4 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, April 26th, 2007


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cricket club wants ? AS a resident of Read for 42 years, I am used to noise from Read Cricket Club when they have won games and lost games, along with music from cel­ ebrations. Unfortunately more recently the


noise, which disturbs local residents late at night, is shouting and swearing from people who are apparently enjoying themselves, but a t the expense of others. If this is how a sports club conducts


itself, then I would no longer wish to give it my support. It may be private parties which cre­


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I WAS greatly saddened this evening to find that the beautiful otter with salmon sculpture, placed in Brunger- ley Park barely a fortnight ago, had been severely damaged. A heavy instrument had been used


to knock the head off the figure. This appears to have happened overnight on April 19th to 20th. The police have been informed,


but your readers may be able to assist by reporting any unusual or suspicious behaviour they might have noticed, on that or any other day or evening. The old sculptures, which were


made of wood, had a natural life­ span which is now virtually ovei' and most have been removed. Specially carved stone, however, is


something we e.xpect to last for many years, if not decades.


Pat on the back for


our disposal staff 1 SHOULD like to offer my thanks and praise to the staff of the Hen- thorn and Petrie Household Waste Disposal Centres, or as they are bet­ ter known... tips. Recently 1 helped my daughter


move from Essex to Shropshire. Inevitably in clearing her house in Billericay, a large number of items were surplus to requirements. “Take them to the tip," 1 advised,


looking at pieces of wood, metal, hardcore and soil. She returned dis­ appointed. They would take none of these. Apparently Billericay has a recy­


cling system which allows house­ holders to separate rubbish into cardboard, paper and plastic bottles in one bin and a container for glass, as well as non-recyclable waste, in another bin. All well and good, but the tip will take virtually nothing. How glad I was to return to the


Ribble Valley where, over many years, I have had the satisfaction of taking all kinds of items, incdluding my plastic, glass, cardboard and paper etc. and much more to our tips, and had the pleasure of know­ ing that most of my waste was being recycled. In the past year my husband and I have combined two homes into one


AFTER Ihey liad left (.s)


What sort of person did such a thing? As a member of the council which


initiates and maintains this park and the artwork in it, I deplore the atti­ tudes and actions of the few who would deprive the many of hours of enjoyment, and in doing so have wasted significant public money. To the sculptor, Fiona Bowley, I


express my profound regrets that her outstanding work has been treated in this way. I hope that it will be pos­ sible soon to identify those responsi­ ble so that they can be involved in some form of reparation. I also hope th a t they may be


helped to discover some of the many activities available in this area which arc more constructive than their efforts of last night.


COUN. liEVERI.EY .lONES, S( Alary’s Ward, Clillieroe


and we have become very familiar with the Honthorn tip. The staff are friendly and helpful. We are happy that we can do at


least a bit towards reducing unneces­ sary landfill. All this and peacocks too!


MRSl’.iM.G. HEBDEN, Old Sniilhy House, Orindlelon


New rail service? It will never happen


I READ a few weeks ago that within four years there will be a half-hour rail service to and from Clitheroe. It will never happen. Then in last week’s paper I read


that Northern Rail will be able to manage the service with greater emphasis on meeting local people’s needs. That won’t happen either. Does that mean a later train service from Manchester, Bolton and Blackburn after 11-30 p.m. so that myself and other people can travel to see concerts or have a night out? The current lat­ est time of 9-45 p.m. is no good to anybody. That is why a lot of people don’t use the trains at night and they are empty.' Can Northern Rail promise a late service? 1 don’t think so.


ALAN .JOHNSON, Langshaw Drive, Clillieroe


ate the problem, or a few individuals, but it reflects upon the club and it should seriously consider if unsociable behaviour is the image it wants to portray.


NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED Does anyone have


copies of photos? WHEN St Mary’s School moved from Pendle Street East to Watt Street, a coffee morning and exhibition of old school memorabilia were held. My family lent two school photo­


graphs, one of my last year a t St Mary’s in 1949 of the whole school taken in the yard, and one of my sis­ ter’s last year in school in 1956 - again of the whole school. We were given to understand that


these photographs would be kept at St Mary’s now school for future reference of how things were. However, they appear to he missing.


If anyone knows of the whereabouts of these two (maybe they were bor­ rowed and are still waiting to be returned), we would be grateful for their return, or if anyone else has the same school photographs and would bo kind enough to lend them, we could then have copies made. We were planning to use them in


the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times and the Padiham Express. They can either he returned to me


at my home address, or to St Mary’s School or to Father Peter Birming­ ham. They are distinctive, having the


names of every pupil printed at the bottom.


DEE BOT'l’OMS, 78 Whallev Road, Read, Nr Burnlev, BB12 7PN’


We need people


willing to serve BECAUSE four existing members are resigning and no new candidates have come forward to stand in the Whalley Parish Council election, there will be no election and the council will be reduced to five existing members, pre­ sumably with powers to co-opt. It has long been my personal view


that the parish council for many years has been dominated by members located in the village centre and the Chamber of Trade. Surely, there must be non-political


community-minded people in loca­ tions like Calderstones, Moorfield, Whitams and Woodlands willing to come forward and make the council more representative of the village as a whole.


DON NICHOLSON, Cluirch Lane, Whallev


A correction to an election leaflet


I FEEL I must write to correct a statement contained in an election leaflet which was put through my door yesterday. In this leaflet there is reference to


Coun. Joyce Holgate being one of the founders of the Whalley Pickwick Night. I, as a member of Whalley Lions


Club, brought the idea to the club as a replacement for the annual summer fair which we had held in the Abbey grounds for some years. The idea was accepted and planning began so that the first of these evenings could take place in December, 1998. With the help of publicity and


sponsorship, the event went ahead. As part of our planning we invited Whal­ ley Chamber of Trade to get involved, but very few of the shopkeepers seemed interested and it took some two or three years before the whole village joined in. Coun Holgate was a member of the


chamber and I think she probably was one of the few business people to take part from the outset. Other than that, she had no direct connection with the original idea.


.f. M. PILKINGTON, Piisl presideni of Wliallev and Disirici Lions Club


I feel let down by


local bus transport I WAS really dismayed on Saturday, April 14th, to hear from other fellow passengers that the local number C6 l)us was being withdrawn and being replaced by number Cl. I used the bus last week several


times and had not been made aware of the changes nor were the revised timetables distributed by the bus drivers. I obtained one from the Tourist Information Centre, which is also threatened with closure. On checking bus times I was further


dismayed. The first bus leaves Clitheroe town centre at 9-40 a.m. and the last leaves at 2-40 p.m. As the majority of passengers using


this route are 60-plus, it seems the “powers that be” expect older locals to be tucked up safe at home by 3 p.m. or do they think they will be a nuisance on the streets after that time? Bus users don’t usually have the use


of a car and some find it difficult to walk even the short distance to and from the town centre, especially if car­ rying shopping.


Another issue is the three or four steps to be negotiated to get on the


number Cl. Having multiple sclerosis I find it difficult and I’m sure elderly passengers do too.


Appointments at the health centre will have to be made between 10 a.m.


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coming to our aid ON February 1st you kindly pub­ lished my appeal for “Kays” with connections to Chipping, particu­ larly the Dog and Partridge, to contact me, as we are holding a family reunion. I simply wanted to tell you that


as a result of that publicity in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, we have located several hitherto unknown family members, includ­ ing several in Australia. The family tree is positively


groaning with new fruitl Thank you.


MRS ANGELA MALFORD, 50 North Hill, Highgale, London, NG 4RH


and 2 p.m., these times to include health centre lunch breaks. To visit Blackburn, Burnley, Skip-


ton etc is also going to be impossible as there will not be a local bus connec­ tion from the interchange. A very short time ago the first bus


on this route left the town centre at 8- 30 a.m. and the last to leave was 5-45 p.m. Times changed again six months ago to 9-20 a.m. and 4-20 p.m., now 9- 40 a.m. and 2-40 p.m. Is the next move for the service to be discontin­ ued completely? I certainly hope not. I’ve had to alter the time of a regular appointment twice in six months. If it is a case of financial cutback why give people a free bus pass, but not let them use it to travel locally at reason­ able times?


JENNIE MOORBY, Bolland Prospect, Clitheroe


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Olympic journey has begun for canoeist


by Adrian Capstick


THE journey to the 2008 Beijing Olympics has begun for one local canoeist. Sawley paddler Jonnie


Schofield, on the left of the picture, has been selected to represent Great Britain at two events that represent the first step to selection for the great­ est show on earth. The former Clitheroe Royal


Grammar and Pendle Primary School pupil will compete tor his country at the Olympic Discipline of Men’s Kayak Sprint racing a t Zagreb in Alay, followed by the Euro­ pean Wild Water Champi­ onships a t Bihac in Bosnia later the same month. Now studying at Loughbor­


ough University, he had an exciting weekend at the Notr tingham selection races earlier this month, that saw him do well at his first serious foray into a different discipline. A former junior champion in


the wildwater discipline, Schofield displayed his impres­ sive talent at the two-day flat- water racing team selection event at the National Water Sports Centre in the city. And the results from the


weekend determined the team selection for international rac­ ing in 2007 - an important qualifying year for the Olympics in two years time. The 21-year-old showed


excellent form by winning his race in the K2 (kayak doubles) 1,000m with Ben Brown. The 200m race saw


Schofield setting a course record, blasting down in a record time of 36.1 seconds. Sunday’s K2 500m race con­


tinued to show Schofield’s strength, with he and Brown in the lead for the majority of the race, but it came down to pure strength and adrenalin over the last lOOra, and they were just beaten to the line by Neil Fleming and Brendan Maloney. Tim Brabants, the 2006 European Champion and


Airborne help for tree fall man


AIRBORNE aid came to the rescue of a 36-year-old man who suffered suspected back injuries in a fall at his Clitheroe home on Monday. The North West Air Ambu­


lance was called to the scene at 2 p.m. when the man, who has not been named, fell 20 feet to the ground while chopping branches from a tree. Paramedics assessed and immobilised him and he was flown to the Royal Preston Hos­


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pital, the journey taking just five minutes. The North West Air Ambu­


lance is a registered charity and receives no mainstream funding, yet it costs £1.9 million a year to maintain this vital life saving service. Donations can be made by ringing 0800 587 4570, send­ ing cheques to FREEPOST North West Air Ambulance, or online at: www.northwestairam- bulance.co.uk


World silver medallist contin­ ued to show why he is the best male racer in Britain, if not the world. The 30-year-old Nottingham-based doctor had a powerful start in the 500m race on the Sunday, which saw him lead over Schofield and cross in firs t place, with Schofield in second. Team manager Alan


Williams said: “Qualification for the 2008 Olympic Games is a dream for many GB athletes.


-J r % I- 6 oy U' cj u ti '3 y y y <a "Our senior team has some


great crews, who have clearly set their sights on Olympic qualification. “With three new course


records at the April Regatta set by athletes hoping to qual­ ify for the first World Cup competitions, the competition for team places has never been tougher. " I’m sure the GB flatwater


team will continue to improve through the 2007 season."


Pendle Club weekly results


BRIDGE winners at the Pen­ dle Club were Mrs Ann Coop­ er, Mrs Eileen Wood, Miss Pat Hargreaves and Mrs Anne Riley.Experienced players are welcome every Monday at 1- 30 p.m. Solo whist winners at the


Pendle Club were Mrs M. Parker, B.Wood and Mrs D.


Knight. New members wel­ come every Monday at 7 p.m. Domino winners were: Mrs


V. Giles, W. Barker, Mrs F. Cooke, joint 4th, Mrs M.Berry and Mrs M. Smith. Sequence dancing is held


every Tuesday at 7-30 p.m.; and line dancing every Thurs­ day at 1-30 p.m.


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WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday evening were: NS Deanna Atkinson and Robin Atkinson, Pat Ward and Roy Ward. EW Use Park and Brenda Wilson, Kath Higson and Joan Bowker.


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