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mN?AiMEA@i0RiTW0: i ....................... ..... \^?|lous; y ^ a k e i ^ e c t ? THE GREAT TOWN CENTRE DEBATE T’m backing revitalisation plan’ by Faiza Afzaal- - ;


CLITHEROE Town Mayor Conn. Mary Robinson has vowed to support any initiative to revitalise the town centre. Her pledge comes after a cam­


paign in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, spearheaded hy local businessman Mr Ian Lloyd, of Mor­ timers estate agents, to turn the town centre into an a ttractiv e, vibrant and bustling area. Coun. Robinson, pictured, who


has also been elected as both town and borough mayor in the past, said: “l ean truly state th a t the Town


j n : Council will support'any. initiative to


, revitalise'the town centre. • ■ “The Town Council does not have large resource^’ however we do pro­ vide the three-tier.planters in the town and with grants and support from the Chamber of Trade, we pro­ vide the annual Christmas lights. . “This recession, however,'is hitting all aspects of business. The cost of business premises is causing many traders to close, when the footfall dips and the public does not have the same level of cash to spend, it is not


• ■ possible for the tenant to reach their ■ ; rents so they close.' New businesses cannot afford the rents so'we end up with empty shops.'


' ' “I do feel that one of the issues is ■ fy ^


online shopping and the larger super­ markets, fortunately outside our town, selling just about every thing at less than a private retailer can buy them for-this I do feel very strongly about.


. - . “Pedestrianising Castle Street I


: CLITHEROE Tow n Mayor Coun. Marv Robinson.'


could have an adverse effect on the shops there. Clitheroe is built on a hill - this could lead to many people: avoiding the walk into the centre.” ■ . She added: “Parking in Clitheroe is considerably cheaper than many towns around here, with the excep-. tions of Accrington and Nelson, but I have personal experiences of people abusing the two-hour free limit in


both these towns. • “We would soon find people park-


, ing all day and we would be even worse off for spacing. I t would also result in less security on our car parks, ‘ i V - - • . “With regards to the market, I believe it is in the review of the Pen­ nine Lancashire Squared project.


., “I do very much agree it does need a lot of thought and help and yes, my personal view is that the old site was better. ,


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“This also seemed to be the view of all the entries submitted by peo- : pie to Pennine Squared groups.”


More views from residents on future of town centre


Bring the history back Gur area is beautiful WITH regard to the transformation of


.■ i y Clitheroe centre, it does need a little updat- • ing in some parts of the town, but it also


needs its history bringing back, especially the original roads through the town. , : ■ ' The Castle is obviously the oldest building


and has undergone a revamping without losing' its visitors. -


Following the old road from Skipton via Pim­


lico Road and Church Brow down to the mar­ ket place for the sale of animals, there are some very old buildings in Church Street, coming down from St Mary's Church, also old. . Another old road leads from the Ribble and


down Kirkmoor Road, up by the health centre, under the arch of the White Lion into the mar­ ket place, then down Wellgate, up Pendle Road and over Pendle Hill to Sabden and the Bum- ley area. This road crossed what was a Roman road from Ribchester over to Yorkshire, but has now disappeared. ■


■ The Swan and Royal and former Starkie


Arms were originally coaching inns before Moor Lane was built.


.: I t would be good to keep the history of these ; roads and buildings more prominent either by plaques or information leaflets, but they don't want modernising. , ' • y ; ^ : . ■Mjote of visitors come to Clitheroe for old his­ tory, not just for shopping, although it is a "mar­ ket town".


, -Certainly some of the pavements and road : surfaces need redoing, but please keep the old


■ roads and buildings as they are, without “mod­ ernising”. ,We do need more car parking for vis­ itors, the park and ride suggestion from Barrow is a good idea. If more visitors came to see the old town, they would also shop. This is my opin­ ion. ■ MRS iMARGARET HOLDEN Old Clilheronian (Address supplied)


HAVE read mth interest the correspon-


> dence regarding the “Town Centre • Restoration To Former Glory” and would


like to make the following comments.' Visitors and residents alike want good quality


, shops, competitive pricing, helpful pleasant ■ staff, attractions and amenities’along with park­ ing facilities. Clitheroe has some of the above,


; but with regards to parking, although I have not carried out a survey, there is probably adequate


-parking. I guess a lot of people want to park right outside the shops they are visiting.


:;; The suggestion of. “Ribblerouser” for a multi­ storey car park at Barrow and a shuttle service is a silly idea.


; The reduction of parking on Moor Lane was folly^and to move the parking from the right


. side to the left was an absolute waste of money and drivers now open their doors to oncoming traffic. There seemed no logical reason for this


: action; but somehow amazingly the powers- that-be progressed it.' .


'■ Half-day closing can be left up to individuals. V. Pedestrianisation of the town centre is a totally stupid idea.


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: I believe there'jw'as an.initiative from Clitheroe The Future to help with the revamp-


■ ing of shop fronts, which was taken up by a number of traders. Indeed CTF, as a body, has worked tirelessly in the background ;)vith a number of organisations to bring in much-need­ ed funding and many projects to completion in ■ Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley. ‘


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y I would rather see a charity shop than an- empty one. As for. the comment of a reader who ' suggested no charity shops, well Ljust hope he'y or she never needs help from any of the extend- -- ed services these shops provide, particularly the'


;cancer shops. Where has our sense of communi-:; ty spirit gone? -- " '


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ii. Also the town in general is inbre often than'• not full of litter where morons have discarded^


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beer cans, bottles, pizza boxes and all the rest. Saturday and Sunday are particularly bad and while littering is not the biggest crime, I


. would like to see the offenders fined, named and shamed.


We live in a beautiful area and we all have a


responsibility to preserve it for future genera- ’ tions. Another blackspot is the space between the Swan Courtyard and Lowergate car park, which is used as and smells like a urinal. • Finally there was a comment about cheaper


housing and this is another important issue as we need low-cost affordable housing so our young people can get on the first rung of the


• property ladder. If this could be achieved many people would be able to stay in their local area


i-society, .. . ; I hope that a large number of the local com­


. and along with other residents from far and .,wide we could enjoy a nice, mixed and happy


munity get behind Ian Lloyd and his commit­ tee and help restore this beautiful town of ours.


; Only by open debate and discussion can this be : achieved.


IAN BROWN, Chalburn Road, .Clitheroe --


The chain of charity


WITH the RSPCA opening its doors to become Clitheroe’s 10th charity shop. I've " ; heard it said the town is going to the dogs!


. Ihe full list, by the way, is Oxfam (Market - Place), Salvation Army (Lowergate), Help the ■Aged, Shelter, East Lancashire Hospice, Sue ■


-StrMt)./ • Lots of people knock the charity shops, but


: Ryder, Age Concern (all Moor Lane), YMCA qancer.Research and RSPCA (all Castle'


-toey are always busy and “charity shop chic”


. has been one of the big,fashion stories of the past few years. Instead of kndeking the charity shops, let's build on what we've got. There are


■ A LETTER on page four of Iasi week’s . Clitheroe Advertiser, from Mr Gordon Pyc, of Ghathurn, contained an error. , In referring to shops which closed due to ;


removal of on-street parking and the intro- . duction of car parking fees, Mr Pye specu-, lated that perhaps the first major casually was the Iceland storc7formerly in Castle ■ Street.


;t. ■Unfortunately, due to a misunderstanding, the version printed referred instead to the . Kwik Save store, formerly in Station Road,;. ' '\Ve apologise for the error. ■


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lots more worthy charities out there, so why not encourage them to take up some of Clitheroe's empty shops - how about the British Heart Foundation, Sense, Scope, the PDSA - the list goes on.


. . ' If we could turn our 10 charity shops into 20


or 25, we could become the charity shop capital of the North, a ttra c t in g shoppers by the coachload. And today's charity shop shopper is very different from the old stereotype. Yes, they like a bargain (don't we all?), but having found one, they would also spend on the market, or in the pubs, sandwich shops and cafes, and discov­ er the other independent shops they might oth­ erwise never know about.


. If we can create and promote the Ribble Val­


ley Food Trail, why not the "Clitheroe Chain of Charity"? If we strive to become a Fairtrade town, benefiting those in far-off lands, why not also be the town where charity begins at home? And just think of all the money generated


right here in Clitheroe for all those good causes - wouldn't that be something to be proud of? NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED


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A MAN called 'Mass' gets into the spirit of the Beat-Herder festival.


JULIET Taylor and Sarah Dick. ^ ----------------------------------------


JOE Varga and Charlotte Scarborough with this year’s ■ . Beat-Herder festival T-shirts.


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Good crowd flocks to music festival


ALMOST 5,000 revellers


: : attended a three-day music festival off the A59 between


: Sawley and Gisburn at the weekend. ■ The fourth Beat-Herder festi­ val was a resounding success,


. according to organisers, despite a few complaints from local resi-


. dents that the music was too loud on Friday night. “I t went really well and


attracted a really good crowd of people,” said organiser Nick Chambers, of Keighley. “There were some complaints about the noise on Friday, but as soon as we knew, we turned the sound down and scaled down the noise on the Saturday.” , He added th a t the festival is


monitored closely by Ribble Val­ ley Borough Council and the decibels emanating from the festi­ val had been well within the guidelines set that had been by thecouncil. Revellers enjoyed a star stud­


ded line-up at the festival, which is organised by Nick and five of his friends. All self-employed tradesmen by


day, the Yorkshire-based group decided to stage an intimate, inexpensive festival for local • music lovers, four years ago and thought the Ribble Valley was the ideal location., “We’re extremely lucky to have found this location as it really is


• the jewel in the crown of the Rib­ ble Valley,” Nick said. . Highbghts of this year’s festival included Sheffield-based chart band Reverend and the Makers, the Utah Saints and Banco de Gaia, who are on their 20th anniversary tour.


; Organisers are planning to


stage the festival in the first week of July next year pending secur­ ing a licence from the borough council. . ' Our pictures show the festival' fun. ■'


Concert goer


attacked staff A DETERMINED con­ cert goer assaulted three security staff at the Beat- Herder music festival near Sawley.


, Blackburn magistrates heard staff stopped Robert Wass three times as he tr ied to scale the security fence. They had escorted him


from the site, used their own phone to try and con­ ta c t his girlfriend, who was at the three-day festi­ val, and even offered him money for his .bus fare home. But Wass struggled vio­


lently the third time he was detained and it took eight people to hold him down until police arrived. Wass (26), of Cavendish.


Street, Skipton, pleaded guilty to three assaults and u s ing.threatening behaviour. . He was remitted on bail


LA >?, • A59 delays, likely'at kll-oui.VM fe;Ribble Valley music festiyal -Vg^I-fl


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MATILDA Pagets (5) from Lots of ; Pots.


to Skipton Magistrates’ Court, where he is due to be sentenced for a previous offence of racially aggra­ vated threatening behav­ iour. A condition of bail is


that he does not enter the Ribble Valley.- .


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I HAVE just read in the ■press an account of the rkent festival which took place over the weekend at


■ a site situated between Sawley and Gisburn. I t told, in glowing


term's, of the event and the enjoyment of the par­ ticipants. I t failed miser­ ably to point out the dis­ pleasure and inconven­ ience it caused to the peo­ ple living as far away as TAviston.


' From Friday afternoon until 5 a.m. the following


■ morning we were subject- ■ ed to the boom, boom, ' boom that emanates from ■ cars driven by yobbos who


. wish to let us all share their particular brand of


V The night was warm , and i t was necessary to


music.


Reader pleads ‘Turn it down a bit!’ wishes of the locals. Four


have open windows in order to attempt sleep. The noise continued unabated until five in the morning. I t possibly stopped as a result of my visit. The organiser I spoke to was well man­ nered, but wished to stress that the festival had “permission”. I later found that this


was not exactly correct as the so-called “permission” ran out a t 4 a.m.-1 trust that the sanctions applied a t Glastonbury, when. Bruce Springsteen over­ ran by 10 minutes, will-; apply in the Ribble Val­ ley, but I doubt it some-; how. ■ I do not want to stop the enjoyment of the peo-- pie involved. All I ask i s , th a t they respect,the,


■ in the morning is not rea-


.’ sonable for normal people and 5 a.m. is way out of order. . Previous Herders festi­ vals and excessive car


; boot sales have caused dissent in the locality and


. any revenue brought into the area has been out­ weighed by ill feeling and, inconvenience suffered. ■ I ■vyrite in the hope that


the organisers and the people who sanction these activities will learn from their actions and make


. sure next time that com­ mon sense prevails, and


■ that the respective Parish Councils are notified prior to the event. JEREMY LLOYD, Station Road, 'Rimington-


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