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- I - - - !«]' (--‘ '- " l a ' ClitheroeAdvertiser&Times.-JhuifsdayiApril2nd,’2009^^,;',j "Mone^^ \ ’ the festive lights rAM'writingdn response to'the';to ....’
frontrpage article in last weekV-si newspa'per:*" You’re i;Scrobges!)H Traders blast at the council "•■vvhich lfl!" believe is erroneous and misleading, (.vl; and r.utterly refute the implication ■/?•; of the sensational headUnern ?.rf^^^^
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ii; sent, a-letter to. Clitheroe Town: ... Council on February 27th, confirm- ,sing the amount of grant aid for
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; • 2008/9 and saying this was the last .’/ time the grant aid
would.be avail- rv able. This was incorrect and the council’s chief executive, David
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!i; IvNp'traders^were actually‘men-,;,i;'r were to bch'
elped.There is feally'noV::Royal Grammar School has played« tioned in the article and .the pnly;iy?'reason
that.these homes should not' i for us only recently at The Grand,;- people referred to as complaining ji^be; built iin^diately.' The Govern- %: Clitheroe; and this was a sellout, i -. ;; were. Ian vWoolstencroft, clerk to ifement-has provided housing associa- y.--: - Several of its players have set up i .Clitheroe,Town;Council,-and Coun;.;fetions with.'almost limitless funding n;.their own small bands, such asThe;; MaryjRobinspn, the Deputy Mayor.ij>;
for.this purpose and our own,docal’'^ John Wickham Trio, who have per-? of. Clithbroe, .who is also’ a
Ribble.sJ association, Ribble Valley Homes, is » formed for us and supported various £
V.champingatthe bit to build them Si workshops. RVJB is now in the; ?i for, the
more.than 800 families ons.?prpc^ of making^ iv;.their Jist;who currently suffer in SKsome’;
of.the youth bahck in’the UK^^^ inadequate homes. ,
Valley'councillor.'. ^ , --S 2,'Ribble Valley Borough Council s i'iLettin
._.toappearatthesuperb venue of The . get.rfGi^d to'pye live Sun
. on with it would
also.be a tremen- ..s’jazz and swing concerts.iFurther ,' .idous boon to the local construction r. details will be available shortly in £ . .industry, which is dreadfully short of .i ithisTiewspapeiv albh^^
Morns,,has apologised elsewhere in.^infA-dynamic and compassionate-''..'/In addition to these events; there;; your pages. . - ,
...3. The matter.was raised at, the should be. looking after both the local i"sby some of the country's leading
. meeting on March loth, and on March 11th there was an exchange
i . of: e-mails between’Coun;'Allan . Knox and the council’s Finance
/ Department,'
which.clarified the position.
............. , . jWork because of .the recession;s,'i-'i ~»i-;i ever Ribble Valley Jazz Festival-’-; . :-: " , r,, Conservative council," like ours, are some'well received live jazz gigs
Unfortunately, Joan was widowed .’in the mid 1960s'and in her I^t letter.;
i" to me simply said: “It.was so good in-;, those early days up North - no petrol, not much money, but fun’’.'(fe:,;j
/-tf May the good Lord now,take Joan :. into His care..'
DAVIDA-ODDIE,:;- Spondon, Derby
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Quizzes answer to school’s cash need
Ribble,
Valley.Borough,Council.,;? construction mdustryfand those m s musicians on the last-Friday of the . inadequate housing/"and m a k in g : month in the intimate atmosphere of .- 'surethat as much as possible of-the-..‘/the function room at the Swan and ..available Government money comes .'./Royal'Hotel;'Clitlieroej ;and,'diie; to :■ to the Ribble Valley.
J . this success, there will be additipnalis
. 4. The'article appeared in the ■i Chtheroe Advertiser and Times on
; March 26th,'so:presumably there; was more than adequate time for the correct, message to be passed on to
■ the town clerk by Coun.'Allan Knox;’. • It seems strange therefore that thd; clerk apparently gave a letter that he : received from Ribble Valley Borough-
: . Council to the press more than a week
after.Coun. Knox had been.
.. given the full facts and an explana-. tion.
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; -To put the matterstraight; Ribble.
' >-,Valley Borough Council has each. ; year set' aside money for Christmas
. ' Through these initiatives we
.r/sTherereally is no excuse for build-;.;:.; mid-month gigs in May and June.’; ! mg less
than.the;
225.affordableS';;Details of:these gigs are to be found ■; homes a year, that the council recog-..;;; in this newspap^^^ re^lar basis.i; nisesweneed
, ; Shockingly, your article, last week, :ii-intend to create the opportunity for . ' seems to say that the council is actu-..;; .the ^ea’s yoiing musical potential to 5-’’
f ally preventing more than about- 50 ilourishi and to prbidde sociable arid; 1 of these , much needed houses being '; enjoyable -liye musie gigs for every
.'built: i/''.- Next month, the council will get a new chief ; executive. Should it not be : his first job to make sure the council
'-meets its .own-targe.t---and: dodt straightaway?.
'NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED'^
' lights (not exclusively for Chtheroe).'- As applications for money have not ■
one, performed;by, well-established' professionals.
CLIVE GREENWOOD, . ,
- Ribblc Valley Jazz and Blues Club" commiUee member
iMyjf6nd?memories
Our efforts to jazz of,Mrs Lombard ^ up the music scene
’ - Coventry to Clitheroe to continue
; ’"Leader of Ribblc Valley Council ./.;'J;;v<a
ble.Valley Jazz and Blues Glub,"has rr. ; . • Turn to page 3 for
the.borough ;/secured access to a significant grant council’s response-editor
T f l r k l P f h P n l u e . n c e u ‘ ‘iif R f f o r d s b I P 'b o i l s i l l '
sufficient money to cover future- •. in terms of the future develop- ‘the Rover company’s work on the applications
/ . COUN. MICHAEL RANSON,i/,'v
^ ment of jazz in East Lancashire, Jackson, chairman of -the Rib-
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; , ' for repeating the success of last schoolmaster from my secondary year's workshops for'aspinng young, school m Chtheroe.
f p r o “ “Sicians over the coming months. „ After the move to Bankfield Shed, This has given RVJB a'big boost, ^-Bamoldswick, Rolls Royce took
YOU published an interesting article Anyone in the East Lancashire > As a local lad, I was a junior m last week’s Advertiser about Rib-’ ? area wishing to develop their playing. 'draftsman in the Rover Co. drawing
support young jazz musicians. - Ministry of Aircraft Production.'
attempts to provide new affordable^'-,'of^the workshops by calling 07870 *. In the new set up, Adrian Lom- housmg for Ribble Valley people. ,.^',908159 or,'sending an e-mail to: , bard became the chief designer at As Ipng ago as last summer, the.>
-info@rvjazzandblues.co.uk.-Details - ,Bankfield,'whe'’
ble Valley,'Borough Council’s , ' skills can apply for selection for me-^office at that time. ” re all the early jet |u‘C. JPr\
"council accepted the advice of its _-^wiiralso‘beon'the'club’s website' •''engines were de'veloped -'Welland consultants'that'
the.borbugh'rieeds (www.rvjazzandblues'
rco.uk) in the'," Clyde, Derwent,' Nene and Avon. 450 new houses a’year simply, to''" near future.” / 'X'' ’r''"'-!;?-.,’'rt
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rent, if the people^who needed them/^Lhe county; The one'from ChtHeroe.-., the North;-•,>'■1 , "J ,'o r v..,,-,.
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,’ONEof’ditheroe’stalIestlandmarksSsi' will hit the ground on Sunday.
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.;-,>At around 10a.m.,speciahst'con-s: ; tractors working for Hanson Cement#
Preying the button to dettm^ i WZi ? 'ife^'.(Z?i3'J'I't\draw,and;oth “ ^ i Demise of aEibble Valley landmark regu-”'' 'five minutes”prior to work starting Clitheroe,'who won i draw he|d it the ■. 45ft. taken down in 2007#,
charges will be Mr Max Clement’ of ,^-the Ribblesdale works, .with thejast',. Exclusion zones have been'set'up expect a loud .W hfilH at. thp\?->/4frft-.fnlrpn Hnum in.9nn7
detonate the v_htiori of the first chimri^ raised;moreii<*ptors have been working with Ribble/ 'will be closed m'both directions for T vTIip r,
/oli‘*onworkrunssmoothlyandsafely.'., to local ?esidpnt,?'w;r~XTi!‘''"‘r I r
emergency, and for a few minutes after its com- d®m- .,pjetion Letters havebee
--rinside the site and the boiindanes will takes DFace““ company recognises' that .there
* is a great’deal of public interest -and-j,: ' that; people, may; wish’to’View the
" demolition; we do however, express,;?; ’"the hope that'
for.health and safety';,,
• reasons people will view from a dis-;-: : tance and do riot come to the works,:,/ •; Nobne will be allowed into the exclu-./,;, ssion zones and immost cases the best ,’, -iinewpoints are some distance from-!,., /
..the works.-The height of the chimney ; means' that remote ■viewing is possible,;., /'from a'nuriiberof places m the area/l?jU’J |
'.£• t « „ behalf of the r-24th edition of the Derby Evening
yet reached the amount set aside, we JUDGING by the number of letters Telegraph, about the death of Mrs have built up reserves. I t was there-, in the press relating to live music in Joan Lombard." fore sensible not to replenish the Chtheroe and in Burnley, there is an ’ ' ' Along with many others, Adrian, budget, as based upon preymus’-’apparent increase in interest,''
and.Joan and their family came from applications there was more than -particularly for jazz..
’/Whittle jet engine at’Waterloo Mill ’ ml941.'
/ siThey lived in the town in digs with' Mr and Mrs James Entwistle,’ a.
’/ r understand that' these'PTA. ^
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lfare,wctm:.to,a'a!aiidal should have^^''’ :?no redre^’uml^ :';sincerelyjlippe,6&^^
((rjl) bnng”%
ia positivejconcl^^^^^^ have i^^affKtediSfSfS^ s/g'l
:RT HON. SIR ROBERT ATKINS - I'MEP for llie North Wesl ‘
sThaiik you for an enjoyable evening
tl WOULD-just like to say a big f thank!yteto;th^
■dale.,ScKpol;fom^ :eyenin^pn;Tu^S
;the Oiiye’P rS ^E T C r j^
•,,'Very.hard;a.nd;th^^^^ .vhuge s u c c ^ / r ^
K granddaughtegarid'her: school^
’’driendsTt'just go^ to /beachieved by_haid,w6rk.£-
?'E:JUNGBLUTH(MRS), :-'-Trafford Gardens, 'vClithcroe 't
.'THROUGH your pages I would like ’. to express my delight at the most ’. enjoyable quiz evening provided by the Friends'of ; Pendle Primary; School on Friday last at Ghtheroe - FC.
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Italian campaign ivetmans^ught
/lAS currmt national secretary of the : S •’/Italy Star| AsMciat^^^^
I am cl
/quizzes are held regularly,to raise = ; funds for the school, dupctly benefit-; mg the children, and that the organ isers readily, give
up.their own time. to wnte the questions. "
’ Having been to countless quiz. and inventive I have ever experi-
;;enced, which IS down to the ingenu-; ;; ity and delivery by quizmasters; ", Simon Monks and Steve Driver, who .’- always keep contestants guessing
. .with their very clever “connection’^;, rounds
. I urge your readers to look out for:.
.’ the next quiz, where they will be guaranteed an excellent night'out.' ’ Well done Pendle Primary Schooll i'
'•NICHOLAS BIRD, Peel Park Aienue,
, Clithcroc
Action at last over Spanish land grabs
> has cropped up time and again from’- constituents: so-called Spanish land '
./grabs.
f,..- ,Constituents who buy property in Spam in good faith find it confiscat-
•; and demolished - sometimes at . them own expense.T- in a scandalous
. \ trying toadv^^^^
; fthe mai^y^hp^rids pf- ye of’^/;’ i ;the Italiaii'Campaigri of i943/45.;-;v;’ii|I S(..':Any;veterans^ ; should Hrig me y;;;<sWe!wanLto
iS241 0275. / ,>3; those of
nights over the years,.! can honestly- say that these are the most enjoyable.,s: for them for over 25 years.
R. QUINTON, ? National Sccrctarj,
’/ Italy Star Association 1943-1945 : ■ :' '• • ■ S '. : 1 > . . . y K - .
. . I l k V , Show every child
matters to YOU! I AM wnting as a supporter of Every
• Disabled. Child Matters - a national
• campaign to get rights and justice for .disabled children and their families. . . This campaign is needed because dis-,
’’tabled children and their families have " been left out for far too long.
. ;• . .The campaign has developed a. ! IN my 10 years as an MEP, one issue ’-
, charter, which commits local author-;:, t itles to promding a range of services iiior disabled children and their fami- ; ■’lies. .Our counciLhas not yet signed ; .up to theoharter, although 50 local” !' authonties signed up before January,.
’. 20 08, and, more .are signing every . month.
J We.urge
our.council to sign up as
/soon as possible,Ho demonstrate a ■; ! real commitment to improving serv-..
move, that is peririit^d under Spari::;^^^ _ families m our area, and put an end
&''^S?^>;^^®.’?!)r9Pean’PaHiariient|ii?^^fe
jHriorighwS.eribughfo^^
Strasbourg iast|?
S.tO(M
/.the-thoi^ridsof.-BritisliexpatnatK^^ who have suffered from this unjust w\
medcm.org'uk/la_charter.
?‘|fHl'M?.P.^-®4-4-46portjthatttell^^^^ . --- —■ “PliP/toirpthirik the lawbrt'wewilil'i^^
meet theneedsof iteoivn people, and :y iL an ca sh ire'is> ll bles'sed yvi'th ■' ^'‘Aom"’“ n 7L an \"o o n becImV ' s T o n ^ i e t S f " " Commis-;-'^ ^ledlChild Matters campaign at t'^^NDY ANNE SMITH,
that half of these homes (225 a-fyoungpeople'playing jazz,^mainlyy/,known a's.“Mrs'L'om’’''and was "’withhold around £30 year), would have to be for social «. through school big/swing'bands in favoured by all who knew he> 'up in - ‘ aid to Soain" ^ ^
' p-"'• y^rinot be right that people who t'Chthcroc ‘ Parson Lane,, r -j'- " n ; >:
r v . ' / v fW o u ’jl find-your-M^^^ U ,3*i .PendfeStre^
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Offer ends Sunday 12th April ’ Vouchers valid until Sunday 19th April 2009
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8.00am - ' 7.00pm
Monday-.Wednesday 8.00am- 6.00pm.,.' .Thursday-Friday 5 ' 9.30am.- 3.00pm S at ur da y • i
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7.00am - 8.30pm ' 7.00am--' 9.30pm 7.00am 8.30pm
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s our. old ppmrades'w^^ date, do not know that we li^^^^ been around ;./;';
of fuel when
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