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14 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, March 19th, 2009


Congratulations to Barclays' staff


I. TH E Clitheroe Civic Society has started a Litter Campaign, identify- -• ing litter"spots in the town centre.'- ' i


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‘ Our first letter was'delivered mid-;‘i " morning to Barclays' Bank as'incbn- rp • siderate litter-droppers often leave a ■' mess a t the top of the steps by the


. cashmachineMmagine our surprise' ■ and delight to be contacted on the . same day with a promise of a new ^-


■ bin and a daily sweep of: the area by ’ ■ bank staff and an apology from the ■ bank manager. T h is should no t be ■ ; Barclay staff's problem b ut in order : to help keep Clitheroe tidy they have v speedily remedied it. Well done and :


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‘ I t would help our campaign enor­ mously if o th er business owners


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, could take the initiative and check The outside of their premises daily and clean up instead of waiting for us to contact them. Let us all do our- part to make and keep Clitheroe litr ter free and most of all th a t includes the litter-droppers.


P.-tULINEWOOD, . Cliairman, ' Clidicroe Chic Society, Derwent Crescent, Ciitheroc


WriTc lo: Tlic Editor, Clilher'oc'Advcrliscr and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroc.^B72E\yo^c-niail :jn k^^^


mailing list ahd looking forward to * going again to'such a fine.venue and to hear music of such quality The ,v is it'rem in d ed me of-the'=


pleasure and excitement experienced when th e Burnley^Mechanics re­ opened some 20 or so years ago w i th , a v ib ra n t programme of events, ^ longer opening hours and provision


we are proud of you taking this swift .- of , drinks and meals throughout the action.


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their companies. And all the indica-, tio n s a re th a t i t could get: worse before it gets better. ^ ■'Bearing all this in mind.what is


our localcouncil doing to help people get through this? As far as I can see not a lot; Following are some of my. suggestions:, - , ; • Why have we two mayors in the Ribble A^alley when one could do the


day. No t least was the hosting of > job? We cannot afford the expense. .


i jaz z .' se s s io n s :- 'ev e ry S u n d a y / ' O-The council-tax is increasing - lunchtime. All.of this presented a>- again; I t should be reduced or a t real family atmosphere in civilised y' - least kept a t the same level for the surroundings. -


. .y Never one to ^‘knock” our town,-.Tv.'.- v : 0 Staff wages should be frozen; At ■ cannot fall to contrast the condition least it would show that the powers- , of The. Grand and the -Mechanics •


next 12 months. ■


ir-and wonder about the lack of facili­ ties now on offer from.the latter. I point no finger of blame in any-par-


. ; ^ Visit will now be


often repeated RECENTLY; I made my first visit:


'to the Grand in Clitheroe and was greatly impressed by the very high standard of the decor, the acoustics and the general ambience, i : Certainly a building of which the


inhabitants of the town should be proud.


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: The occasion was a lunchtime con­ cert given by:the ever-youthfulEric Ainsworth and his q u a r te t. Com-; pered by Eric, he made full use of the: grand piano as he led the rest.of the “boys” through an excellent pro­ gramme of high-quality jazz stan­ dards before a large and very appre-: ciative audience.' The other main solo voice was a n o th e r v e te ran , Jimmy Thompson, on tenor saxo­ phone and c la r in e t ;-L ik e Eric,


::ticular direction but, sadly, seek to > ■ remind the Burnley people a t w h a t- • we have lost and, perhaps, s timulate,


-i some remedial action before i t is to o . late?'


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Incidentally, great credit is due to ' .Steve Arnold who took i t upon him-


- 'Self to rescue the jazz sessions when jettisoned by: the Burnley Council i officers.^ These continue every S u n - : !* d ay 1 p.m.


to 3 p.m. F u r th e r ,


: The Grand on Friday, March 27th, from noon to 2 p.m.


■:■ '. Anyone interested in.this style of


.. music should consider, giving their regular support.,- , , . , .


J. COLIN MASON, Hurstnnod Gardens, Bricrfield


_ _ • Please support


this new venture AN excellent butcher has reopened


‘ Jimmy,'. too,ihas had a long career .. . had been closed for some time.


playing a t the highest level and has been" in bands fronted by such; lumi­ naries as Ken Mackintosh and Eric-- Delaney as well as gracing the local : scene with many smaller jazz groups from traditional to mainstream and modern. Both men were in line form. Other members of:this outstand- -:;


• ing group were:Norman Fisk, who, kept a solid melodic beat throughout


: as:well.as enjoying his sh o r t soIo y -breaks, and Jimmy Scaife on drums; ■ . -i T h e la t t e r ’s f in e ,-sym p a th e tic j •-brush work was a joy to hear: later in - the programme he was even allowed ■


: to bring his “caravan” to the session; v; - The staff at the bar were efficient: and helpful and the food - especially


. the very large pizzas - were tasty,''; ■ and very filling. T am nbw'Ori'the -;


:our-village shop in Whalley, which This was quite a courageous thing


to do in the current financial climate. I do hope th a t people willsupport-


-this local business as the products he sells are really good and varied, and


: my fingers are crossed that-he has great success m,the future.


m .'f e n t o n ' (.Vddress supplied)


A few ways council can save cash


I DON’T think anyone can argue th a t things a re .p re t ty tough ou t there. "


-■< People are losing their jobs, others are-taking pay cuts whether volun- itarily or imposed, to try to safeguard


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■ atmosphere of the town’s Sparrow ■ who can help to keep costs down now "Hawk;:.'Hotel;


in th e cosy • ;E r ic -


‘ Ainsworth’s quartet will be back a t ;


-. These are the right calibre of people and in the future.


t- :These are some of my suggestions, -rl would be interested.to know how " other people feel. ,-


CLITHEROE RESIDENT


Is there anyone fighting for us?


" 'W H IL E - we;are all transfixed, watching our banks and finances go down the pan, I think we should look behind us, because there is another ■


"■group of: corporate villains,'who, it-- can be said,:are getting away with murder, and they need to be brought to account. ‘


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; • They are the bosses of the six big UK energy supply companies. .


- •- "L as t year.when they thought the Government was going to put a tax


'-o n their excessive profits there were "how ls of protest from them-. The :• Government bottled out, th e energy - ■rcompanies kept all their-excessive


-Y .profits which, given that'the whole- ::: sa le;pr ice of energy,is now.53% ' Cheaper than a t this time Jast-year,


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-r. the energy companies should have cut our.winter bills by a t least 30% y


•.-■ and would still have astronomical- profits. - _


■ One of the,energy-bosses whose : - company had made nearly £1 billion


: profit, publicly ad'wed the elderly to pu t on an extra jumper. We are'coming to the end of one of


that-be are living in the real word. I as a pensioner cannot go to my.for- mer company andr a s k ■ for,-an increase.


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- - O A ban on recruitment. You can’t : justify increasing staff levels or in some cases replacing people who have left in the current climate. The:


; only people who seem to be taking on s tk f are in the public sector and retail food.


•: 0 Have people in charge who have successful experience of running a ;: business, n ot


local government.


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■ ■'.than £40 and las t Saturday ; ; only;


tunnel in adverse^^^ ringiisltctellj^ UMuitabl^ stalls'as, therqdj^


elements. SoTfchalle^


'.V; C ounciLto h e lp 't^ V-.'encourage m ing a'rent anmesty


i. Y the coldest winters for a decade and, ;


; it’s not jumpers we are looking at, it s ■, shrouds. Statistically more people, i


especially the elderly, have died in the last five months from cold relate;,: ed illnesses than have in th e last.lO .


■ years in a similar timescale. Our imminent winter energy bills are the^.


they ramco^^^ fpr.a'mbnth and sm if?! it is worth bothering, r;?;. ■ .yj)?


, y I '^e^ithe^powers-that-be lyill my ^ theymeed: the, reyen^ ivith I


.Castlqand its, grpiihds more^v^^^^^ could be enequr^


biggest ever put out; which ivill leave?:; millions'infuelpoverty.-The.energy.-:.......


could have theit^^^ ......


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littleThoughtfor tte future arid the? h6pe: tbat'?with!the revamp of tha?


near neighbour.But we need to havril pepple'in'pqyver.whbiTO^


companies have promised to cu t;- ,o u r . lovely town a survivor in the their prices, but not until the winter;^present economic climate and toivns- bills have been settled; How on earth;"’; folk .willing to.make a difference by have they been allowed to get away .^supporting the.local shops and the


with this monumental act of-.corpo- .'. ra te vandalism? Is there"anyone", fighting our corner’


EDDIE DU.XBURY,


Arthur Way, . Blackburn ■


’ ■ Tell us the origin


market;:. L do feel we all need to try to put "


' some pride in what gives us the title: ' “A m a rk e t tow n ’’.:If. the council;?


■ doesn’t do something we will riot'' have a market and this will be a trav- ■'


of our ‘blob’! ROBIN PARKER’S letter tells us th at all life can be traced back to a "blob" which he says was "minis­ cule".- Would Robin now tell us, con- ■ cisely if possible, where he believes ■ the "blob" came from.- :


NORMAN THORPE, Millon Road, Whallci


Come on, use it or


you will lose it ON Saturday afternoon, my hus­ band and I decided to have a change from our usual walk into town and


, went over to Skipton. .. - - - I t was very busy, as it was market


day. The whole of the main street was alive ivith visitors and local resi-


: dents, the cafes were very busy and, from what we could see, so were the


• esty for us all and for the tourists we" want to encourage to visit and not to ’ carry on and go to Skipton. On a last word, the saying: “Use it? • , or lose i t ” comes to mind.


. PAM KENT,


“Proud (0 live in Clilheroe,” Croasdalc Drive ; ■


Fly-tipping: fight


the blight together^ EVERY minute in England and ■


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Wales, 2 .5 incidents of fly-tipping is| : occur and th e estimated clear-up i


. costs for land-managers and farmers are £47m. a year. ■, :'With these shocking statistics in ■:


-mind, th e Countryside Alliance is j;;| proud to be taking part in a pilot'.*


, project to combat fly-tipping, and is,; calling on local landowners to get involved to fight the blight. ■' : ; y .T he Alliance is p a r t of the?'- Landowner P a r tn e rsh ip Project-'; |


.shops. . Yes, there were a few shops th a t -;


. were closed or for sale due to the cur- . rent trend, but Skipton is v ib r a n t . and very, very busy - no sign of a recession there. But what was so apparent was the amount of m a rk e t. traders, selling just about everything but fresh meat!


'-alongside DEFRA, United Utilities, -', the Environment Agency and the.s . Highways Agency amongst others. -'


; The pilot project in the North West» . is being funded by Defra, will run for; • : a year and is looking a t waj’s to tack-a le fly-tipping on private land.


, We need to know what kind of fljvS


. Here is the reason for my, letter. I .' Wanted an inexpensive frame for a ■ "photograph and found just the stall.;: We. chatted to the stallholder,’who


iwas very friendly. I\?e asked him ivhy : .he was not “standing’^ Clitheroe ,; market days. He said he was free on Tuesdays, but when he had inquired,


: he had been told :“don’t bother!’.-' ; .Then let’s look at, Clitheroe mar­ ket..! happen to know that the stall- ?


' tipping happens,- how big the proh-T; lem is and how to solve it. Based on'" the information this pilot provides,'", th e Government can decide whaL- resources and solutions are needed to Z | tackle the problem. This is a real chance to make a’dif-'i


Terence to our-environment, and;: pockets.


• ' For more information, e-mail: flyw-l tipping(gcountryside-alliance.org| |


■ and support this piece of joined upjt • th in k in g on one of the biggesh^


, holders try their best, but Ribble ? ■ Valley h ^ raised the rent yet again. One cabin trader I know pays more


threats to our countryside. - -. ■ ' SIMON HART,


Chief Eveciitiie, Counirvside Alliance


~ Bank Holiday provides a rare opportunity to enjoy this jubilee walk) HAVE you noticed the marker post close to


•: Clitheroe Interchange,'marking the s ta r t and.i : finish of-the Clitheroe 60-kilometre walk?,:; : ; P e rh a p s : you h a v e -B e e n is i i f f ic ie n t ly :


intrigued to pick up.the route:card from the! Tourist Info'rmation Office? ^


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■ -.. This spring there will be a rare opportunity- to walk all or par t of the route with transport.. 'organised for each section. ’


:vHoliday; weekend,: Ben: Brown,'of.Clitheroe: ■Ramblers, will be leading a complete circuit


i of the 60 kilometres; with a'Cer tific ate of -vA'chievement issued to participants who comf plete the full walk.


! . Vi Transport for the first two days will be by


■ 24-seater.minibus,--at a costjOf:£3 per;day,: :.and needs to be booked in advance'.;' Cars will be used on the third "day.


"■■•Over the three days of the May Day Bank :. ;;r,Day.Onc, Saturday; May 2nd; will cover the


.-.vClitheroe to-Loud Mytham Bridge section 12 miles in all.


Da> Tiio, Sundaj, will be 15 miles long


.ending a t Sawley. The final day, on Bank Holiday Mondav


covers the remaining 10.5 miles from Sawlev ^ to Clitheroe via Pendle Hill.


'■ ’'The total ascent over the full distance is' ^ nearly 5,000 feet, so your Certificate of . Achievement will be well earned!


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: : The somewhat testing walk was originally|;l devised by Glitheroe Ramblers member Mr| j Eddie Ross. -


, ■ I tw a s officially opened by the Mayor pf|j


. Ribble Valley on E as te r Sunday 1995 as,a:e | perinanent commemoration of the Ramblers 11 60th Jubilee.


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: '-.For more information or to book a place on^ th e minibus, .contact-BenBrown on 012pL,


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