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I tV ' l l> “ 1i- ■it t 14 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, October 30th, 2008 What a complete


waste of time! THE other day, while waiting at the bus stop at Somerset Avenue, I watched as a council workman clear leaves from a 500-yard stretch of pavement in Whalley New Road using a petrol-driven blower. . The leaves were very effectively


blown into the road and into the gut­ ters to await the next gust of wind which equally effectively and much more quietly would then blow them back onto the pavement. The whole exercise, which is no doubt repeated many times across the Kibble Valley area during autumn, struck me as being particularly pointless and a waste of public money. One must


rife


. only conclude that the purpose of this nugatory work in our risk- adverse society is to protect the council (county or borough) from potent ial litigation brought by pedestrians slipping and falling on - wet leaves. As these same councils frequently


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exhort Kibble Valley residents to act in an "environmentally friendly" manner and actively promote home composting, why don't they take their own advice and instruct their workers to collect the dead leaves for compositing? In the Kibble Valley area alone


many tons of leaves could be collect­ ed each year eventually yielding a large volume of compost which could be used on public land or even sold on to the public. This may have already been considered by our coun­ cillors, but discounted as not being cost-effective. But how cost-effective is the existing system? Comments from our local council would be appreciated.


JIMKERSHAW, The Hazels, Wilpshirc


An utter disgrace


to all humanity IT is so disheartening to read of yet another shooting of a peregrine in the UK (Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, October 23rd). Your country is making worldwide


news due to its abuse of a beautiful species which is threatened with extinction, and all due to pigeons from what we've heard.


. Seriously what is wrong with those


- pigeon people? If those people think that keeping pigeons captive and racing them for money is beneficial . to anyone, then they seriously should be locked up.. If they need a


• hobby why don't they volunteer to help the poor and sick, or better yet, volunteer at an animal shelter if they really care about animals. They are a disgrace to humanity. I


hope they are caught and impris­ oned.


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K. A. DONOVAN, Canada, by c-mail i


Fire service advice


was really helpful I HAVE recently had our house inspected by the Clitheroe Fire Ser­ vice with the aim of improving our fi?e defences. .. -The job was done by two very


pleasant young men who were cour­ teous, ■well turned-out and obviously knew their job. They were a credit to the Fire Service.


•' ■ The result was the fitting of four


v»Ww.cIitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Clitheme422324(EditoriaI),01282478111 (Advertising),01282422331 (Classified) You may have read in the papers of


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the recent discovery of massgiavesat the Fromelles battle ground. There are believed to be many English and Australians in the graven and the UK


and Austalian Gwernments have decided to ’evacuate them, and iden/1 tify the remains if posable.


' ‘ One of the missing of the 32nd Bat- t^e.tof^e'Mi^TciihCT^St^'M^dTmg'ikingSt^^^


fire, alarms in strategic places and . drawing our attention to some very simple precautions. I wonder how many, close the


doors of all their rooms before going to bed at night? We certainly did not; yet it is clear that this would prevent draughts from spreading


. any fire quickly. The service is entirely free and all


you have to do is contact the Clitheroe Fire Service direct.


MICHAEL JEFFERY, Waddington


Thank you to all those who helped


.' I WOULD like to thank the lady who saw my husband collapse on the field while he was taking the dog out for a walk. She phoned 999 and stayed with


him while the ambulance came after coming to fetch me. The lady lives in Ghatburn and my husband is now home doing fina We would also like to thank the


ambulance crew, who were very good.


A. PENNINGTON (MRS), Clilhcroc


Appeal to keep out


town clean/tidy I LIVE in Clitheroe and when I walk in the streets they are always full of dog mess and litter. It’s not fair. It’s not my mess so I


should not have to look at it or have to step in it. So please keep our town tidy.


MOLLY NOCK (age seven), Brookside School :


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customers write A FEW weeks ago my mates and I went to the Juice Bar in Clitheroe. To be honest, we were very disap­


pointed about the service and kind­ ness of the staff. The man on duty wasn't very, nice and when he had served our drinks he went and sat on the ■window ledge. -


• ' The cleanliness of the place was


very questionable too. 'The other teenagers in there were quite intimi­ dating - you felt like you had to have your drink and then leave. The prices of the items we had were des­ picable. I just thought a mention in the paper might make people feel aware of how . others feel when ignored and intimidated.


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u. Editor’s note: We contacted Juice • Bar manager Steve Procter, who responded as follows:


And a response


from bar manager FIRSTLY, may I thank the young person for their correspondence and ■feedback on their ■visit to the Juice ■ Bar. ■'


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• We always encourage young peo­ ple using our service to feedback on


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their thoughts and feelings about the project and regularly receive positi^ve feedback from young people. The Juice Bar has b^n open for 14


•• months and has seen growing atten­ dances, which now reach around 2,000 young people visiting each WMk.


- ' ' • The Juice Bar, in North Street, is


the only free-at-point-of-entry, self- sustainable seven-day youth venue in the UK and all young people are welcome to .■visit and chill out, even when not making a purchase of food or drink. Understandably with 2,000 young people a week through the doors it is sometimes difUcuIt to stop. and speak to each young person entering the building, however we do try our best to speak to as many of our -visitors as possible.


. ' The Jiiice Bar prides itself on hav­


ing competetive prices, making it affordable for young people to -visit. Our tasty panninis, for eimmple,


at only £2 are up to £3 cheaper than elsewhere in town for a-dining-in service, and 70p cheaper than the nearest takeaway option. We have three of the cheapest pool tables in town at only 30p a game. I would be happy to welcome any


young people down to the Juice Bar to meet me and discuss any way they feel we can improve the project. ■We already have a board of young


volunteers who meet monthly to guide and develop the project and. would welcome any other feedback you feel you may -wish to give. I work in the Juice Bar on a daily


basis or can be contacted by e-mail at: stevepr@talk21.com, or through the Juice Bar Facebook, bebo or m3Tspace pages.


STEVE PROCTER, Juice Bar manager


Some dissatisfied What is the point


of the latest work? ONCE again the A59 is being resur­ faced through Copster Green. It -will cost the council tax payers


twice as much as it needs to do due to the traffic calming installed there. I believe that it is the second time that this section of road has needed major resurfacing since traffic calm­ ing was introduced there in the 1990s. I have travelled this road reg­ ularly since the 1970s and can't recall it ne^ing any major work before the traffic calming was introduced. It is now an almost pointless high


cost for the sake of several central “pedestrian refuges” in an area with a low population. I have never yet seen a pedestrian using one of the said islands. Typical local govern­ ment policy, always find the most inefficient way to squander council tax payers’ hanl earned money.


GORDON PYE, DownhamRoad, Chatburn


A few teens spoil it


for the rest of us I AM writing in reply to various let­ ters recently concerning the anti­ social behaviour of young people in Clitheroe - smashing garden furni­


ture, drinking and other boisterous acts amongst others quoted. My friends and I are regular -visi­


tors to a local cafe after school once or twice a week where our good behaviour has often been compli­ mented by older customers as a cred­ it to our school and famihes. I could comment on the many examples I have noticed of poor


adult behaviour, eg. reckless driving, spitting in public, mothers smacking yoimg children etc., but all I will say is that kind of beha'viour is untypi­ cal of adults... just as garden gnome, theft and the like is untypical of the younger generation. It's the small minority who get a bad name for the majority.


OLIVER SUTTON, Whalley Road, Sabden


Fluoride: fears for


health issues I AM deeply concerned by plans to


■ fluoridate the water iii the Kibble Valley and wider North West. Fluoridation in Holland is now illegal following a number of health


' complaints in an area of Holland where fluoride was at one time added to the water. A variety of problems such as col­


icky abdominal pains, a flare up of old allergies, sores in the mouth, headaches, lack of concentration and arthritis-type pains were experienced and eventu^y found to be caused by fluoridated water. There is also growing scientific


evidence that flouride can damage teeth (dental fluorosis), bones (skele­ tal fluorosis), the brain (lowering IQ) and thyroid function. These are gen­ uine concerns which many members of the public have on the harmful effects of fluoridation on their health. I feel it is vitally important that


these health issues are fully addressed before any decision is


taken to fluoridate our public water supply. In 1994 the World Helath Organi­


sation warned: “Dental arid public health administrators should be aware of the total fluoride exposure in the populations before introducing and additional fluoride programme for caries prevention.” (Fluorides and oral health WHO, Geneva.)


This has never been carried out. : I would hope that the total fluo­


ride, exposure of the local population would be fully assessed before any


new fluoridation schemes were intro­ duced.


GILLIAN SMITH, bye-mail


Seeking a former


Valley soldier . I AM a retired radiologist and have a keen interest in Australians who served in First World War. . I have published two battalion his­


tories, the last being the 32nd Battal- mn AIR The main claim to fame that these chaps had was that they were ^ r l y all destroyed at the Battle of


I'Tomelles in France in July 1916.


.talion was Robert Thomas Maudsley. He had migrated to Australia and enlisted in the Australian Army in 1915. He was bom in Grindleton in about 1889, was of the CE religion was unmarried and his mother was Mary Maudsley, of Greenwood House, Grindleton, at the time of his death.


I would like to find a current


Maudsley - particularly as DNA may be needed to identify the remains. I would also love to find a photograph, for our records (my 32nd battalion history has over 1,000 pho­ tographs and I may well have him unidentified in an early enlistment photo).


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help, or point me in the right direc­ tion.


is ’tTf6z@ozeinail.com.au


ROGER FREEMAN, Adelaide, South Australia.


Support work on


this fail stretch PROM Martholme Lane and Mill Lane you can have an easy stroll in the depths of the countryside. At the -viaduct your right of way is


blocked by a two-metre fence, placed there just after the end of the 2000 foot and mouth outbreak. There are plans to open the disused railway through to Rosegrove. In fact the Rosegrove to Simonstone section is currently being improved with the lottery grant won by Sustrans. Remade, Lancashire County Council want to extend from this to Goose- leach Wood! However, Read Parish Council and


many Great Harwood residents would prefer that the third section, from Dunkirk Farm Lane up to and including Martholme Viaduct, was given priority. It should be cheaper-, no bridges to provide. Please support this by writing to your Lancashire County Councillor - ask your local library for his/her name and address. You can then enjoy walking from


Great Harwood to Rrad, up the road to Read Hall, back past Read Nurs­ ery. Alternatively, through Dunkirk Farm follow the Calder to Altham Bridge. Through Altham turn right immediately after Syke Side Farm.


Follow th a t track to Red House Farm (right at end of track and next; right) to Brownsills and Mill Lane. Enjoy!


LENWILLAN, Chatburn Close, ' Great Harwood


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