16 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Women’s prayer service tomorrow
TH E annual women’s world day of prayer will be celebrated in Clitheroe tomorrow night. Representatives from
each of the town’s eight churches will be involved in the service, which will take place at Clitheroe Community Church at 7- 30 p.m. Mrs Claire Woodward
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will speak during the service, which has been prepared by the Christ ian women of Cameroon on the theme “Let every thing that has breath praise God” . Men, women and young people are all
invited to tomorrow night’s service at the church in Millthorne Avenue. The service will be followed by refresh ments. • More than 5,000
services will take place across the United King dom, while international ly Tonga will hold the first service and some 35 hours later it will be the turn of women in West ern Samoa. I t is estimated that
more than three million people across the globe will pray and worship together as part of this annual event.
Shire horse memories
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A TALK about bygone days and the use of shire horses by the farming community was enjoyed by members of Clitheroe and D istrict Masonic Fellowship. The 40-strong group
listened intently to the talk by Mr D. Kay, who spoke about his long- held love of shire horses that began as a boy when he helped local farmers. Mr Kay also talked of his eventually successful
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struggle to persuade the board of Thwaites brew ery to reintroduce the delivery of their beers by horse and dray through out Blackburn. The next meeting will
be a visit to the Bourne Poacher at Thornton Cleveleys, with the coach leaving Clitheroe Interchange at 9-30 p.m. Mr P. Hall will be
“Making a Teapot” at West Bradford Village Hall on April 12th at 2- 30 p.m.
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Pupils have set up a holiday company!
by Faiza Afzaal
DO you want to escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life? I f the answer is yes
then pupils at Ribbles- dale High School Tech nology College, Clith eroe, could have the per fect getaway destination for you. Year 9 pupils at the
school, who are studying travel and tourism, are selling a tailor-made five- day break to Morecambe as part of their leisure and tourism course. Rather than adopting
the old-fashioned appr oach and learning through textbooks in the classroom, they have launched their own holi day company. Rose Travel, and marketed a real holiday to pensioners from Bradford. The teenagers, who are
working in conjunction with Clitheroe’s Hodsons Coaches, have already
signed up 17 senior citi zens to enjoy the mini break and are now look ing for people in the Rib- ble Valley wishing to go on holiday next month. For £165, the tourists
can enjoy first-class trav el with entertainment, bed, breakfast at dinner at the luxurious Auck land Hotel, Morecambe. Pupils Paige Pinder
(14) and Alice Aspinall (13), who have been pro moting the holiday said: “We went to Bradford in December and did a PowerPoint presentation, which was well received by the senior citizens. “We are now opening
this offer up to people aged 60 and over in the Ribble Valley who would like to have a break in March. The price includes two day trips, a dinner party and plenty of entertainment.” Andy Davidson,
deputy head at Ribbles- dale High, said: “ The work the pupils are doing in arranging this holiday
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Beautiful trees were dearly loved
I AM writing to express my sense of sadness and frustration at the felling o f a number o f outstandingly, breathtakingly beautiful ancient beech trees in our local area. One of the trees was in Brungerley
Park on the lower path walking from the lower Waddington Road
. entrance towards the quarry. The other two were at the kissing
gate on the path from Chatburn towards West Bradford along the Ribble Way. These were trees that were hun
dreds of years old. They had been sharing their beau
ty and giving pleasure and peaceful ness to many generations of Clitheroe families. They had been taking in harmful
carbon dioxide and giving out oxy gen at a terrific rate for the health and safety o f mankind and our Mother Earth. Each tree is unique, like each
snowflake. Just like when one of us dies we cannot bring them back. They are gone forever. I have spoken to David Hewitt,
will go towards their unit grade, marketing, cus tomer care and BTEC qualifications. “The coach company
and hotel don’t make a profit. They only work
East Lancashire NHS
with the pupils to give them the opportunity to gain skills in marketing and customer care.” The holiday takes
place next week from Monday and Friday.
Anyone wishing to sign up is urged to contact Mr Davidson on 01200 422563. Pictured are the Year 9
pupils who have organ ised the mini holiday, (s)
Find your local group MONDAY
Nelson Longridge
Padiham Oswaldtwistle Burnley Padiham Rawtenstall Nelson
TU ESD A Y
Accrington Barnoldswick
WEDNESDAY Nelson Rawtenstall Haslingden Colne Accrington Burnley Haslingden
THURSDAY
Burnley Burnley
Briercliffe Bacup
Clitheroe Nelson
FRIDAY
Burnley Nelson
SATURDAY Accrington Burnley
Kiddrow Lane Health Centre, Kiddrow Lane 1.00pm Yarnspinners PHCC, Carr Rd
v . 1.00pm
Accrington Victoria Hospital, Dining Room 10.00am St Peters PHCC, Church Street
10.00am
No Smoking Day double decker bus comes to East Lancashire
NhS East Lancashire Stop Smoking Service will be on hand'to offer help and support.
Wecjnesday 10th March (No Smoking Day)
Burnley Town Centre, St James Street (9,00am - 5.00pm)
Thursday 11th Marcfi Accrington, Outside Town Hall, Blackburn Road (9.00am • 5.00pm)
Smoking Service mobile team will also be located on Accrington way from 10.00am till S.qopm on Wednesday 10th March.
Clitheroe Health Centre, Railway Rd Ace Centre, Cross Street
(Quit and Get Fit - including FREE gym sessions. Bookirig essential, ring 01282 664 420) Briercliffe PHCC, Briercliffe Rd Entrance 5.30pm Maden Centre, Rochdale Rd
St Peters PHCC, Church Street St Peters PHCC, Church Street
6.00pm 6.00pm
6.00pm
1.30pm 1.30pm
Accrington Town Hall 11.30am
Barnoldswick Children's Centre, Gisburn Rd 5.45pm Ace Centre, Cross Street
Rawtenstall Health Centre, Bacup Rd
10.00am 12noon
Haslingden Health Centre, Manchester Rd 2.00pm Colne Surestart, Church Street
Accrington Victoria Hospital, Dining Room 6.00pm St Peters PHCC, Church Street
5.30pm 6.00pm
Haslingden Health Centre, Manchester Rd 6.00pm Ace Centre, Cross Street -
Longridge Library (Appointment only, ring Joanne on 01772 777 044) Padiham Leisure Centre
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Whitegate Children's Nursery, Victoria Rd Rawtenstall Health Centre, Bacup Rd Yarnspinners PHCC, Carr Rd
12noon 1.00pm
Harvey Street Youth & Community Centre 2.00pm St Peters PHCC, Church Street
5.30pm 5.30pm 5.30pm 6.00pm
the Countryside officer for Ribble Valley Borough Council; Phil Dodd, the health and safety advisor for the council; and to Catherine Pallister, of John Pallisters Ltd, Land Agents for Castle.Cement, who own the land on the Ribble Way. And I have seen the reports on all
three trees at the council offices. They are available for any member of the public to study. According to the report, the cop
per beech in Brungerley had frac tures in two of its immense branch es, which formed the most amazing canopy over the earth it covered. And the two beeches by the kissing
gate had similar, though not so severe, problems. So, why am I always left with the
impression that these days those in charge have been over zealous and that “health and safety” is so politi cally correct that it is suffocating us and our natural environment. So many stunningly beautiful
trees have been destroyed in our local area in the past few years. Needlessly, in my opinion, and all
because of “health and safety” . Do you remember the blossom
trees surrounding the grammar school? The blossoms all the way down Chatburn Road? The trees surrounding the castle? . And villagers in Chatburn will
remember the glorious trees felled in the vicarage on Crow Trees Brow (they were neither damaged nor dis eased). . The parish council valiantly tried
to save them, but to no avail. They had been a wonderful wel
come home every time we returned to the village after a journey. . And now on my return I always feel a sense of loss of something most
magnificent. M y children were brought up
walking in the countryside and par ticularly through the woods from Chatburn along the river to Brungerley Park. Those beautiful trees were very dearly loved and admired by genera
tions of local people. , -My children are all grown up now,
but what will be left of the natural Earth for them to enjoy with their
children? I recently watched the film
“Avatar” . ■ It is a brave and inspiring science- ficLion story encouraging children to
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see the natural world as sacred, pre cious and worth fighting for. The indigenous beings live under
the roots of an immense tree called “Home Tree” and they worship at the foot of “The tree of Souls” con necting them to their ancestors.
. I sincerely hope that Ribble Valley Borough Council and Castle Cement are planting other beech trees in the local area for the generations that come after us. ELIZABETH GARDNER, Ribbic Lane, Chatburn
■ In response to the above letter, Mr David Hewitt, countryside/tree offi cer for Ribble Valley Borough Coun cil said: “ I checked my tree reports and
images taken when the tree assess ment was carried out; it is clear that the two trees at Chatburn were extensively decayed, suffering exten sive branch die back and presenting symptoms of infection with decay fungi/bark cambium necrosis. “ In addition, one of the two trees
had suffered a major failure in the crown, therefore, being immediately next to a public footpath there was no real alternative, but to grant con sent for felling. “Similarly the trees in Brungerley
Park were properly evaluated after one of them presented significant structural defects in the form of major fractures running down from the main branch system into the main stem. “After monitoring the tree it was
apparent that the fractures were increasing in width and depth and that failure of a major part of the tree was inevitable. “ Initially I recommended felling,
but after further consideration opted for what is a coronet cut. “The idea behind coronet cutting
is to maintain a habitat tree designed to encourage insects and fungi growth so that what remains of the tree has biodiversity value. “As the tree in question is adjacent
to a biological heritage site, leading to the local nature reserve it was con sidered to be appropriate action. “Finally, I have established a hier
archy of tree assessment, which is based on arboricultural research and good practice in accordance with the standards defined by the Arboricul tural Association, the international society of arboriculture, the Euro-' pean Council for Arboriculture and the Tree Council, as well as the health and safety executive guide-, lines. “ In my role as the countryside :
officer, with over 35 years of experi ence in arboriculture/tree ecology and preservation, I endeavour to ensure that every tree that comes under the jurisdiction of the council is properly assessed in order to iden tify its true condition, useful and safe life expectancy and appropriate
■tree work., “When a tree has to be felled it is
only after a great deal of thought and only after all options have been . considered and exhausted. “As I always preach, do the mini- ,
mum possible, do no harm, r ■. . “Unfortimately, this is not! always;
possible.” Any excuse to
drop an old tree SLOWLY but surely the old trees in Henthom Park are being removed. Fine, I am sure that the’self-inter
ested tree surgeons, who are employed by Ribble Valley Borough Coimcil, can find any excuse to drop a tree.
- However, why are these aged trees
not replaced? I hate the rowan tree which
appears everywhere in the United Kingdom because it grows quickly, well it does when grafted on to another, and does not cause prob lems. But it is very boring. Even the Victorians knew that the
parks were the “lungs” of cities. Why cannot we have some decent
trees planted as replacements? Perhaps when all the trees have
been removed due to various “good” reasons and the vandals have been allowed to have their incoherent say, they win be replaced by some hous ing? Who says that Ribble Valley Bor
ough Council does not plan ahead? Now it is Tory controlled. And when the new mob comes in,
they will be able to do what they want. Was it Thatcher who wanted us to •
follow Victorian values? NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED
Trying to come up
to right standard IN response to Mr Whitham’s letter, February 25th, “’Whalley Legion not a special case” , and further to Mr Hardman's letter two weeks before, I would just like to say that Whalley Parish Council have been doing their best to come up to the standards expected of Parish Councils in 2010. To this end a decision was taken to
formalise grants so that it could b e ' shown what the money was used for, who it was given to and its relevance to the local community. This is, after all, public money.
, Having set the system up, the Parish Council could not then bypass it to make a donation to the WhaUey Legion as they have always done in the past and very much wanted to continue to do. •. Mr Whitham is correct the Whal
ley branch is not a special case, which is why there is no donation to them from the Parish Council this year as there was no formal request from them.
• - ■ , What I would really, like to know
is why?:What was so hard about fill ing in a form? Why was a “yes” , vote carried not to fill in the form? - I can understand one or two peo
ple maybe being against form filling but to carry a “yes” vote in a meet ing wants me to ask “what was the ■ question?” . I cannot speak for the Parish Council on which I serve.
- But please explain it to me, it is beyond my understanding. SUSAN EARNSHAW, 2 Woodlands Drive ^ ^ ^ Whalley
Why are public
toilets locked? I READ Glen Pate’s article with interest. I am amazed how quickly technology is moving. Yes, the digital revolution is with
us and at a press of a button we have instant this and instant the other. We can send men to the moon, yet
on Friday, February i9th, at 4-30 p.m. in Clitheroe, there was a little girl in so much distress that she needed a little humanity by letting her use a toilet. This was in Oxfam, she was
refused on health and safety grounds and was directed to the council pub lic toilets. Her father then picked her up and
ran with her to the toilets, they were locked! I directed them to the health cen
tre toilets, where I do hope they weren’t turned away. The grandma feared by this time
it was too late. The little girl was very distressed.
Yes, we can have things now instant ly in a lot of cases, but we couldn’t find a basic human right for this lit tle girl. If I had been a volunteer that day
at Oxfam I would have risked the job and allowed the child to go to the toi let and also in a so-called tourist town, why are public toilets locked at 4-30 p.m.? CONCERNED (Name and address supplied)
Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, March 4th, 2010 17 Approval sought
for Sawley festival FOLLOWING the Beat-Herder music festival at Sawley in July 2009 there were a number of letters print ed in this paper complaining about the excessive noise over the long hours of the festival. In the official review meeting fol
lowing the festival it was accepted that communication regarding the event should be improved. With this in mind I would like to
advise anyone with an interest that an application for the 2010 festival has been made and any objections to the event should be made to Ribble Valley Borough CouncU, in writing, no later than March 28th, 2010. Full details of the event of July
2nd to July 5th, 2010, are available at the council offices and were print ed in this paper dated February 25th. JOYCE FROST Sawley Grange, Sawley
Spire removal a
better objective IN the current issue o f St Mary
•Magdalene’s parish magazine it is reported that the church council is considering repairs to the church spire. The cost is given as £250,000. May I suggest that the permanent
removal of the spire would be a wor thier objective? To my mind the spire does not
belong to the fine tower on which it was placed at a later time. Indeed, I may say that it was a
moment of architectural vandalism when the late Victorians allowed the spire to be constructed. ALAN G. BAILEY Woone Lane, Clithcroe
‘Freedom’ is au Sad to bear of
iucredulous act artist’s passiug ON the day that Local Authorities nationwide confirm severe austerity measures including massive job loss es, I find it incredulous that Ribble Valley Borough Council is to bestow its highest honour of Freedom of the Borough to the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment. Putting the connection between
the two to one side, it is the cost that is the most frightening aspect of this decision. It is called modest, but illuminat
ed scrolls and caskets don’ t come cheap and a chow feed for everyone at the ceremony doesn’t help. Are we really in the mood for them
marching through our streets with fixed bayonets? The British National Party will
be, with their Churchillian fondness for all things military. And don’t just think local -
they
. will come from all over. And the English Defence League,
who make the BNP appea-r as angels. ■ And the Anti-Nazi League. ■ Street Closures do not come cheap
either and this one might, if the Police give permission, break all records. Is this strange honour (and I can think of a few Ribble Valley parish-
- loners who would accept it without affixing a bayonet) really being thought through? BRUCE DOWLES, Whalley Road, Clithcroe
I FELT I had to write to say how very sad I was to read of the passing of that very brave man Mr John Wearden, to be taken so young as weU. It seems John had such a talent
too with his paintings, something I would think was a joy to see. His dad and his family must be
very proud of him. To these people I extend my deep
est S3unpathy, and to John - sweet dreams and God bless you all. P. E. TAYLOR Blackburn Old Road, Great Harwood
Allow me to put ui a
word for Mansell’s AS there seemed to he a hit of a “ best place to eat” theme in last week’s letters, can I please put in a word for Mansell's in Swan Court yard. The atmosphere and staff are
lovely, the food fantastic and not over priced, and if you feel like spoil ing yourself, as we frequently do, very acceptable wine, red and white, is also available at a reasonable price. A l l in all it makes fo r a lovely
treat, and well worth a wait for a table if needs be. Cheers!
IRENE DUCKWORTH, Riverside, Low Moor, Clitheroe
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