was to offer the ticket cost as a donation regardless, whether the event went ahead or not. The outcome of Full Phat and
during the subsequent dissection of the event with the council and. police, it was unanimously agreed that the event was a resounding suc cess and words used to describe the way in which the event staff operat ed and visitors conducted them selves can be summarised as excel lent. With not one complaint received
by the council or the police, we can only assume th a t we complied, remained considerate and indeed held a safe event. A special mention should be made
to the Ribble Valley Event Safety and Advisory Group for their help and guidance and a particular thank you be made to the police for the excellent way in which they policed the event and at no additional cost to the taxpayer, without the help of these two bodies we could not have achieved our goal. Finally, we would like to say
thank you to all those who made this event possible with their help in kind and their donations. With the last of the money now coming in, we hope to have raised somewhere between £6,000 and £7,000 for the Air Ambulances, which will hopeful ly be presented next week, the hard
The best always needs better!
IF you produce the best con servatory systems in the busi ness, i t’s only right you should have the best factory to do i t in.
Clitheroe-based conservatory
giant Ultraframe ticks both those boxes after winning the “Best Engineering Plant” section of the 2007 Best Factory Awards (BFA). Over the past three years, Ultra
frame’s “Enterprise Works”, at Salthill Road, has increased pro ductivity and product flow, while reducing inventory levels and absenteeism. A review of opera
tions at all levels has led to signifi cant improvements in perform ance, recognised and praised by the BFA judges. Now in their 16th year, the
awards stand apart from other similar schemes because of their rigorous judging procedures, which examine every aspect of operational and manufacturing management performance. There is a detailed entry procedure which encourages businesses to evaluate every aspect of their operation, followed by an in-depth judging visit where the business is
truly measured by a team of experts. Many businesses enter just to obtain the free and confi dential benchmarking report from Cranfield School of Management. Those shortlisted for the various
categories were invited to a glitzy awards ceremony at The Hilton, in. Park Lane, London, where the winners were announced. Overall “Factory of the Year” winner was the Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare factory, in Hull, which was also awarded top honours in the Process Plant and People Man agement categories.
Chris'Rowlands, awards judge
and editor of Works Management, commented: “I t ’s a privilege to judge the awards, and this year what stood out for me this year has been the real thirst for improvement shown by so many manufacturers. These companies are using every avenue possible to secure valuable tips and insight, they are on a quest - and those that step up to the challenge are clearly reaping the rewards.” For more on the awards, visit
the BFA website:
www.bestfacto-
ryawards.co.uk
work and effort that went into stag ing this event has certainly been worth it.
IAN O’RILEY and EMMA ROBINSON by e-mail
Children should
not be armed IS it right th a t primary school chil dren can be legally armed? Following a recent Freedom of Information request, Devon and Cornwall police admitted granting a shotgun certifi cate to a nine-year-old. Doubtless other police forces have done likewise. A youngster has to wait until 16 to
marry, 17 to drive a car and 18 to vote, but at nine can be armed. The shooting brigade is a vociferous lobby, forever claiming their "right" to do whatever to our wildlife; doubtless they exert extreme pressue to allow their young children to use shotguns to kill birds and animals. The age of criminal responsibility is
10; low compared to other countries. Why 10? Because below that age chil dren are judged not to be responsible for their actions, yet Devon and Corn wall police see fit to arm them with shotguns. Perhaps a t times some police forget their duty to safeguard society as a whole. Kids will be kids, but kids with
guns can kill like men. It is not the gun th a t kills, but the person who pulls the trigger. As such, society must think long and hard about who is armed, not criminals, not the insane and surely not the immature? Across the world children are press-
ganged to fight and die clutching AK47s precisely because they lack adult emotions. They are often fear less and with encouragement can kill without pity. Our children have the good fortune to be spared such hor rors, so why not teach them to respect life rather than take it just for fun? The age when children can have a
shotgun certificate should be raised, certainly to th e age of criminal responsibility and ideally to, say, the age for driving. At present a child of any age can be given a shotgun certifi cate if the police so decide, but com- monsense tells us it is courting disas ter to arm children.
M.J. HUSKISSON, ,
Animal Welfare Information Service,
P.O.Box 8, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 OJL.
Green-fingers win gold
GREEN-FINGERED staff a t a Clitheroe firm have been all smiles after scooping a gold medal at
Southport Flower Show. Staff from Greenet, a horticultural social enter
prise network based in Shawbridge Street which provides training and employment opportunities to disabled people, exhibited in the main floral marquee and were delighted to win the medal. The five main members of Greenet are Care,
Stanley Grange in Preston, Brothers of Charity in Chorley, Integrate in Preston, Piccadilly Gardens in Lancaster and Jigsaw Environmental, near Clitheroe. “Care” this year took the lead role with designing and planting the stand. I t was planted up as a sensory garden using a
large range of perennials, herbs, vegetables and annuals that were produced at all five enterprises.
Ribble Valley wedding belles TAPPING - BRANNIGAN
A HONEYMOON in Las Vegas and Hawaii fol lowed the wedding of Clitheroe couple Miss Rebekah Brannigan and Mr Jason Tapping. The couple were mar
ried at the Gibbon Bridge Hotel, Chipping, in a quiet ceremony for family and close friends. A HR Manager for TK
Maxx, the bride is the daughter of Prof. Chris Brannigan, of Warwick shire, and Mrs Anne Brannigan, of Clitheroe. She also enjoys going to the gym, gardening, visit ing the cinema and having meals out. Her bridegroom, a jun
ior operations manager for Woolworths, also enjoys going to the cinema, eat ing out and running. He is the son of Mrs Jenny Tap ping. of Weston-super- Mare. Given away by her
father, the bride wore a long white gown overlaid with lace and carried a hand tied posy of illusion and toscani roses. Dame of honour was
the bride’s sister, Eliza beth Campbell. She wore
a three-quarter length chocolate brown dress with a pink wrap and carried a bouquet to com plement the bride’s. Best man was Mr Mark Price. On return from honeymoon the couple, who will live in Clitheroe, were planning to host a cel ebration party at the Moorcock Inn. Picture by Ashton Photography, Leyland
MIDDLETON- JACKSON
A HONEYMOON in Devon and Cornwall fol lowed the wedding of Clitheroe couple Beverley Jackson and Ian Middleton. The bride, who is a childminder, is the daughter of Mr David Jackson, of Longridge, and Mrs
Susan Wrathall, of Clitheroe. The bridegroom works as an aerospace alloy con
tract manager at Rolled Alloys in Blackburn. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Peter and Susan Middle- ton, of Waddington. Given away by her mother and 10-month-old
son, Joshua, the bride wore a two-piece strapless ivory gown with train complete with embroidered
detail. She carried a bouquet of cream roses and cream
gerbera with black aspidistra and tied off in silver. She was attended by bridesmaids Kate and
Ruth Jackson. They wore black, full-length strap less dresses with beading detail at the top and bus tle detail at the back. Both carried little posies of cream gerbera with
black aspidistra. The bridegroom’s brother, Mr Bryan Middleton,
acted as best man and groomsmen were Mr
Richard Alston and Mr Mark Plant. The wedding ceremony was held at the Moor cock Inn, Waddington, which was also the venue
for the reception. The couple will make their home in Clitheroe. Picture by Dave Pomfret, Pimlico Images of
Clitheroe.
A PLANNING application to retain existing opening as gated driveway entrance/exit. Modify windowing opening at front adja cent to porch. Install three Velux roof lights in a
Planning applications in the pipeline Comments on the proposal at 2
Woodend Cottages, Dunsop Bridge (no. 0862) must be made to the council by October 12th.- Other applications submitted
line on rear extension. Portico shel ter over rear door. Three supporting beams to be positioned over utility room for gable. Erect store/work- roomshed(s).
include: Barrow: Erection of extension to
form dry goods storage area at Spread Eagle Hotel, Clitheroe
Road (0869). BoIton-by-Bowland: Single •
ISHERWOOD - LISTER
CLITHEROE couple Miss Julie Lister and Mr Alan Isherwood tied the knot in St Leonard's Church, Downham. A reception then fol
lowed a t Mytton Fold Hotel, Langho. The bride, a nursery
nurse and keen horse rider, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert and Christine Lister, of Worston. The bridegroom, a
structural engineer, who enjoys playing five-a-side football and pool, is the son of Mr and Mrs Peter and Sue Isherwood, of Clitheroe. The bride, who was
given away by her father, wore a full-length ivory gown, with a strapless bodice embroidered with red silk, and her full skirt also featured embroidered detail on the train. She carried a bouquet of roses and lilies. In attendance were
dame of honour Mrs Andrea Lane, the bride's sister, and bridesmaids Claire Naylor and Claire Devine, who wore dresses of deep crimson and car ried posies of cream and
Mixed bag of weather
AUGUST was a cool, drier month with only average temperatures. There was plenty of sunshine in the first week with temperatures hitting 74°F on the 5th. The middle of the month saw the return of very wet days, particularly on the 14th when over an inch was recorded. Cool dry weather followed to the end of the month with winds from the northerly quarter. Total rainfall 89.7 mm = 3.588 in.
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red roses. Best man was Mr Bob Devine and groomsmen were Mr Steven Isherwood and Mr Craig Lister. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev.
Canon Rodney Nicholson and a honeymoon in the Domincan Republic followed. The couple will continue to live in Clitheroe. Picture by Lancastrian Imaging.
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storey extensions to side and rear and alterations to site layout at Middle Flass Lodge, Settle Road, Forest Becks (0897). Grindleton: Proposed stable, stor
age, tack room and trailer store. Portal frame building with block- work to 1200 mm and Yorkshire boarding above with Etemite grey sheet roof adjacent to Bambers, Lane Ends (0888).
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