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14 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, July 9th, 2009 Church does not


treat sexes equally I ALWAYS enjoy reading Canon Rodney Nicholson's contribution for . the “Thought for the Week”, but for ;;


; once I have to take issue with his.- comments in the article for June 18th. I applaud his highlighting of the


way women over centuries have been ■; denigrated and how this has passed: • into our language with phrases like


.“brownie points” and “acting like a n , old woman”. He'concludes “Chris-; tianity is a religion of^ freedom in • which everyone can find their true selves and know that Christ has bro- ■ ken down divisions which humans •. have created”. . Sadly this is not true. Religious'


bodies (including the Church of ‘ England) lobbied Parliament and : secured a dispensation for them to be excluded from gender and employ- . ment laws when Equality Legisla- ' tion was being formulated. This was particularly, relevant to'the status i: and acceptance of women as priests. i ; In 1992 the General Synod of the : i


Church of England; finding there-, were no theological barriers to pre­ vent women fulfilling their vocation,, passed the “Women. Priests Mea­ sure”. This was ratified in Parlia­ ment with a large majority in both houses. Since then 4,000 women have been ordained priests. One in four priests in the Church of England is female. However, in the 1992 Measure,


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qualifying clauses were included which created a-“glass ceiling” whereby women could not be made bishops and those male clergy who , objected to 'th e Measure could receive compensation on resigning ■ their appointments. • Furthermore;. Parochial Church Councils were per­ mitted to decide whether they would. allow a woman to officiate in their ' church and could even resolve not to have a woman as .'Vicar or Priest-in- '■ Charge. J was delighted when a woman


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was made a Residentiary Canon at Blackburn Cathedral, but saddened to learn that when she is celebrating Holy. Communion the Reserved, Sacrament (bread arid wine) which - has been consecrated at a previous service by a inan is available for : those who do not accept the priest- : hood of women! ' So, Canon Rodney, some people in


the church do not tre a t women equally. .


■ Whilst I can appreciate that The Ih'


Dean and Chapter at Blackburn are trying to accommodate those who are against women priests', I see this as a reinforcement of unacceptable prejudice and gender discrimination. This is not just an insult to women priests but.calls'into question the- action of the Holy Spirit on the . bread and wine!


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GERTRUDE ROBINS Painter Wood, ■ Billington.' .


: Three kind men ,


came to my rescue : PL EA SE may I , th ro u g h you . letters page, thank three wonder- : ful men who gave me a great deal. of help on Saturday, June 2 9th.' ■ had a burst/slashed tyre.


I managed to drive into the fore- • •It t


court of Somerfield on the A59 Glitheroe bypass when these wonder-; ful men got my old tyre off and my ; new one on.


' ' I had not got my mobile with me Wn;croTroEi;;^;:cTtherqeld,crt.I^ra;dTme7:hongSlreet:C>th^ PCX’s obligation to its citizens


IN the fight to'save Clitheroe' Hospital, one df the.consistent objections'to its preservation has come'from East Lancashire Primary Care Trust.


: The Trust claims th a t i t must achieve the highest possible:price for the land on which the hospital stands when it becomes surplus fol­ lowing'the construction of the new , hospital.'


.'.'. Retaining the existing hospital building will, they argue, reduce the profitability of. re-develqping the site and hence the'value of the sale of the site.


' In adopti'ng this.position, i t


would appear th a t the PCT- is unaware of its wider obligations. In the interests of clarity to the


public as well as the PCT we wish to make the following points: . . . 'The PCT has, indeed, an obliga­


tion to achieve the highest price when disposing of surplus land. However, this is not an absolute obligation and there are instances when the highest price is not appro­ priate in the context of other obli­ gations which the PCT has. ' ‘ ; For example,' would the.PCT


wish to sell for the highest price if it were offered by a brewery or tobac­ co company. for purposes th a t ' would be directly, contrary to the PCT’s core purpose in promoting health and well being? ' ’ ' . - • In the case of Clitheroe Hospital


. so I was at my. wils’ end_. I had three knights in shining armour that day. T h an k s you so much guys. I 'l l never forget your k i n d n e s s . :


:' I might add they would not take anything for a treat. FAME. TAYLOR


: Blackburn Old Road, • Great Harwood '


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Do you know my cousin Alma?


■ THIS is a long shot, but I am trying; to trace a cousin of mine who I have not seen since my father’s funeral in 1981.The last Tknew, her married name was Alma Bates (nee Weaver),.. but I dont know where she lives now as she used to live in Bawdlands, Clitheroe.


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mation, but it’s all I have. PETER E. JONES, Helsinki,''-


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Finland, E-mail: baldrik30@yahoo.com - • :


Don’t expect a tip for good service!


' ON Sunday, my husband and I took . ■ two large cardboard boxes down to HenthornTip: We could have left these under our.car port until the. next “white bag” day and cut them down to size, but we decided to save ■ the bin men a job and dispose of th e ' boxes ourselves.


' , When we arrived at the tip, there; was a' line of cars waiting for, one of


Sorry if this is not enough infor­ .


and the disposal of land for housing


: purposes, there is some specific ' guidance for PCTs that would miti­ gate the obligation to obtain the


_ highest price for land. ;. i ; The guidance, issued in Febru­ ary this year, supports wider HM treasury guidance from October 2008 and requires the PCT, in dis­ posing of land for housing to a pri-


■ vate sector developer, to ensure that the land is developed in accor- , dance with Quality Standards


' issued by Homes and Communities Agency (formerly English Partner­ ships).


.. 'These cover, in particular, the sus- ■ tainability of housing developments


■and specifically state “All develop­ ments should seek to optimise the potential of existing resources on


, site and to reduce the amount of demolition, landfill or waste where possible in order to improve the long term sustainability of the develop­ ment”. There is also a standard empha­


sizing the importance of communi­ ty engagement in developing suc- ce^ful, high quality housing. In the feasibility study by Stan­


ton Andrews, converting the front building of -the hospital and devel-


: oping the rest of the site with excit­ ing new build, it was demonstrated that this course was profitable.


■' ' The scattering of affordable hous­ ing throughout the development is


■ the skips to be changed. The bin men were standing at the top of the hill and so my husband decided to take


■the boxes out of the car and walked up the hill to the men.


: ' They would not take the boxes off him so he stood chatting to them for about 10 minutes. ■ Meanwhile, I moved our car out of


the line of traffic to make room for the other cars. Eventually the skip was replaced


■ and the cars were allowed to move. Incredibly my husband was then told (by the men he had been chat­ ting to for. 10 minutes) that he could not walk across to the cardboard skip - he was told to take the card­ board back to the car and drive back up the hill with i t ! .


: Understandably my husband was not impressed. The cardboard boxes are back under our car port waiting for our nice bin men to collect.


;. '• I would normally only have praise for our tip workers, but this experi-


ence.has changed ray opinion. DIANE STEER,


■ Bye-mail Annoyed at theft


of charity goods I AM hoping that through your let- ' ters’ .page l can make an appeal to


. the person who stole our hanging baskets from the back of The White Lion, in Clitheroe. : After extensive work to the front


of our property-we decided that we rib longer had any need for the hang- Irig'.b'askets that used-to sit on the


an example of best practice. The PCT could use this study to devel­


op its own plan. ■ So it’s clear that East Lancashire


PCT not only could, but should be ensuring that the Clitheroe Hospi­ tal site is developed against sustain­ ability standards that include the re-use of existing buildings. There are many examples of


other PCTs adopting this approach in the Hospital Sites Programme. The Departriient of Health and HM Treasury guidance makes clear


that sustainable development of the Clitheroe Hospital site is an obliga­ tion upon the PCT just as achiev­ ing the best price is. ' These obligations together gener­


ate a concept of “value for money” which is far broader than the nar­ row definition of highest price which has been promoted by the PCT to date. This broader concept takes


account of the PCTs wider obliga­ tion to the citizens it serves to bal­ ance fiscal efficiency with its corpo­ rate social responsibilities in devel-


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oping a more sustainable solution to Clitheroe Hospital. 'We would urge them to take these


responsibilities seriously and engage positively and proactively with local people to deliver them. PAULINE WOOD Chairman, Clithcroc Civic Socicly


front wall of the White Lion. When the scaffolding was taken down the baskets were moved around the back ofthepub.


: As these were being moved people asked us if they could buy them from us as we no longer had any need for them. We agreed a price and all parties


decided that the money would go towards a local charity. However, on Tuesday, July 2nd, a thief decided to steal these from our


property and then came back at 9-30 a.m. on a push bike to steal the rest. All I am asking is that you return what does not belong to you, or drop' in £60 or a cheque payable to “Sadie's Pot of Gold”. I would not normally write in over'


hanging baskets, however these would be very expensive to buy new and the fact that we wanted to kick- start our charity event with the sale' of these has really annoyed me. The thing I love about Clitheroe is


the community spirit and generosity' that people have when it comes to :


; raising money,for a local charity. So' to the person on the push bike, you


,have robbed our charity, please have a heart and donate the things that


cyou took back to our charity. CLAIRE ELLIS . ■


. WhUe Lion, Clillicroe


Quintessential


English afternoon LWISH to.thank Clitheroe Town ■ Council for providing the series of-


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. . Sunday baind concerts in the Castle ' . grounds. T h e concert last Sunday by'


:■ the Baxenden Concert Band was ‘ ' superb. ■'-■ > .. The musicians were excellent and


: ,the conductor demonstated the e\i- :dent enj9yment of all the ensemble Even the showers did not spoil the afternoon.: ^ ■


I t was a lively, enjoyable concert . ■


.-. -with a varied repertoire and, for me .'f summed up a quintessentially Eng^ , lish summer afternoon. '. We are fo r tu n a te to have this' entertainment provided by the Tom


: : Council and I would recommend the people of Clitheroe to take advan-'


■ tage of future concerts. ; PAULINE WOOD,


' t'. 13 Derwent Crescent, ■ - Clitheroe,.. -


Provide facilities


for ‘sub-village’ I UNDERSTOOD that the Calder- stones development was allowed on


' the premise th a t only 399 houses


: were built so that any obligation to build schools, shops, pubs, facilities,


: road connections to the Whalley by- ’ pass, etc. was avoided. The sop of a few thousand pounds


' to extend Whalley school was a small price for the builders to pay. It


. more houses are now to be filtered in a t Calderstones, then the need to provide facilities for what is in effect a “sub-village” should be brought back into force. The increased pressure on Whalley


roads and schools is unacceptable. JOHNtVEBB,


Whallcy resident ‘Stub out’ smoking


in pub doorways! I HAVE given up smoking. I did so for the sake of my health. Our Gov­ ernment enacted legislation which banned smoking in pubs. Why then do I have to walk through a phalanx, a guard (not very honourable) of smokers when I want to go into a


pub? I have experienced this problem in


Blackburn, Burnley and Clitheroe. As I understand it, smoking in a


pub doorway, when it rains, or often when it is not raining, is illegal. Am I wrong? :. . NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED


MEP’s pledge to Valley constituents


. I AM writing to thank all of the peo-. pie who voted for the UK Indepen-; dence Party in the recent European


Election. As your new MEP, I will make^


three pledges to my constituents:-, firstly, I will vote against any legis­ lation th a t transfers power away.; from our country and hands it to; faceless bureaucrats in Brussels. Secondly, I.will act as the "eyes : and ears’.’ of my constituents and;:


■; report back to them exactly what; :the other parties are voting for in- their name.'


' Thirdly, I will work tirelessly to,. get our great country out of the:


: European Union, as membership's, ; costing each taxpayer up to £2,000.:


perannum.:. i r :. '. :


The people of Ribble ,Valley can ■ rest assured th a t I will represent,'


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: their, interests in the European P^-; i . liament and will constantly be fight- ; : ing their corner. : PAULNUTTALL, NorlhWcstMEP,'- UK Independence Party ; ;


Waddington social rents homes


. A PLANNING application has been sub­ mitted to Ribble 'Valley Borough Council to amend a legal agreement to allow prop­ erties in 'Waddington to be let on a gener­ al needs social rent basis. Comments on the proposal at 3 Corn-


mill Court, in Waddow View, (number 0508) must be made to the council by Fri­ day, July 17th. Other plans submitted include:


I Clitheroe: Alteration to section 106 agreement to change approval for proper­ ties to be let on a general needs social rent basis at St Vincent’s Development Kirk- moor Road (0507); Proposed static illu-


' mination over three existing signs, small single storey extension to rear of existing shop at 100 Hayhurst Street (0530 and 0531): Shop fascia sign to front of 33 Cas­ tle Street (0539 and 0540); Proposed domestic extension to Edisford Bridge Farm, Edisford Bridge (0493). Gisburn: Use of part of engineering


workshop as a dwelling for a temporary period of five years (renewal of lapsed temporary permission) at The Works, Back Main Street (0512); Erection of granny annex and garage at Coppice Cot­ tage, Mill Lane (0544). L^gho: Single storey rear/side exten­


sion and loft conversion with front and rear dormers a t 55 St Mary’s Drive (0498); Extension to form store off the hall, erection of canopy over main entrance, and erection of canopy over play area at St Leoanrd’s School, (0529). Rimington: Phase one and two for a free range poultry unit at Stubs Wood


Farm (0517 and 0518). Sawiey: Two storey extension to side, bedroom over garage, a t 22 Browgate


(0545). : Waddington: Proposed construction of


stone entrance wall, gatepost and site name and two illuminated static name stones built into entrance walls at Shire- bum Caravan Park, Edisford Road (0485


and0526).'" :-v . = West Bradford: Proposed rear exten­


sion, part single storey, part two storey at 26 Grindleton Road, (0460).


Read PACT meeting RESIDENTS in Read are being invited


■to the next PACT meeting.


■ The meeting will take place between 2- 30 and 3-30 p.ni. next Thursday at Read


Library, Whalley Road, Read. I t will be hosted by p e s o Matt Thornton.


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www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Zoe’s run cash boost for hospice


COMPLE’TING the Liverpool lOK Race brought a sense of achievement for local run­ ner Zoe Pickard and a cash boost for her cho­ sen charity, the East Lancashire Hospice. - ! Zoe, who is employed by. the NHS as its Healthy'Lifestyle Co-ordinator for the Rib­


ble Valley, was sponsored by family and friends, raising £168. , She is pictured (right) wearing her Liver­


pool 10k medal and presenting her cheque to Sharon Crymble, of the East Lancashire Hos- pice.


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