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We’ve got the hump!
RESIDENTS in the Edisford area of Clitheroe have got the hump over plans to slow drivers down. Lancashire County Council has
drawn up plans to install 16 speed humps on residential streets as part of an overall traffic calming scheme for the Edisford and Hen- thorn areas of town. David Butterworth, of Fairfield
Drive, has organised a "Don't Get The Hump" campaign to coordi nate objections to the plans. He approached 240 households
and 85.4% were opposed to the idea of speed humps on their streets.
Mr Butterworth said: “Resi
dents have said they support the principle of a 20 m.p.h. limit across the whole Henthorn/Edisford area but object strongly to having to negotiate numerous speed humps to reach their homes. The Edisford estate has no through traffic, there is very little traffic throughout the day and vehicle speeds are general ly low. The vast majority of resi dents drive with great care. There have been no reported traffic acci dents within the area for many years.” He added: “The response from
residents indicates the strength of feeling.”
The petition has now been sent
to Lancashire County Council, but Mr Butterworth says there will be a delay before a decision is made about whether the scheme should be implemented due to an error on the original statutory notice. A spokesman for the county
council coiifirmed that there had been some typographical errors on the original site notices and that the scheme would be re-advertised next Thursday. The new closing date for consultation will be November 12th and the matter looks set to be discussed by the Lancashire Local Ribble Valley committee early in the New Year.
Shops sign up to exciting Christmas plan
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which will be kick-started by a local celebrity - the identity of whom is being kept under wraps. “So far over 30 of Clitheroe’s
flagship shops, restaurants and stores have signed up for late night Thursdays and many more are to follow,” revealed Mr Pratt. “Our members are now busy
planning merriment and musical interludes and organising special festive-themed craft and decora tive demonstrations, festive food sampling and tasters, fashion shows, girl’s nights out type beauty themes and other special touches to each of their businesses to'make late night shopping in Clitheroe a date with a difference!” Mr Pratt, who runs Clitheroe
Travel, in Clitheroe, went on to reveal th a t the chamber has secured one of Europe’s top win
dow dressing and art display teams who will customise 20 high street shop windows with their breath taking and stunning Christmas- themed scenic paintings and art work. The chamber has scooped a major coup as the collaboration of artistes will be visiting Clitheroe direct from completing a Tour of France and their commission to the UK will be exclusive to Clitheroe. Clitheroe is claimed to be the
first town in the UK to host the colourful international window dressing event and the shop win
dows will be attractions in their own right. “More than ever we need to be
taking action in capturing the imagination of customers and maintain our high street presence and showcase our town’s quality driven product ranges and out standing customer service reputa
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Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, October. 8th, 2009 34- Council to Fundraisers receive a boost
keep castle cafe open
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THE ethical food company award ed the contract to run Clitheroe Castle’s cafe has gone into volun tary liquidation. But it is business as usual at the
cafetessen, which opened earlier this year thanks to the borough councD. In May Harrogate-based Gold and
Brown opened the eatery as part of the multi-million pound Castle Keep and museum revamp. But Gary Blackburn, from Leeds-
based administrators BWC Business Solutions, said during the summer the company had seen a “horrific down turn” in the number of people going through the doors of the cafes it was managing. He added: “They sustained heavy
Mayor’s TV appearance aids charity
noon the borough's first citizen appeared in an edition of Channel Four’s long running Countdown series. Although Coun. Jones'
use of the six-letter word Kauris - a tree revered by the Maori people - kept her ahead in the competi tion after the eighth round, she eventually lost the contest. Despite not winning
tion, in the increasingly competi tive Christmas shopping period,” explained Mr Pratt. “We will be revealing more in
the near future, however, we are urging local people to support local traders and to save these dates in their diaries - December 3rd, 10th and 17th for lots of late night shopping treats. “We are also co-ordinating spe
cial Sunday shopping experiences on the three December Sundays - 5th, 12th and 19th.” More details about the cham
ber’s plans for the festive period ■will follow in the Clitheroe Adver tiser and Times. Anyone requiring further CCTC
membership information or any one who can volunteer for enter tainment or performance art over Christmas please contact Sam Turner on 01200 443453 or sam-
turner@ferncourt.co.uk
further correspondence from Coun. Jones.
being supported by Coun. Jones will receive a further financial boost next week after the first of her Mayor's Music events at the Castle Cafe in Clitheroe. Serenata will be performing a pro gramme of solo, duet, trio, quartet, five-part and six-part vocals in a variety of styles from 7- 30 p.m. For tickets ring the Mayor's secretary on 01200 414408. O See Letters’ page for
through to a second show, Coun. Jones' mayoral charities have benefited from her small screen appearance with many Ribble Valley residents sponsoring her and help ing raise just over £1,000 towards her charities. • The two good causes
EVEN using the name of an iconic Kiwi tree could not help Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. Beverley Jones to television suc cess. On Wednesday after
losses and have no longer got the work ing capital to continue to trade or pay their debts.” Once officers at Ribble Valley Bor
ough Council had been notified that Gold and Brown had gone into volun tary liquidation they decided to step in and take over responsibility for manag ing the Clitheroe cafe to keep it open and safeguard the full and part-time jobs there. Director of Community Services
John Heap said: "The cafe is such an integral p ^ of the customer service we
offer visitors to the museum, the Keep and the grounds th a t we had to do something to make sure it continued." He explained that the council’s man
agement team had met and decided the authority would continue to operate the cafetessen at least until the end of March. Mr Heap added that the cafe manag
space of time. This is the first time the council has directly run a venture like this. I t is new territory for us and a steep learning curve.” However Mr Heap said the council's
sure that the business is right and tak ing i t forward to complement the scheme that is at the Castle because it is a premier visitor attraction for Clitheroe.”
Bridge will be out of use for nine weeks
WORK to reconstruct a bridge in the centre of Chatbum will start this week end. The £420,000 reconstruction project
on Chatbum Station Bridge is due to start on Saturday with diversions in place until the work is completed in December. Crow Trees Brow and Clitheroe Road
will be closed to traffic, except for access, at the junctions with Worston Road and Ribble Lane. Chatbum Trading Estate and other
local businesses will be open for business as usual with all other traffic being diverted via Worston Road, the A59 Clitheroe bypass, Sawley Road and Bridge Road. Vehicles will be able to approach the
; Traffic will still be able to travel into the village from the Sawley, Grindleton and Dovraham directions. David Hurford, Principal Engineer
bridge to access the properties at either side and pedestrians will be able to cross the railway using a temporary foot bridge installed by Lancashire County Council earlier this year.
October 10th, so that work can start on rebuilding the bridge. “We apologise for any inconvenience
caused while this essential work takes place. Leaflets giving latest details about the scheme are being sent to local residents. “Access for households and establish
(Bridges) at Lancashire County Coun cil, said: “Chatbum Station Bridge is due to close at 7 a.m. on Saturday,
stops in Chatburn around the post office and the village hall will still be served by the Pendle Witch Hopper Clitheroe-to-Nelson P70/P71 bus, and the C2 Low Moor, Clitheroe, to Sawley bus service. The Preston-to-Skipton 280 will not serve Chatbum and will instead operate via the A59, Worston Road and Chatbum Road. The strengthening work is necessary
for the bridge, which is over 130 years old, to cope with modem traffic.
shut for nine weeks while the work is carried out and the new bridge is due to open on December 13th.” For those who travel by bus, the main
ments on Crow Trees Brow, the road leading up to the bridge, will be main tained throughout. Road signs advising motorists that businesses in Chatbum are open as normal will be put up along the diversion route. “The bridge is expected to remain
focus would be on making sure the busi ness was right and taking it forward. He said: “My focus now is on making
quickly and weekly to help get over the problems that have been caused for them by the previous employer. We will do all we can to ease the transition. “We have a lot to learn in a short
er had agreed to continue in the same role and that there were jobs for any former employees who also wanted to carry on working. He said: “If they are prepared to carry on, there is a job there for them. “We will make sure we pay them
against a range of preventable childhood diseases remain at their optimmn temperature, An “Autumn Preview” event
organised by UNITE, which was set up by Backridge Farm-based
for the United Nations’ Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and is aiming for £100,000 to buy four cold storage facilities in remote parts of Ethiopia. These will ensure vaccines
THE Ribble Valley’s Blue Ribbon Fundraising committee has wel comed a cash boost of £1,300 from businesses at Backridge Farm, Waddington. The local group is raising fimds
sold specially commissioned unisex blue and white UNITE bracelets, while Paint Pot gave youngsters their final chance to create their own “hand print wall tile” before they are mounted to create a huge wall display at the farm.
Rider on the mend
injuries in the accident on the A671 Whalley Road, Padiham, near to Barrowford Road, at 1-10 p.m. last Tuesday (September 29th). The '71-year-old man driving the lorry
Blackburn Hospital after his blue and white Yamaha 125 trials bike collided with a lorry. The 37-year-old suffered serious head
escaped with no injuries but Tyrone, who is a builder, remained in the Critical Care Unit until Sunday after which he was transferred to a normal ward. His mother, Patricia, this week told the
Clitheroe Advertiser and Times of her relief at the recovery of her only son. She said: “I ’m so happy he is pulling
through. He talked to me for the first time after the crash on Sunday evening. He seems to be doing okay, but has a lot of injuries.” Describing the moment she heard Tyrone
kering with it.” Tyrone is also being treated for a broken
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had been in a crash, she said: “It was terri- bla I went straight to the hospital and found him on a life-support machine. “Tyrone loves his bike and is always tin
arm and stomach injuries. He is a former pupil of Ribblesdale High School, and has a 16-year-old son, Jordan. Witnesses to the accident should call the police on 01282 472431.
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of a range of fund-raising initiatives that the three businesses have run throughout the summer and suc cessfully fulfilled its aim of giving the committee a final boost before its October fund-raising deadlina During the event. Wish Gifts
businesses Melt, Paint Pot and Wish Gifts, helped raise the vital funds. This event was the culmination
sive “Innocence” fragranced candle and donated 15% of all sales made over the weekend. Another business, Rohana
Meanwhile, Melt sold its exclu
Designs, also gave customers the chance to capture their children’s finger prints in silver and donated 10% of all sales made over the weekend to the committee. To mark the fund-raising extrav
aganza, a giant ring of hands was created around the farm and 100 eco-friendly blue balloons released. Our picture shows representa
tives from the fundraising firms at the release of the balloons at Back ridge Farm, (s)
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