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.6 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, October 9th, 2008


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WANTED to buy something on Sat­ urday and, instead of dropping in on the Homebase store in Clitheroe, I had to drive’all the way in to Preston to get


what I wanted. I t was a terrible waste of time and petrol and was very irritating. I t is my belief th a t , b u t for the


shenanigans of the planning committee of Rihble Valley Borough Council, the Homebase store would have opened a couple of years ago, about 50 of our young people would have found jobs


•there' and more of us would have been able to do our shopping in Clitheroe and patronise oiir local shopkeepers, instead of driving to neighbouring towns and


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100 years ago ■ .


THE town’s mills were beginning to feel the pinch because of an unavailable sup­ ply of yarn and lack of orders. Bo th ; Claremont Mill and Albion Mill had to be closed for a full week. ■ • An application from the trustees of Wesley Chapel for permission to erect a building between the-chapel and infant day school was refused by the Clitheroe Education Committee. The Rev .J.H. Wrigley said there had'been numerous complaints about the school being unhealthy due to a lack of light and air. He argued these plans would only ftiake the situation worse. His concerns were ■supported by the borough surveyor and medical officer. ■


■patronising theirs. ■ I t would have been a jolly good thing


all round and it would even have pleased the global warming fanatics by reducing the amount of petrol we all use. The only reason th a t the Clitheroe


Homebase did not open two years ago is th a t bur council’s planning comiiiittee refused it planning permission.- . As a result, Homebase had to spend


two years of time and money organising an appeal so that a Government Inspec-


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tor could come up to Clitheroe and put right what the planning committee had done wrong. And, during those two years, we had 50 fewer jobs than we should have had, our shopkeepers had fewer cus­ tomers than they should have had and we all had to drive further than we need­ ed.


But the damage caused by the plan­


ning committee will not end there. Like the rest of us, Homehase is affected by the credit crunch. It is not closing stores that are already in operation, but like any prudent person, it is not getting involved in new ventures, to be going on with. So it seems that a perfectly good new


building right a t the gateway to our town, which cost millions of pounds to


Looking Back 50 years ago


THIRTY cars assembled on Chester Avenue recreation ground for the Clitheroe and District Boy Scout Asso­ ciation car treasure hunt. , Competitiors were given a list of clues


which sent them on a journey round Barley, Newchurch, Sabden, Gisburn, Tosside and Wigglesworth. The end of the trail was a t Waddow, where the prizes were presented by the Mayor Coun. James Entwistle. Winner was Coun. Donald H. Coates.


• • Mr R. Turner jun., of Lowergate,


was elected to the board of judges for the world's footwear repairing competi­ tions, held at Olympia, London. The fair was opened, by the Duke of Bedford.


build, is sitting idle and all the work that: has been put into it is going to waste. At ‘ the moment, the building looks pretty good but, if the recession we are entering lasts long, it could start to look shabby and everyone could know our town by the big empty, building they pass on the; way in. If I had my way, I would put up a huge ■


sign in its car park to explain why this wonderful new store is not bustling with staff and customers. And, in bright neon lights, about three feet tall, I would include the names of all the members of the planning committee who, I believe, wrongly voted to refuse it planning per­ mission.


■ , All over the borough, there are derelict


sites that could be full of life if it were not for these people. Just down the road from the Homebase store is .the site of the old Barkers Nursery which should be provid­ ing homes for, 20 or 30 Valley families, but is lying idle and useless, much to our cost. Perhaps the names of our planning committee members should be exhibited ■ there, as well. e-mail:tliccontrarian@hotniail.co.uk


PAULA JONES


Paula Jones, of Whalley, have been recruited to head up a new corporate debt ad-visory business set up by Cheshire-based finance specialists Dow Schofield Watts. The new business, to be named


Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Debt Ad-visory LLP, -will focus on helping North-West businesses through the credit crunch. I t will provide confidential turnaround and refinancing services to local companies with concerns about


s the credit crunch bite^, two Ribble Valley women could help ease the pain for


the solvency or continued funding' support of their businesses. I t will also advise banks and asset-based lenders on their corporate clients. ■ Joanne and Paula have a wealth


of experience to offer their,clients. Joanne (34) is a char tered accountant with 13 years’, experi­ ence in corporate restructuring, transaction services and in indus­ try. Paula (39) has 20 years’ hank­ ing experience with th e Royal Bank of Scotland, latterly as Cor­ porate Director within Specialised Lending Services. ■ For more information, phone Dow Schofield Watts on 01928 755433 or -visit: www.dswcf.com


NOTICEBOARJI Meadows Darrell JOANNE DODD Vanessa’s memories of


other young people celebrating “World Youth Day-’! with Pope Benedict. The young pilgrims travelled from all


her Australian mission S


TONYHURST College pupil Vanessa P latt (16) travelled to Aus­ tralia to he with more than 500,000


25yearsago


PAPER boy Russell Sanderson swopped his round for a tr ip to 10 Downing Street. The 15-year-old from Whalley Road, Clitheroe, was one of nearly 300 newsboys and girls from across the country chosen to make a special deliv­ ery in London’s famous street during Local Newspaper Week.- • An area of 20 acres of trees was-


felled between Whitewell and Dunsop Bridge due to an outbreak of a tree­ killing bug. The Great Spruce Bark Beetle was


spotted in Whitewell back in April and since:then a team from the Forestry Commission had been working full time to contain the outbreak, s


hought for the W e e k Rescue package


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that no one has been willing to face up to for years is that we have been living beyond our ■ means. A lot of our economy has been run on borrowed money on the policy.that if more money is printed and loaned out, more will be spent and therefore the economy will grow. But, like a bubble, the time comes when it will burst.


; Then the reckoning must •come.-


: i As I write, America is nego- .tiating a.plan to bail out hankers who have made reck­ less decisions and loaned


: money.that cannot be repaid. This has been the cause of the ; domino effect of finance prob­


lems across the world. Many ask the question: “Why should we bail out these, bankers who have earned big salaries and bonuses making such bad deci­ sions? Should they not be held accountable for th e conse­ quences of their actions?” Our lives are much like.that.


There will be a day when we are held accountable for our decisions and actions. But God offers us the most amazing res- • cue package. He does not. demand thatwe have to repay


Him for our mistakes and wrongdoing. . Through His grace ( th at


means His free gift which we do not deserve) and mercy


(that means we don’t receive the - punishment we do deserve). He offers us the pos­ sibility of complete forgiveness and a new beginning with the . slate wiped clean. That is only


possible because Jesus Christ was willing to pay the price for our mistakes and bad deci­


sions. ■: All He asks is that we ^


■ render our lives to Him and trust Him completely for our . future. That’s a better rescue , package than any earthly gov- emmentcan offer. . BRIAN CLARK,


Clithcroe Communily Church


over the world to Sydney to take part in three days of activities, services and prayers.-A highlight was a dramatisation of Stations of the Cross through the streets of Sydney. The final night left a lasting memory


for the pilgrims who gathered for Mass and to hear the Pope’s address at the local racecourse of Randwick. During the Mass, which was celebrated by Car­ dinal George Pell, the Archbishop of Sydney, 400,000 candles were lit in the crowds, making the whole racecourse shimmer with light. Afterwards, the young people slept under the stars. When not boarding a t Stonyhurst,


Vanessa lives in Lewes, East Sussex, and travelled to Australia with a group of 50 young people from her home diocese, also spending time in Australia visiting other


communities before the World Youth Day celebrations began. They travelled hundreds of miles


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inland to take part in “Days of the Dio­ cese” at the Newcastle and Maitland in the Upper Hunter Valley, which is rough­ ly four times bigger than Great Britain. The group was so impressed with the


generosity of the communities they -vis­ ited that, as a “thank you”, they plant­ ed some British and native Australian trees in the grounds of one of the church­ es and a village school, as well as spend­ ing time -with patients of the local hospi-


' tal. “Although I will have great memories


of Sydney and all sights we enjoyed, such as the Opera House, Harbour Bridge,-the •view from the Sydney Tower and a fan­ tastic cruise of the Harbour, what will remain most memorable is how close half-a-million pilgrims came to God in one week. But then we were in the Great South Land of the Holy Spirit!” said Vanessa. Our picture shows Vanessa helping to


plant trees while staying in the Upper Hunter Valley, (s)


Another Relay Reader star UKIP candidate


handed our Relay Read- erbaton.. : She is the latest Valley youngster to be named as our ihonthly award win­ ner. . .


S :■ To earn the accolade,


Em e l ia - a pupil of St James’s CE P r im a ry School- reviewed Emer- : aid E v e rh a r t’s .book “Caistal Cold Water”. .|V/ell as being a keen,


readlr; Emelia is’ a mem-. her of Clitheroe. Gym Club and th e -T r in i ty . Brownie pack. She is also . a keen swimme'r and i s . soon to start learning to. play the flute.- . Here is her award win-: ning review: “Once there


were some girls called Jessica, Crystal, Laura and Valentina; ; They


were doing a project on Eva Snowdrop, a famous ballerina. She was Crys­ ta l’s mum, but Crystal didn’t want everyone to


E V E N -y .E A R - OLD Emelia N u rse. (pictured) has been


know. Crystal was called Crystal Coldwater because her mum had married Mr Coldwater. Crystal told her friends , in secret. Rubellina Goodfellow found out and told everyone in the school. So Crystal ran hack home. Her friends went to


find her sister, had'some icicle bicycles made and some ice shoes for Jessi- .


- ca’s pet donkey.. Then her friends met


Eva Snowdrop and took Crystal back.-Back.at


V school Ursula said: ‘Do,. we have to read all these books?’ ‘No, I can tell -you all about her. She is my mum/ replied Crys­ tal.” (s)


pean election next June.. Thirty-one-year-old Paul Nuttall


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became UKIP chairman last month and came out first in the party's North West poll'to find its candidate for. the Euro­ pean election. The p a r ty ’s current North West MEP, John Whittaker, has announced his intention to stand down from next June. Mr Nuttall formed the party’s South


Sefton branch on Merseyside three years ago and stood'in the General Election later that same year.


. . ' . • Subsequently he stood in three local


elections for UKIP and came second each time, on the last occasion taking 38% of the vote. , '


■ Currently employed as a political


•adviser to the Ind/Dem Group in the European Parliament, he was formerly a history lecturer.


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