ffff 22 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, September 25th,' 2008


"Right to roam’, but obey the rules


.1 WOULD like to draw your read­ ers’ attention to the dangers of let­ ting dogs roam loose in the country­ side, also those walkers who stray from public footpaths. On Sunday (September 21st)


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there were two separate occasions when people put themselves in dan­ ger when they refused to pay atten­ tion to the large notice posted on the gates at the top and bottom of the Polo field downstream of Edis- ford Bridge.


‘ ' Cows with calves can become


very aggressive, in fact downright dangerous, when they feel their • calves are threatened., Ninety-nine per cent of the time


there isn’t a problem if the rules are followed. They are that dogs are on a lead


and walkers following the footpath. On both occasions dogs:were


roaming free and the walkers refused to follow the footpaths.’ Hence they had to run rather quick­ ly as the cows and the bull become aggressive. When I asked them to put the dogs on the lead and stay on the footpath, they just gave me ver­ bal abuse. On both occasions they were


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lucky to get away with a scare to their system, rather than getting trampled on. As one woman shouted: “Mr


Blair said we have the right to roam”. Not correct, you have to fol­ low certain rules for your safety.


MARTIN JAMES, (Kingfisher), Grindicton


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Service to honour our lost little ones


Why can’t people


i.Write to: The Editor) Clithcroc Advertiser and Tinted3 King Street, Clitheroc BB72EW or e-mail: vivicn.mcalh@ea.sllancsncws.cojiK_^ Chips were one penny a portion.


'VaUey. Maybe., But there are newcomers,


: : Maybe - it was here that I learned the phrase: “kick one, and half the village limps!” I returned here in 1981, with a German car and German registra­


tion,.and speaking English with a noticeable German accent after so many years away. I don’t recall we were graciously accepted by all the natives. They didn’t realise I was the native returned. I once mentioned to PC Craig,


then the village bobby, when we had a village bobby, I was here when the bombs dropped. “That ages you,” was his comment. I lived a t 18 Bridge Road (then number six) with my grandparents, “Plumber Bob” and “Aunt Janey”. My mother was working in the mill. There was a chippy then, at the end of the row. And another one, across the road, the shop, now a hairdressers, next to the bridge.


just talk together? PEOPLE who visit say how lucky we are to live in Chatburn, a little village with friendly people set amidst the rural charm of the Ribble


who say you have to be three or four generations in the village before you are accepted. ;


One OLD penny. Equals less than half the new penny. And, as a child, I got half a portion, half an old penny, work that out in the new currency. To the present. I appreciate the


warmth with which the village folk have embraced me and my family. But I fret, as ever, there are those


peevish anonymous residents in the village, bereft of understanding for other people’s circumstances. There was recently disruption,


essentially to residents of Ribble Lane and adjoining avenues and squares. Compliments and appreciation to


the workmen laying the new drains. I hope they read these lines. They were always accommodating and obliging as much as possible, working with dexterous commitment, finish­ ing the work early, and we have access again. But when the road was closed, res­


idents from Lower Ribble Lane, and adjuncts left their cars in the village - for easier access to the A59 in the


: mornings - to commute to work. Would you believe it? Some imme­


diate residents resented the tempo­ rary encroachment on the centre of the village. Having no tolerance for the exceptional circumstances, they informed the police. (Again.) A car, parked initially, to allow adequate access, supposedly blocked


THE Annual Service of Light for the babies/children who have died over the last year and before will take place this year on Sunday, at 2-30 p.m. in St Joseph’s Church, Audley, Blackburn. -


All those connected to such a sad


the road, “Move it” was the notice blatantly stuck on the windscreen. It would not have needed to be


moved if not, presumably, a more local resident had deliberately “dou­ ble parked” ie parked opposite. This was essentially the car that had pre­ vented access. Petty for me to get excited about


this. It is my village, I live here. It is our village, we all live here. Can’t we have discourse with each


other, with courtesy and integrity, without always having easy recourse to the police?


ROBIN PARKER St Chad’s Avenue, Chatburn


Does Labour party


have no shame? A LEADING member of our brass- guzzling Blue Labour Government has admitted the UK economy is in dire straits. • It’s also looking like we could now


face the “mother of all recessions”. A survey recently found that three


out of four employers are freezing recruitment plans because of the economic downturn. Government debt has nearly doubled under Labour. We now have the biggest national debt of any country other than Pakistan, Egypt and Hungary. Yet, even after all this borrowing,


£44 billion of our public services are now provided by the private sector (PFI). A slippery slope to a two-tier NHS? Many of our schools are also funded by private finance. Just where have all our taxes gone Mr Brown?


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rural households live below the poverty line and one-in-three of our children live in poverty. The poor abandoned by Labour. “We will look after you from cradle to grave”. What a con!


We’ve had “weapons of mass


destruction” and they’ve involved us in two overseas wars. For what? The terrorists are ahead jr here. Council and political fat cats, spin


and the plundering of tax-payers’ pensions of £6 billion a year. . There’s been parliamentary rejec­


tion and contempt for the electorate over Europe: An escalating rich-poor divide


while scrapping the lOp tax band - a kick in the teeth for very many poor­ er Britons.


Labour has bled us dry, but still


think tax-payers are an easy touch. Amazing!


No doubt if the Tories had carried Y o u r l e t t e r s . . .


• The Editor welcomes lellcrs on any subjccl, but corrcs|H)ndcnls arc reminded (Iml contributions may be edited or condensed, must not exceed 350 words and should reach us by noon on Tuesday. Letters with nonis de plume are only accepted for


publication if the editor agrees that there is a valid reason for the writer's identity to be withheld. Letters can be sent by post to the Clitlicroc Adver­


tiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB7 2EW, via c-mail tothe following: vivicn.mcatli@castlanc- sncvvs.co.uk, via fax to 01200 4434G7. Letters sub­ mitted by any of these methods must, however, include the writer’s name and full postal address


long ago. Does Labour have no shame?


BERT HARDWICK, Queensway,


Waddinglon •


out the above policies the Socialists’ rent-a-mob would have been rioting and causing mayhem on our streets


loss are warmly invited to attend this annual remembrance for the lit­ tle ones who have been lost to their families in recent times. If you feel you cannot attend this


Service of Light,'but would like your child’s name mentioned during the service, please feel free to contact the Chaplaincy Department a t the Roy^ Blackburn Hospital either by speaking directly to a Chaplain, phoning in the name on 01254 736849 or dropping a note to the address below.-


CANON RONNIE CLARK, Chaplaincy Co-ordinator, On behalf of the Ecumenical and Inter Faith Chaplaincy Department Royal Blackbuni Hospital, Blackburn, ' BB23HH


A reunion dinner


for law graduates I AM currently organising a Reunion Dinner for law graduates from the University of Central Lan- casire (formerly Preston then Lan­ cashire Polytechnic). The dinner will be held on Saturday, November 1st, 2008, and further details can be obtained from me at the University. Please e-mail a t the following: jahindmoor@uclan.ac.uk or tele­ phone 01772 893084.


JOHNA.HINDMOOR, Lancashire Law School, University of Central Lancashire.


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