10 Clitheroe Advertiser &Titnes, Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Wind farm will
destroy the Valley ONE of the immediate problems
w i th the proposed Brightenber Wind Farm development is that . most local residents don’t know just • how close it is going to be to them. !.
. No one has ever heard of Bright- - enber Hill - not even a local post- ; worker who drives'past it on the . daily round. - -
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■" For the record, the proposed site - at Brightenber jHill lies just to the ;
‘ north'of the beautiful lane that runs'; ; from Nappa on the A682 to Bank,-■ Newton on the A59. That is approx.
. 2 l/2km north west of . West Marton,; 3km' west of Bank Newton, 3km ■
; south east of Hellifield and 4km west of Gargrave. Everyone living in the area should; be aware that in Cumbria, windtur- :
' bine locations up to 6km are judged •to he prominent in effect and still : conspicuous at up to 12km. ; ; In other words this proposal will
not just blight this unique area' of . Craven, it will also destroy the whole impression of the beautiful upper reaches of the Ribble Valley. • I suspect the German wind farm
■ developer involved deliberately , selected the Brightenber Hill tag for the very reason even people living
’ on its doorstep had never heard of it.. KATIE YORKE, Halton Place, Hcinricld
Gates are just a
waste of time! I AM writing in protest against the placement of gates outside the entrance to the new Language Block ‘; area of Clitheroe Royal Grammar.-^ School, opened in October. The recent placement of gates'at -
the entrance to this area from the ■. bus turning circle makes it impossi-' ble for people whose form/common
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room is inside the new block to jump straight off the bus and enter their classroom. Instead they must go all the way
round - a futile exercise for no apparent reason. I t also means that people who
have a language lesson last period of the day cannot get directly from their lesson to the buses. . The installation of these gates
seems to be a total waste of money which could have been better used to buy the digital projector which
■ has been promised for the hall so very much.
' ' Instead we have’been running fund-raising events, supposedly to .
• buy the projector, while money is spent on a set of gates which have all sorts of detrimental effects, for,
■example, on the punctuality of' ‘ pupils.
. I know I am not the only one who
is annoyed by the construction of these gates. Some pupils simply
■ climb over them, but many are unable to. '
. li So far there has been no explana tion as to why the gates have been . i put in place, so if they are not to be
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IN response to the news of the closure of Sabden' Methodist Church, I felt-, th a t readers .may ; be ■ interested in a- different: view from .a: lifelong; member. , ■ I realise that churches'
everywhere are s trug gling against dwindling; congregations and the upkeep of old buildings, but the true facts of this closure have caused, unease and anger, even among some of those who, at the time, voted for closure. At a special meeting in
the cost of renovating the building (which is actual ly the old Sunday school
' with attached cottage), - would i . .b e --.-around n £110,000 and a projected breakdown of costs was handed out. . ■ ■
; -The eventual, much lower cost of between £30,000 arid £70,000 was only revealed in recent newspaper reports and was not made clear at the final meeting at which the vote was taken. This is s t i l l 'a large sum of
L money, but as the Sabden church had £32,000 in
autumn 2007, the idea of; closure was suddenly sprung upon the church - members by the: Rev. Keith Richardson, Supt ■ Minister , of Burnley Methodist Church Cir cuit.
- He announced that, as
the result of a survey, rot and woodworm had been found in the building and if ,,we took his advice we would “close tomorrow”. He did not appear to offer any vvords of sym pathy and it seemed to be, a purely business deci-. sion. He explained that the
building did not belong to us, but to the Burnley . Methodist Circuit (for historic reasons, we have been part of this circuit). In fact it seemed that he had already, decided to close the Sabden church, although he couldn’t do so without the agreement of members.
■ * We were also told that-
; our bank account at the. : time) we could have made, . a substantial contribu- tion.
, ■ He also told us that the building would probably, be uninsurable and that
.'we would be personally liable for any ensuing
; costs. I was present when “ two representatives of the insurers visited, who
: said they would be quite . happy; to continue insur ing both the church and the,’by now, empty cot tage.
Surprise ;■ One : of these men
expressed surprise to me that we were considering closure. -
. Some of us asked if the two bedroom character cottage, (occupied until recently by the caretaker and his wife) could be renovated and let to ten ants to provide a regular source of income, but the suggestion was turned
removed then could we at least have some form of reasoning for the erec tion of these gates. DAVID KENDAL (14), Student of Clitheroe Royal Grammar . School
Don’t rush to judge
on global warming SHOCK.. Horror. Scientists in world-wide global warming conspir acy uncovered by Clitheroe man Ke-vin Wallace (letters May 8th). . Just his fevered imagination of. course. The questioning and debate
down by the Supt Minis ter.
The decision to take a
f in a l . vote . to close, . announced suddenly a t ; yet another.: meeting in' March, came as a sur- prise to myself and oth ers as we had expected
-'official notification or a prior agenda warning us
• of the vote. . The 10 members pres ent voted seven to three
: for the motion to close, though some have since
• expressed doubts about their decision. Others who regularly worship . there, but are not mem-
' bers, could not vote. The church will close on May I8th. “
Tributes
;; My main concern is for the surrounding grave yard. This is by no means an abandoned or neglect ed site. Many of the graves are regularly tend ed with floral tributes.
. The grave of my parents, ancestors and other rela-
-tives are there, where I had hoped that my own
, remains would eventually he interred. I know sever al people in a similar position. “ My first question to Mr Richardson back in
- November was: “Can you see a time, when the gravestones : will be. . moved back' to the
. perimeter ;■ wall, the graves flattened and the
■whole site mown?” His answer was “yes”. ; Just before the final
among, .climatologists about whether global warming is happen ing and whether it is the conse quence of burning fossil fuels, has now been settled. The evidence on this is readily
available to us all. I summarised some key points in my letter of May. 1st. My plea is for anyone who is; interested to inform themselves. New Scientist and the BBC website section on climate change are good sources. You don't have to be a spe cialist to follow the reasoning. ■ What is less certain is how it will play out in the future.
: .; Kevin Wallace appears to refer to
vote was taken, I asked again and he said that when the building was sold, he would be able to hand over the graveyard to the local authority. “I t ’s the law,” he said. I
■ doubt if all those who have graves of family or friends there are fully aware that changes may be made, but they may now feel inclined to make inquiries.
: As Mr Richardson is due to retire in August, there may be some urgency. I wrote to him two weeks ago, but have not yet received a reply. So where does this
leave the congregation, many of whom, by the way, are not “elderly” as stated by our own minis ter, the Rev. Denise Free. Although I learned
that the Sabden member ship would be temporari ly transferred to Wheat- ley Lane (and presum ably the £32,000 from our bank account to the Burnley circuit), we are not likely to hang togeth er as a “family” but rather will become a scat tered flock with some, like myself, sadly disillu sioned. And should the church
have been closed? Although I voted to keep it open, maybe the deci sion was right, though not for reasons of econo my; maybe the rot was
: not only In the building. RITA SHAW,
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Clitheroe Road, Sabden
No one should be in a position! : where'they can’t afford to pay for their prescriptions, yet for one in
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10 cancer patients aged 5 5 * ^ I under, who have to pay for HfiFrl
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prescriptions, this is exactly what ( happens. :.
lish a consultation to review pre- j scription charges soon, but they j
The Government is due to pub
• prescriptions. : . This means that any reform will I inevitably involve some patients
■ have already said they are not pre pared to spend one extra penny on j
:i more than tinkering with an inher- ■ ently unfair system and call on the Government to make prescriptions | free in England. After suffering with Leukaemia I . and another cancer for many years
. losing out-r in effect, robbing Peter | to pay Paul.. . lam extremely concerned that j this consultation will be nothing j
Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified). Community
icash aid for local groups
by Vivien Meath
A POT of much-needed cash has been handed out to community groups in ' the Ribble .Valley. ■ &hemes in desperate need of money for survival have received a financial boost
- thanks to the Ribble Valley Lancashire Local. A sub-group has recently met to decide
. how more than £13,000 would be spent in . the Ribble Valley. Out of hundreds of voluntary, commu-
(thankfully fully cured of both) it I is very unfair that I had to pay for I prescriptions even though I had a |
serious illness. Hard to believe that I had to pay I
for 15 prescriptions plus per month, but tha t is exactly what | happened. . . . NIGEL BRIDGE, Alexandra Road, Blackburn.
. ; Dentist charges
are unreasonable! I WOULD like to expose the exorbi tant and outrageous and quite I unreasonable charges of so many dentists. People on low means are particu-1
: larly vulnerable, there being so few | ; NHS dentists, and this can lead to i ■ avoidance of dental care. Surely dental practitioners must I
realise that they are the cause of I much distress in this matter.
As a suggestion, it might help if I the public are made aware before-1
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hand, by means of a list of charges, rather than be faced-with large bills
that they cannot afford. C. R. WILKIE,
Ribblesdalc Avenue, Clitheroe . : - ^
Does church hold code solution?
the recent prediction by one group ■ that there will be no warming until . 2015 but it will pick up after that.'' He should be wary of rushing to ; judgement on the basis of one spec-. ulation based on limited data which . has already been challenged by : is the lovely Norman church of St other scientists. CHRIS GATHERCOLE, Whalley
• I HAVE just returned from a most pleasant few days’ holiday in
■ Clitheroe. • ' Spring arrived, lambs, swallows,
the wealth of local history and a warm welcome from all made us cer tain to return. ' ' One interesting small conundrum
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Prescriptions should be free!
. I AM writing to support Macmil- : Ian Cancer Support’s campaign for ;
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the Knights Templar proudly flying. Could it hold the solution to the Da Vinci Code? /■' We have not been able to find any more information about the Knights Templar connection; Could your
readers help? J. O’BRIEN, Brighton .
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’ nity and faith sector groups in the dis trict, only 12 from across the Ribble Val ley put forward applications for the ihuch-needed cash. The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire,
Manchester and North Merseyside ; Chipping Scout Group; Ribble Valley Girl Guiding; Read Cricket and Bowling Club and Henthom and District Youth Activi ties Group were among those on the ball with the Local Gateway Grant applica tions. Other groups applying included East
Lancashire Advocacy Service, Wheels Within Wheels, The Weavers’ Triangle Trust, the Diocese of Lancaster Youth Service, Local Effective Sustainable Solu tions and a farm activity project part of
«':the Lancashire North West and West i I Guide Association. . Lancashire Local Ribble Valley, chaired by County Coun. Christopher Holtom, gave powers to the sub group to decide the allocation.
. County Coun.'Holtom said: “The sub group decided to carry forward more than
■ ' £2,800 worth of gateway Grant into the next round of allocation. This will allow more groups time to come forward before September’s deadline date for applica
tions. “These grants are very important.
They provide'money for community groups who are often on the breadline. But there was definitely a sense of disap pointment as I feel a lot of local people are missing out on money because communi ty groups are simply not plugging into the right networks. •
■ “I f may be the case that these groups are not aware that this money is being
■ given away in grants. “Lancashire Local Ribble Valley has
tried to promote these grants in local forums, parish councils and libraries, but
■ “It is very frustrating as I feel local groups, councils and ultimately the peo ple their serve are missing an important
tonoavail..
: The Lancashire County Council body • awards grants to organisations support
opportunity.”
ing the general well-being of society. ■ “ ■The grants can be used towards project
running costs, salaries and training. The next meeting of Lancashire Local
Ribble Valley, will be on June
4th.at Whalley Abbey at 6 p.m. • Groups interested in applying for a slicq : of the Gateway grant allocation should lUlo so before the end of September 2008.,.
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