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Residents out in force for racecourse meet
by Faiza Afzaal
READ apd Simonstone resi dents turned out in force to air their views about the proposed
“super racecourse”. For the first time, the Marquis
of Zetland, chairman of the £100m. development, listened to the views of hundreds of residents who attended two public meetings in Read. Chaired by Mr Graham
Burgess, the chief executive of Blackburn with Darwen Council, the meetings were also attended by Mr David Reddick, planner/architect, Mr Dennis Taylor, the chief executive of the Lancashire Economic Partnership and Coun. John Hill, leader of Ribble Valley Borough Council and a Simonstone resident. Also in attendance were Mr
David Morris, chief executive of the borough council and represen tatives from Burnley Borough Council. At Monday afternoon’s meet
ing, held at the village’s United Reformed Church, the majority of villagers feared the proposed racecourse and adjoining leisure facilities would create traffic chaos due to the number of race goers travelling to the site, and destroy the peace and tranquillity of the area. A number asked whether a northern by-pass could be built
Time to have your say
MEMBERS of the public will get a chance to have their say on council issues next week. Whether it’s the three-
stream waste collection service, dog fouling, Clitheroe Castle Heritage Scheme, or affordable housing, people will be given a chance to express their views at the annual public meeting, being held on Tuesday, between 7 and 9 p.m. at the Ribble Valley Borough Council Chamber, in Church Street, Clitheroe. If you would like to ask
a question on the night, or for a fuller response, please submit it in writing by tomorrow to the Corpo rate Communications Unit, Ribble Valley Bor ough Council, Council Offices, Church Walk, Clitheroe, BB7 2RA. Or e-mail rebecca.midg-
ley@ribblevalley.gov.uk Free transport to and
from the meeting will be provided for Longridge residents by prior arrange ment. To book, please call
Rebecca Midgley on 01200 414592.
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from the notorious Devil’s Elbow. Others expressed concerns
about noise pollution, the effect the development would have on local businesses and feared the scheme could lead to more houses being built near the racecourse site, resulting in a huge building estate. Lord Zetland highlighted the
importance of the project and explained how it can bring enor mous economic benefits and employment opportunities to the area. He went on to stress that the plans were in their initial stages and the scheme is subject to plan ning consent and an in-depth 25-
month study, costing £4.3m., which begins next month. He commented: “We do care
about people. We know that you are bound to be affected if this happens. I t’s high time we had a meeting like this because i t’s so easy to get the wrong impression. “We want people to be happy
and to bring something special to this neighbourhood. The race course will be quality. I am not prepared to be chairman of a development that is tatty.” He added that residents’ views
were important to him and he wanted the development to be well-designed to prevent any con
gestion in Read and Simonstone. Speaking after the meeting, Coun. John Hill said: “I think the meeting went extremely well. There was a lot of information given. I feel people will now go away and form their own \dews.” A series of public meetings will
continue to be held over the next few months to allay the fears about quality, environmental decisions and the traffic impact the development would hax’e on the area. More details about them will
continue to appear in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. (B120307/6C)
TODDLERS will take to the catwalk this weekend to boost funds for a £50,000 appeal towards a new heart scanner in memory of a Ribble Valley man. Father-of-two Graham Garner died in
Focus on tiny tot models Over the past 10 montlis, kind-hearted
April 2005 after suffering from dissemi nated lymphoma - a condition which causes tumours. Graham, of Geneagles Drive, in Brock-
hall Village, worked as a lorry driver and spent the last few weeks of his life in the intensive care unit at what was then Blackburn Royal Infirmary. Although the doctors and nursing staff
did everything possible for him, he lost his fight for life at the age of 29, leaving behind his wife, Diane, and two small children, James and Chloe. Last May, his parents, Colin and Jan
ice Mustoe, who fostered Graham from the age of three, launched the “Graham Gardner Intensive Care Fund” to raise £50,000 towards purchasing a new echocardiography machine for the new Royal Blackburn Hospital.
Printworks meet
A PUBLIC meeting is being held tonight to dis cuss the proposed develop ment of homes at the Bar- row Printworks site. The meeting is being
held at 7 p.m. at Barrow Primary School.
people across the Ribble Valley have responded to the appeal by organising various fund-raising events. So far, the appeal has raised a magnificent £45,000. 'The latest charity spectacular, which is
being organised by three “mother and daughter” run East Lancashire business es, is a children’s fashion show to be staged at the Nursery at Brockhall, at 11 a.m.,on Saturday. The nursery is co-owned by mother
and daughter. Gill and Charlotte Barber. The glitzy event will feature a feast of stunning clothes modelled by toddlers and pre-school children, courtesy of Carousel of Barrowford, which is co owned by Linda and Alison Massey. The event will also feature fancy footwear kindly donated by children’s shop Hop, Skip and Jump, in Mill Hill, which is jointly-owned by Kate and Fiona Drever. Anyone wishing to donate towards the
Graham Gardner Intensive Care Fund is asked to call 01254 247766
© YOU can expect Clitheroe to go crazy tomorrow - all in the name of charily!
Comic Relief - or Red Nose Day as it is known to
many - will he hiking the nation by storm. Let us know all about your fund-raising, fun-packed
events. E-mail sallj'.
dahmkc@eastlancsnews.co.uk will] pictures, stories and video clips frorii your events.
Click on to
www.clitheroeloday.co.uk for the latest antics from across (he area, (oo!
Pendle Club
SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were Mrs D. Cook, Mrs M. Holding, Mrs J. Thornton. Bridge winners at the
Pendle Club were Mrs Eva Velvick, Mrs Eileen Hadfield, Mrs Kim McDonald, Mr Harx'ey Jackson. Domino winners were:
Mrs A. Lowe, Mrs F. Pye, Mrs M. Berry, joint 4, Mrs V. Giles and J. Leach. Sequence dancing is
held every Tuesday at 7- 30 p.m. and line dancing every Thursday at 1-30
p.m. Bridge latest
WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday evening were: NS Stexe Higsdn and Tim Davies, David Mortimer and Brenda Wilson. EW B. Guha and Use Park, Kath Thompson and Geoff Wharfe. Winners of the Millen-
niium Trophy on Thurs day, night were Moira Phillips and Michael Jef fery, John Pollard and B. Guha, Roy Ward and Pat Ward, Philip Manning and Doreen Blake.
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‘My dad’s a hero because he rescued people from a crash’
_____ by Vivien Meath_____
“MY dad’s a hero because he rescued people from a train th a t had crashed” wrote Clitheroe primary school pupil Chelsea Brand. Two weeks after the London to
Glasgow Virgin Pendolino train crashed at Grayrigg, her father, former Whalley resident PC Steven Davies (28), resolutely maintains tha t he was no hero, but simply carrying out his job with British Transport Police to the best of his ability. When he reported for work at 7
p.m. on February 23rd, PC Davies had no idea that, within two hours, he would be en-route to a scene of utter devastation. The former St Augustine’s High
School pupil was covering the night shift at the Preston depot when the call came in. “The fire crew and ambulance were there first, followed by myself, a British Transport PC and a Sergeant,” he recalled as the rail service resumed operation this week. “We had to go down a single
track road for a mile and a half before walking some three quar ters of a mile down a lane and through a field.” I t was pitch black, raining and very windy, and the scene that met them was one of absolute carnage. The car riages were snaked down the embankment, with the front car riage tilted on its side at the bot tom. As soon as they arrived, the three immediately began helping with the evacuation of the passen gers. “There were a lot of walking
wounded who were making their way to a cottage in the corner of
Faulty points to
blame for crash? INQUIRIES are continuing into the crash in which an 82- year-old woman from Glasgow died and more than 70 passen gers were injured. The elderly woman who died
was among 22 people who were taken to hospital following the incident including other mem bers of her family. The train - the 5-15 p.m.
London to Glasgow service - was said to be travelling at 95 m.p.h. when it crashed. It is thought that faulty points were to blame.
the field. We went down to the front cartage which had separated from the rest of the train. A lady was being carried out on a stretch er and myself and some of the others grabbed it and took it to the barn alongside the cottage, which had been set up as a makeshift triage centre. Back at the carriage, an elderly gent was being stretchered out. We carried the stretcher across two fields, climbing over a four feet high fence and put him on board a Sea King air ambulance helicopter,” he said. Returning to the carriage, they
went inside, crawling across the toilet door to reach the main area. “There was quite a lot of blood inside. Mobile phones were going off all over in passengers’ bags. To our left were the seats and to the right, the ceiling. We were walking where the windows had been. I t was very claustrophobic. I remember thinking if the carriage we were in was at the bottom of the enbankment, there were another three carriages hanging over the top. ‘What’s to stop them coming down?’ It was a momen tary thought. Getting people out was absolute priority.” The trio continued helping as
stretchers were passed down the carriage. Among those they passed to waiting ambulance per sonnel was the train driver, Iain Black. “There was not much light a t a ll ,” said PC Davies. We became aware that people were becoming dehydrated and passed water down the line.” As news of the crash spread, the
scene outside was totally different to th a t in the carriages. News
teams were descending on the site in droves, aircraft were circling overhead and Sea King helicop ters were landing and taking off. PC Davies remained at the site
until 11-30 a.m. the following day; his last duties to guard the train and to keep people away from the scene who should not have been there. “It could have been much, much worse,” he added. “I t was all down to the train’s design and the driver who deserves a lot of credit.” PC Davies was still on site when Richard Branson arrived at the scene. “I could tell that he was upset,” he said. Last week, PC Davies visited
Mr Black in hospital in Preston. Despite his injuries, he is, he said, doing well. The former Calderstones
employee and wagon driver joined the British Transport Police two years ago. “I t ’s different to driv ing a lorry to London. In the two years I have been to three fatali ties, two at Manchester and one in Preston. Last year we saved a girl from being hit by a train. She had been struck, but was laid across one of the rails. We got her clear. If we had been three min utes later, there was another train coming through at 90 m.p.h. “Doing this job, the call every
one dreads is the one to say that a train has hit someone. At the back of your mind is always the thought th a t there might be a train crash, but I never expected to be a t the scene of something like that.” Now living in Preston with
partner Louisa Carter, his daugh ter Chelsea (nine) is a pupil at Brookside Primary School.
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proud daughter, Chelsea, (s)
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