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&Times, Thursday, March 8lh, 2007
Clitheroe
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casllanc.inew.s.co.uk Only the first in a
series of meetings I HAVE been bombarded with requests from persons from outside Read ami Simonstone to attend tlie two sclieduled meetings on March 12th to meet the race course promoters. I am compelled to explain that the ini
tiative arose out of my concern that, witli so much speculation and conjecture in the ullages, it was about time that we invited the promoters to Read and Simonstone to allow local residents an opportunity to hear about the proposals and to ask ques tions. I am also conscious of the need to
ensure that, without a' larger venue in the villages, it is imperative that priority
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. must on this occasion be given to local res idents to attend, otherwise it might not have been possible to accommodate local residents in preference to the wider com munity. Although even here it has been necessary to limit the numbers for health and safety reasons. The meetings are, however, the first of a series of meetings and arrangements are presently being made for further meetings to be held in Read and Simonstone and details of the dates will be circulated shortly. Any Read and Simonstone residents unable to attend on March 12tli wdll be guaranteed a ticket for the future meetings and it is anticipated that, subject to availability, it may also be possible to open the meetings to the wider community. Any person wishing to have a copy of
the report of the meetings on March 12th should telephone me on 01282 772201, or by e-mail to
Cllr.riill@ribblevalley.gov.uk May I take this moment to thank my team of helpers for their support.
COUN. JOHN HILL, Leader: Kibble Valley Borough Council, Ward Member: Read and Sinionslone
Think about floods
around Whalley I HAVE read with interest the ongoing reports in your paper concerning the pro posed racecourse at Read/AItham. Although I do not have any objections
concerning the proposal per se, I feel that the people of Whalley might well he \dew- ing the proposal vdth some consternation and I wondered if their view had ever been solicited and, it not, why not? My question is founded on the fact that
the location of the proposed racecourse is on a flood plain adjacent to the River Calder. In fact the proposed racecourse is to cross the river tndee. Only a few weeks ago the area designat
ed for the racecourse was under water. If the racecoui-se goes ahead and the intend ed CO days racing is to be the norm, it fol lows that the owners will not wish for these days to be reduced by occasions of flooding. To minimise this possibility they will probably try to restrict the river flooded flow to the existing watercourse by building high hanking on the existing riverbanks and possibly canalising the existing watercourse. In recent weeks as the result of
inclement weather a flood warning was issued for the village of Whalley. The threatened flood did not materialise, how ever I feel that if the flood waters of the future are denied the steadying features of the natural flood plain upstream, then Whalley will suffer more floods in the future. Worth a thought isn’t it?
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ANTONY IIAWORTH Pendicside Close, Sahilcn
Not all residents
will be able to go WITH regard to Mr A Cooper's letter he saj’s: I find it disturbing that the opportunity to have their fears allayed is being restricted to the villages of Read and Simonstone. We wish! ^ 1 understand that it is only ONE in
FOUR households in Road and Simon stone that will he able to go to the meet ing - the venue apparently is too small! Fait accompli indeed!
P. MILLER (.MR.S), Beaiiley .Avenue, SimiiuslDiie
I wish my girl could
wear trousers I WRITE in response to the mother whose daughter’s hemline is rising. I too have a daughter who leaves the house with her skirt to her knees, that rises on her way to school. I would love to be able to buy her trousers to solve the safe ty issue around young girls dressing inappropriately, but unfortunately at St Augustine’s girls not wearing skirts is not accepted. This means that in rain, hail and snow, also on dark nights, my daughter has to travel from Clitheroe to Billington on public transport in a skirt. Surely in this day and age girls wearing trousers is the norm? The female teach ers wear them.
A CONCERNED .MUM Thank you to a
wonderful man TO the kindest man we know. The boys of Clitheroe Skate Group
would like to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to Mr Mel Diack, of Whalley, for his hard work and dedication in helping the group achieve several awards, and his tireless fund-rais ing towards much appreciated equip ment. This would not have been possible without Mel’s kindness and commit ment to community spirit all in his own valuable time. Thanks Mel.
WILL BROAVN, CHAIRMAN; OLLIE BROWN, LACK CROASDALE, BEN BRADLEY, SHELLEY .MAKINSON AND ALE.X DRUNKER Clillicroe Skate Group
A cause for concern
in our household ENTRY into secondary school seems to have been a hot topic of conversation and the cause of some distress at home this week. A
A^e are indeed fortunate to
have three non-denominational second ary schools with such good reputations in and around Clitheroe. I do question the selection criteria and more impor tantly the dissemination of how those criteria are applied. I t seems that the answers one receives depend greatly upon whom one is speaking to and possi bly how the questions are posed. In my ideal world the secondary
school chosen for my child would be based upon the needs and desires of that child. I cannot see that what would be best for my eldest child would necessari ly be good for my other two children and so I question the selection criterion that is based upon having a sibling already attending a particular secondary school. I should also like to think that the clos
Help us with your
hobby information THROUGH the pages of j'our paper I am appealing on behalf of the area’s Round Table, Rotary, and Lions clubs to help us help you. A
A ^e are going to run a Hobbies Exhi
bition on April 28th and 29th at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, in Chatburn Road. This is to show the great variety and
opportunities that are available though clubs, societies and activities, for all from nine to 90 years old. AA'e already have exhibitors ranging from archery to blowlamp collecting, but we need more to make the two-day event one of the best. If you are involved in a hobby you
want to share, for a nominal fee you can put your club, society or individual activity on display before hundreds of people in a well-organised environment. Genealogy to golf, philately to foot
ball, we are interested. It may be that you are unable to bo at the exhibition, but would like your literature on display. AVe will do that as well. If you are a per- ■ forming group, music or martial arts, we are looking to put a performance area aside and have a programme timed to suit exhibitors. Interested? Then con tact John Snowdon on 01200 423187 or me, Roland Hailwood, on 01200 424240.
ROLAND IIAILAVOOD, Clilheroe.
Please leave the
dead in peace I REPLY to my father’s letter “Its hard enough losing a loved one’’, (Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, February 22nd) bout the antics of mindless yobs. It was only last year that thoughtless imbeciles damaged benches at the cemetery. AA'hen will they leave the cemetery
alone?
est school would be adequate for the needs and desires of my child. That way my child.might benefit from making friends with children who live close to our home. Similarly the amount of fuel used in transporting children to and from school might be minimised as many children might be able to walk or cycle to school and many parents might be able to take advantage of sharing lifts or making the best use of public trans port. I could write about the elitist, selfish,
materialistic attitude of some parents and school representatives and how sad it is that as a society we seem so keen to promote such values in our children but I feel I have written enough already.
MRS.TLMEAVELL Twislim Lane, Downham
Twoex-CRGS
students sought IF anyone knows Judith Gaskell (maid en name) or Janet Thompson (maiden name), would you kindly ask them to telephone me on 01772 421336 (Ley- land). They wore both a t Clitheroe Royal Grammar School a t the same time as me (1950 onwards). Regards also to anyone else who might remember me. JOHN AVILKINSON, Cumberland .Avenue, Leylund
This is a place where people are at
peace. AAhll these imbeciles bo punished accordingly by the courts or simply let off?
My loved one, my mother, my' best
friend, deserves to be left in peace, not have yobs trespass on her grave, steal the lights and destroy the toilet block. Sometime, maybe these hooligans
will have loved ones down AA'addington Road Cemetery. AAhll they then realise and regret how foolish they have been in their younger days.
J.IIALL, Clillieroe
The bad guys are
laughing at us 1 AM angry. I have just read your front page article (February 22nd edition of • the Clitheroe Advertiser) about the high-powered catapult incidents. There is something very strange
creeping into our language and our approach to evil acts and bad behaviour in general. Our way of thinking, writing and understanding about human life and experience is becoming more and more of a fantasy bearing little relation to the truth of the matter. The quotes from the police officer
were a classic of this strange way of thinking. That the thugs using the cata pult are unaware of the possibility of causing a terrible accident or of blinding someone or of costing people their hard earned cash in having to repair their smashed and destroyed property beg gars belief. The thugs know exactly what they are doing and revel in their evil behaviour. I have heard the phrase “at risk of offending” applied to bad/naughty/ovil individuals - what on earth does this mean? I was brought up in a poor family,
which struggled to make ends meet. Often they did not meet and we went without. 1 will not accept this kind of Orwellian double-speak. Our society needs to reassess its direction and pun ishment of evil must he harsh and appropriate because the bad guys and gals out there are laughing at the decent folk. Do you know my biggest fear is the indifference shown by so many good and decent people in the face of these prob lems. AA'hile wo all take no action evil is thriving and spreading its tentacles throughout our society. I t’s our country people, yes you, the decent ones, let’s start to fight back. I won’t go into detail about what I
will do if I come across these catapult morons, but I can say they won’t get away with attacking me. Laughable though it is, the biggest threat to all the decent folk is the possibility of being arrested for simply protecting oneself or one’s family or of making a stand against the bad behaviour of others. Something has got to change in our
country. I t doesn’t have to be like this. NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED
Happy school day
memories returned THE picture of Rihblesdale pupils in last week’s Clitheroe Advertiser, which was sent in by Doris Brown, brought back some happy school day memories for me I have this photograph somewhere,
but haven’t looked at it for many years. It was taken in the early summer of 1949 and features class lA, who were approaching the end of their first year at
Ribblesdale.Like most old pholograph.s, it is interesting for several different rea sons. Quite a few of the pupils shown, lived
in what was then known as the AAYst Riding and for them a now school was about to be opened called Riversmead situated between Grindleton and Sawley. now known as Rowland School. Several rather pretty girls were thus
removed from the arena of admiration, which 1 recollect as being something of a setback at the time! The teacher in the centre is Mr
J.L.Garner, a no-nonsense maths teacher who spent almost his entire career at Ribblesdale. Those were the days when ju s t about every pupil entering the school at 11 knew their timeslables off by heart. If they didn’t, J.L. Garner quickly rectified the omission! It is interesting to reflect that nearly
all of us on the photograph would be 11- plus failures. This was quite a psycholog ical setback for those who were expected to pass or for those who pinned their hopes on becoming a pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. Surprisingly enough, so far as admis
sions are concerned, the situation has not greatly changed, admission to CRGS still being governed by a selection test. The big difference lies with Ribbles
dale, which for many years has been able to offer a greatly enhanced curriculum providing equal access to G CSEs, NA'Qs
etc.There is always sadness too when looking at a photograph nearly 60 years old, not everyone has survived to the present day. Betty AVells (seated fifth from the left)
was tragically killed in a road accident many years ago, and Angie nee Pollard (seated fifth from the right) died not too long ago.
AVithout wishing to sound maudlin, a
photograph like this reminds our age group that we are all coming to the end of an exhausting, sometimes terrifying, but magnificent journey of self discovery we call life. Thank you Doris for your glimpse of happy days of what now seems long ago.
D.AA'ID BOAVKER, Park .Avenue, Clillieroe.
One party is as
predictable as next IN response to the letter from Andrew J. Moore (Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, February 22nd) - this latest tax is unfair and unjust - how right you are. However when the voting public a re ,
given the opportunity to display their disenchantment with the present Gov ernment through the ballot box, remem ber the previous 17 years of Conserva tive Government. Edward Heath - cut prices at a stroke
translated into rising prices, wages held down, increased unemployment, increased interest rates, power cuts, three day working week and riots. Margaret Thatcher - the iron lady,
dictator? Brought despair to thousands. Remember the poll tax.
John Major - sufficient to say view
the 1997 election results and decide how popular he and his Government were. Conclusions - rising prices, increased
interest rates, increased unemployment and cuts in services are as predictable under the Conservatives as tax rises under Labour.
JOHN iM. BILLINGTON, AA'addow Grove, AA'addinglon
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