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. I www.clllheroeadvertIser.co.uk 16 ClHheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, April 1,2010


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Follow the debate at www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk BASHALL EAVES Where is the


hospital cash? REGARDING Clitheroe Hospital, Mr Steve Spoeny, Chief Executive of the Primary Care Trust, attended the meeting o f the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s Health and Housing meeting on January 21st, 2010. • He gave no satisfactory answers


to questions on when development would be resumed at the Clitheroe Hospital site, or what had happened to the £12m. allocated from the Local Improvement Fund Trust (LIFT), al­ ready given by the Government from. taxpayers’ money. He said that the situation would be


reviewed at the March P.C.T.Board meeting. That meeting took place on Thiirs- ■


day March 25th, 2010. It had obviotis-;- ly been pre arranged that there should v, be a further deferment of six months - until the September meeting. • Two members o f the P.C.T. ex­


the picking up o f litter in the village twice a week. Now obviously, they are limited by time and the area in which they are to work, but I can assure the writer that this is an ongoing opera­ tion.


. : In addition to this, Sabden Parish


stated to its proper position. When I came to Clitheroe 23years


fices to ask when the flag well be rein­ Appalled at fine


ago I was so impressed with the clean­ liness and the pride which folk had in the town. It is such a shame that a few


Council,organises occasional litter^ picks in the village. The fact is that . even then the turnout to assist is very poor. The attitude seems to be “ L , didn’t drop it. I ’m not picking it up” . Having said that, there are a small number of community-minded peo­ ple who do pick up litter as they walk their dogs or otherwise walk around the village.


, / The next parish council-organised -


pick-up is on Saturday, May 29th, starting at 10 a.m. on The Holme. The' writer will be very welcome to assist i f he so wishes. 'The problem never


- seems to decrease and we will always • have to be aware o f it and do some- : thing about it.


' • Finally I would say,' and I ’m sure


pressed their concern for the residents of the Ribble Valley who were disap- ^ pointed and frustrated by the delays. Whilst I do not doubt their sinceri­


ty, I am not convinced that they would have spoken out i f they had not rec­ ognised me in the public area. We are still no nearer to finding out what has happened to the £12m. which we were assured at every level of planning was available.


BARBARAPARK, Langho


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that the writer is aware, that this is not a local, but a national problem. I have just spent this morning along with like-minded people o f The Mitre Angling Club, collecting litter on the banks o f one o f our rented fisheries on the River Calder. This is always a big job and we do it three or four times a year. There are always skips provided by


Lancashire County Council Country­ side Agency and Burnley Borough Council. We undertake these opera­ tions in an attempt to put a little back into society and to say “ thank you” and show respect-for the landowners . from whom we rent the fisheries. The


do pick up litter I WRITE with reference to the let­ ter in the Clitheroe Advertiser and : Times (March 25th) headed “Chang­ ing Times” . ■ This letter refers to the ongoing


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. problem o f litter. I agree wholeheart­ edly with the writer in respect o f the area being blighted by the inconsid-


. erate dropping o f litter. Where I do tend to have a different view is in his


' obvious lack o f knowledge about what. other people do to try and minimise theproblcm.' The writer refers mainly to the vil­


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lage area o f Sabden, although the problem is far worse in surrounding areas. I would inform him that the


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■ two schools in Sabderi do teach their pupils about environmental matters,- including that o f depositing litter. In fact, in the county primary school - there is a very big presentation board, on the wall o f the school hall that ex­ hibits lots o f environmental matters., : The headteacher, Mrs Titchinir, is ■


very keen on passing on environmen­ tal instruction to the children. Like­ wise, the headteacher of St Mary’s RC Primary School, Ms Halstead, is very environmentally aware. This aware­ ness is passed on through teaching to the children. It is a fact that in 2009, Sabden vil­


lage came runner up in the Lanca­ shire Best Kept Village competition. To gain this recognition the village was visited by judges on more than one unannounced occasion. You can


;.be assured that the first thing that the judges look for is litter. Just as an aside, the shield trophy has been :


-exhibited at St Mary’s School since last September and will be exhibited. at the county primary school shortly after the Easter holiday. As for the picking up of litter, Sab­


den Parish Council employ lengths- men who spend contracted time in


. number o f passers-by who comment on what a good job we are doing never - seem to be keen to assist.


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ANTONY HAWOR’TH, Pendicside Close,' Sabden


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civic pride gone? FOR some time now I have been putting o f f this letter regarding the state o f Clitheroe in the hope that “any day now” things would change. . Not only are the streets in the town, and particularly outside many o f the local pubs, in a filthy state, but the buildings themselves are in need of serious attention.


. Sadly some o f the pubs have a lot of ,


spillage and goodness knows what else on the pavements. Surely a bucket of


' Warm water wouldn’t do" any harm to clear it up?


’ .. ■ Drive or walk up Moor Lane, the


main road into Clitheroe, and what do we have?. A Pawn Broker whose : frontage beggars belief and, as i f that and all the empty shop premises isn’t enough, we have another “ eyesore” at the top o f Moor Lane - a shopfront with all its “wares” i.e. mattresses etc, spilling out onto the pavement. Move further down Castle Street


and we come acress some o f the pubs in question.-The whole town has a feel of being unkempt and uncared about. As I walked back to my car on the"


Council Offices car park an “ outsider’.’ said to me: “What a dump Clitheroe is, we don’t know why we came!” As much as I would have liked to ,I


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couldn’t argue with her and, to add in­ sult to injury, there was the flag (hang-' ing) from the Council Offices flag pole; by a single piece of rope, like a tatty rag, and it has been like that since De­ cember 2009 despite my husband, a proud Clitheroe man born and bred,: not only ringing but going into the of­


; are spoiling the town for the majority of folk who still take a pride in their premises and the town.


NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLiiED Your steeple has


afifth column I WAS in your town of Clitheroe a couple o f weeks ago and read with concern the possible plight of St


Mary’s steeple. As a professor of Modem History in


Germany, I have recently been trawl­ ing through archive material from the Abwehr released this year under the 70-year rule. • Many Clitheronians will not be


aware o f the fact that, in 1940, two German agents were parachuted in to North East Lancashire landing on PendleHill. Their task was to install top secret


radar tracking devices, one in the church steeple and the other on Pen- dle. This was accomplished successfully


as the Luftwaffe, using the signals, flew over the town on bombing mis­ sions to Merseyside and Manchester. Itisunclearwhatbecameofthe two


agents. Though conspicuous, one being 6ft.


7in, tall, the other with a heavily dis­ guised Welsh accent, they were last seen entering the Swan With Two Necks in the village of Pendleton. As fo r the equipment; German


intelligence receives a chilling signal on this day every year,“halten der kneipe!” There is more to the steeple than


meets the eye! PROFESSOR ROVERT YADBOH Fulofbulstrassc, Meinhost, Germany, ODEAR


Show support


for brave troops I have read with interest the recent letters in respect to the Freedom of the Borough and the Queen’s Lanca­ shire Regiment. I find it quite disturbing that indi­


viduals would be against this honour being bestowed on this fantatsic local Regiment o f brave men and women who serve their Queen and country with honour and distinction. Lfit’s be quite clear about this - the


decision to send the troops to Afghan­ istan is a political one and not that of the soldiers themselves; we should honour their bravery and committ­ ment to this country. •


• I too served in the British Army


for 15 years, serving in Iraq, Kosovo and Afghanistan, and there is noth­ ing more galling that thinking that the country doesn’t support you. Come


-on, each and every person in the Rib­ ble Valley - get behind these brave men and women. Leave the politics to the politicians


- 1 would be grateful to receive your opinions on this subject by e-mail to: contactus@paulfoster.org.


COUN. PAUL FOSTER,


ProspectiveParliamcntary Candi­ date for the Labour Party.


Back the one who


hacks cancer care I am writing to raise awareness o f


Macmillan’s Vote Cancer Support campaign.


People don’t choose to have cancer,


and they don’t choose which cancer mey get, but the forthcoming General Election gives us all the opportunity, to choose how we treat the one-in- three people who arc unlucky cnoueh'


, to get cancer. , Macmillan has been campaigning ■


A word of warning to the Clitheroe motoring public.


■ , . • I recently received a Parking


Charge Notice from Parking Eye, Ltd;Thomton Heath, Surrey, alleging that I had been captured oh camera having exceeded the maximum period o f two hours continuous parking at Booths Supermarket, Clitheroe.


I felt quite indignant as I have spent :


a vast portion o f my earlier life en­ forcing the law. I am also aware o f the parking restrictions at Booths, a store which, incidentally, I use regularly. I always comply with the two hour rule and I was confident their demand was unwarranted and had been issued in


error.


mands that I maintain records not only of my vehicle mileage, but o f the interviews I conduct with my custom­ ers. Despite the delay I was able to quickly establish that I was in fact us­ ing my vehicle for work in Langho at the time of the alleged offence. Upon relection I realised that I had


Fortunately my current work de­ Looking for long •


lost Clitheroe Kid C AN your readers help a group of


in fact entered and exited the car park on two occasions that afternoon and yet Parking Eye were basing their ac­ cusation upon my initial entry and fi­ nal exit. I contacted Parking Eye and endeavoured to point out the mistake they had made, but I was appalled at their lamentable lack o f inter-person­ al skills and unhelpful attitude. I invited them to review the entire


film for that afternoon, which would highlight my movements and exoner­ ate me, but they point blank refused to do so. I was told that their company monitored 300 car parks nationwide and it was too time consuming a pro­ cedure. Both members o f staff I spoke to


arrogantly insisted the onus was upon me to provide the precise time o f my movements on the car park and as this was not possible I was to submit additional evidence of the presence of my vehicle in Langho, which was out of the question due to the confidential nature of my work. To be honest I felt a sense o f out­


rage and I despaired at their lack of professional thoroughness and, quite frankly, found it inexcusable. What­ ever happened to the irrefutable pre­ sumption in British law that a person is innocent until proven guilty? To the credit of the local manage­


ment of Booths immediately I raised the issue directly with them they apol­ ogised and revoked the fixed penalty. I fully accept that abuse o f the. car park must be monitored and kept to a minimum. Finally I do question why a com­


pany of the stature of Booths should climb into bed with such an unprofes­ sional outfit as Parking Eye. It can do the profile of the company no good whatsoever.


^ NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED


Old Time Radio enthusiasts preserve one of Britain’s best-loved radio com­ edies? At the peak o f its popularity in the


1960s, the BBC’s “The Clitheroe Kid Radio Show” , starring Jimmy Clithe­ roe, attracted 10 million listeners. Ex­ isting episodes are still aired today on BBC Radio 7. The BBC only retained a small


percentage o f the shows made. Fortu­ nately, with reel to reel and cassette recording in the home commonplace at this time, the remaining sltows (not retained by the BBC) might still exist. I f you have any such recordings


please contact me at the address be­ low or by e-mail to: thekidhimself® hotmail.co.uk They could be the only surviving


copy of an episode. A similar appeal last year proved very successful. DEREK BO YES,


29 Main Street, Cay ton,


Scarborough,


North Yorkshire, Y0113RS


Who changed the


Highway Code? HAS the Highway Code been al­


tered? I always understood traffic gave


way to vehicles travelling up a road. 1 am asking because o f what happened


- to me today (Sunday). I was travelling up Downham Road


in Chatburn when a 4x4 was coming downhill. I stopped expecting him to pull into the area for buses. Instead o f this he continued and collided with ifiy offside mirror,


breaking it. I was amazed he didn’t stop. Now l am car less for two or three


days'until a replacement can be oD- tained.'


_ ANNOYED MOTORIST ■ (Name and address supplied)


Elsie casts vote of no confidence


IF the line up o f old fogies op page o f last week’s Advertiser is i hope for the future of Clitheroe, th


Lord help us all, we are doomed. .


ELSIETAYLOR, Castle View,: Clitheroe


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to improve the support offered to the two million people living with and be­ yond cancer; improve access to treat­ ments for rarer cancers; and for better out of hours care for people nearing the end o f their lives. 1 want our local ■Parliamentary candidates to support


these proposals to improve cancer care in the UK. We need to keep the pressure on


and I want to encourage others to get our local parliamentary candidates to sign up to the Vote Cancer Support campaign by going to Macmillan’s website: www.macmillan.org.ukA'ote.


PETER FOLEY, Clitheroe Road, Waddingfon


Village hall Bashall Eaves Village Hall has undergone extensive renova­ tions over the winter period, this includes


' installation of an efficient heating system and light­ ing. This is another phase in the contin­ ued improvement o f this cosy and ver­ satile facility.


On Sunday, April 11th, at 12-30 p.m. a lunch will be held to help raise money for the village hall and Leu­ kaemia Research. Everyone is invited to this pie, peas and pudding lunch, which includes a plant, produce stall and raffle.


Everyone is also invited to bring memories and pho­ tographs o f Bashall Eaves to share with others at the event. Tickets are £7.50 from Jane on 01254 826321.


CHIPPING


CHAOS Chipping 'Welfare


Committee is run­ ning a lunch and shopping trip on Thursday, April 15th to Banny’s Res­ taurant and Bound­ ary Mill Store. The first call is to “Ban­ ny’ s” restaurant for a fish and chips lunch, with bread and butter, tea or coffee and sweet. Please note there will be a £7 charge for lunch. After­ wards there will be a visit to neighbour­ ing Boundary Mill Store, for shopping orbrowsing.


The coach will leave Chipping Bus Stop at 11-15 a.m., return­ ing by 5 p.m. AH res­ idents of Chipping, Thornley, Leagram, Little Bowland and Chaigley, aged 60 and over, are eligi­ ble to attend with partners. Names can be put on the list in Brabins Shop or contact Martin and Barbara Butters on 01995-61586. <


Willow work An ex c it in g l iv ­


ing structure has


. emerged in the grounds of St M i^ s School, Chipping.


' Children from class 2 combined their weaving and gar-


. dening skills/ising to the challenge o f


- creating a living wil- ■ low play dome. An imaginative p lay:


• : area, it will also pro­ vide a venue for the ! storytelling festival


on July 11th.


and par ish ion­ ers enjoyed a so­ cial gathering at St Mary’s School Lenten lunch on Wednesday, cooked and hosted by the children. Class 1 enjoyed practicing maths and kitchen skills, but were also provided with an op­ portunity to reflect upon disadvantaged families globally. Funds raised will go to Cafod.


Class 2 at St Mary’s were thrilled when a visitor from Co­ logne attended their school allow­ ing them to prac­ tice their German conversation skills. The school hopes to continue devel­ oping links within Germany.


A successful Easter egg bingo was held in the school to raise money for the school’s link charity volunteers in Brazil. Thanks to all those who helped.


Local history On Saturday and Sun­


day Chipping Lo­ cal History Society, supported by the Brabin’s Trust, is holding an exhibi­ tion on “The Life and Times of John Brabin” , the 17th Century merchant and benefactor and Chipping’s most fa­ mous resident. Of particular interest will be the historic “ coin” recently re-


, turned to Chipping after 340 years. This trade token will be on display in the village for the first time.


The exhibition is be­ ing held in St Mary’s Community Hall between noon and 5 p.m. each day with admission £1 (children free). For further informa­ tion contact 01772 864289, or visit the web site: www.chip- pinghistory.org.uk


GISBURN


Wl A t tonight’s meet­


ing of Gisburn WI members will be ■ hearing about Paul


- Kenny’s Yorkshire, oddities and re­ minded to bring a most unusual item for the competition. Visitors v/elcome.


GRINDLETON


M e s s y ch u rch Families are invited to take part in a fur- V ther Messy Church?


The school hall was ■ urday between 4 ■ packed as parents


, event entitled^ “All ■ Things Easter’’ in St Ambrose Church, Grindleton, on Sat-


was lots o f fun


Under-lOs Yellows football team got back to winning ways with a 7-0 win over Rishton Unit­ ed with six players


■hitting the back o f the net. Man-of-the- match was William Weatherall.


The previous week­ end Yellows lost 5-3 against the Bar­ ons. Joe Noone was man-of-the-match scoring two goals, the other one from Jackson Connelly.


RIBCHESTER


OUTDOOR LIFE: Rfteen children from Downham Preschool enjoyed a morning at White- hough Outdoor Centre, in Barley, where they learnt orienteering, problem solving, enviro- mentai awareness and listening skills. The trip was funded by Sure Start Early Years and Childcare and everyone had a fantastic time.


and 6 p.m. This is a Lord”, chan^ to expolore Tonight will be a the Easter story through craft activi­ ties, worship and a shared meal. Every­ one, young and old, is welcome, just let Joanne Hustwick


Maundy Thursday communion service in remembrance of the Last Supper. The service starts at 7-45p.m. and all are welcome.


on 01200 441598. Next Sunday, Easter or Canon David Mewis on 441154, know if you wish to attend so catering arrangements can be made.


Services


KNOWLE GREEN ----------------------


This evening there W h Is t dflVG will be a service of Qn the first Wednes­


H o ly Commun­ ion in St Ambrose Church at 8-30 p.m. and after the altar and sanctuary have . been stripped a vigil will be kept until 10 p.m.


On Good Friday there will be a quiet serv­ ice of meditation at 9-30 a.m;


The church will be d e c o ra te d fo r Easter on Saturday morning from 9-30 a.m. onwards.'


On Sunday there will be a service of Holy Communion at 9-30 a.m. to celebrate the Easter festival.


HARROPFOLD


Fellowship On Sunday afternoon


; the Rev. A. B. Rob-. • ertson? spoke at Harrop Christian


’ Fellowship. His message was on fcl- iowship and struc­ ture of the church.


■ He emphasised the necessity of how we


. must all work to­ gether in our differ- ■ ent roles to advance


day of each month military whist and ordinary domi­ noes are played in Knowle Green Village Hall. Next Wednesday play will commence at 7-30 p.m. Admis­ sion IS £1.50 and includes tea aiid biscuits. Everyone is welcome.


The fellowship o f K nowle G reen Church will be cel-


Tradition


traditional style.' On Good Friday


service in church at 11 a.m. followed by an open air united service to be held on the Hillock in -Ribchester and


will be held with . the men’s darts he walkers leaving- ■


ternoon the annual V.


at 2 p.m. Everyone is most welcome to go along, butpleasb wear suitable cloth-


the kingdom. The. _ service dosed with Easter Day will com-


everyone holding menpe with a cele-


hands and singing ' bration sunrise se^-, “Bind us together . >ce at 6 a.m. to be


There were no games q^ t^^le tennis,


the church car park Qjj Saturday evening


. in the club there Will be a prograimme of


■ eiitertainment, in- ; eluding bingo, “Play.


- your cards right” ;; and a beef draw. Popular male vo­ calist Jon Le Whitt will be singing songs


there will be a short


ebratmg Easter in Lqw Moor B team On Easter Day, Holy held at 9 a.m. with


, ^ . - ners-up. match Low family communion ■


Day, a service will be held at 2 p.m. to celebrate the resur­ rection of Jesus. All are welcome.


held on the car park from the 1960s to at the top of Jeffrey the present day. Hill near Cardwell On Sunday from noon


House and this will be followed by breakfast in the jun­ ior church room at church. The family service will be held in the church at 11 a.m. and everyone is most welcome.


LOW MOOR


lady darts teams in compeition at Low Moor Club for the Anne Bentley Tro­ phy Trebles Final. Low Moor Club had two teams entered, but unfortunately


the club will be pro­ viding activities for members’ children. These will include an Easter egg treas­ ure hunt and also a painting and deco­ rating an egg com­ petition with prizes.


PENDLETON


Club results Waste paper There were eight It’s paper day in Pend-


leton on Tuesday


April 6th. Please leave papers in the bags provided.


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were drawn against p g e to r each other. Winner t -d a lc l


of this game played This_ evening m St and lost to Craven Johns Church,


Heifer. The winning Read, a service of team o f the compe- Holy Communion tition was the Bay will be held at 7-30 Horse.


p.m- to celebrate


The snooker A team Maundy Thursday, lost 8-4 to the So- On Good Friday at 9 cial Club which won a.m'. a service of lit- the league with Low any.and ante-com- Moor A team run- muhion will take place,


won 10-2 against the . Communion will be Social Club.


; Moor A team won at 11 a.m. and Even- 11-1 against the . song at 6-30 p.m. ■White Horse teani;


The B team also won . 8-4 against the M o th e rS UFlIon Black Horse. ■


led byFastor Chris Bonus Ball winners pkpoti. Iii the af- .


j)ean ^ Moss and There was a change of


speaker at the last meeting of St John’s Mothers’ Union, held in the vestry. Mr Bill Hemin^ay stepped in at the last moment when the original speaker Mrs Kath Bill had to cancel. Mr Hem­ ingway’s subject was “Upstairs Down­ stairs” . It featured Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, where he had spent a number


of years working for the Education Au­ thority re-enacting life as it was before the 18th Century to children o f today. He entertained with different sto­ ries of the families throughout the ages.


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Holy week The events of Palm Sunday, the tradi­ tional anniversary of Christ’s entiy into Jerusalem riding on a donkey, was re-en­ acted in the square outside The White Bull, Ribchester, with Harry, a little boy, riding on a bor­ rowed donkey at the front of a proces­ sion of the Sunday congregation on its way to St Wilfrid’s Church. As the tragic events of the week unfold, the betrayal of Christ by Judas in the Gar­ den of Gethsemane and Christ’s trial by Pontius Pilate will be remembered at a service on Maundy Thursday evening,


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will be a service at 10-30 a!m., followed by a short service of Ecumenical witness outside The White Bull, and a presen­ tation of the Gos­ pel by the younger members o f the church at the Holy House of Stydd at 2 p.m. On Easter eve, a service to rekindle the Easter fire is at 7-30 p.m. On Easter Sunday, there will be an all-ages family service at 10-30 a.m, when the children will produce a beau- tifully decorated floral cross, to sig­ nify Christ’s resur­ rection. All villagers are welcome to join in these dramatic events.


On Easter Sunday afternoon, Hilda Bentley, newly back from her Nepal ex­ pedition, is provid­ ing teas and cakes in the parish hall, as she has done on many previous Easter Sundays. This year, the funds . raised will all be di­ rected to the Haiti Earthquake appeal, so please give her your support.


The bell ringers are opening the bell­ ringing chamber to anyone who is inter­ ested, for the same charitable appeal.


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