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Clltheroe Advertiser&71mes,Thursday, April 22,2010


■ Write to The Editor, Clitheroe . '^ft .^ Advertiser and Times, 3 King <


Street, Clitheroe or email: duncan.smith@eastlancsnews.co.uk


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MRBrass’s urging of would-be MPs'-;*; to' back', a .Clitheroe Jo ’Skiptoh rail?;: link,'as reported iri last.week’s Clit-:fr heroe Advertiser and-Times,'does riot^i give m'uch.background ofithe proc-''i;‘' es'ses involved iniintfoducing a new S' rail ,se_rvic_e,= although' claiming some research into the'matter.' 'r,’- , ■- HeTimplies. that' it* is ohiy:up to ■


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- Northern Rail to provide the service' ~ (with some minor engineering works) *: without mentioning the investigation •: -* an'd^pfocedures'.that must be gone r through beforehand.


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, -Befofe;anymew regular rail serv­ ice,canbeintroduceda.feasibility'. study would be.required to identify v i the viabilify, likely costs and in c om e . of the service.' This would need , to be ■ reviewed by Northern: Rail,- relevant: ■ i local authorities and the Department for Transport,- to ensure that the DfT or.local authorities do hot-pay ah ex­ cessive amount for the inevitable on-, going subsicly for the new service. ' / Such a re'port has already been pro-


duced to investigate the feasibilify’of a Clitherbe to Hellifield and Ynrkih!r(>


Clitheroe to Hellilield andYorkshire.i


, regular rail semce.‘ . The reporti'which cost many thou- ’


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. sandsbf pounds,* paid forby contri- ' butions from local authorities, Lan- - cashire County Council and Ribble’ Valley Rail, concluded that there was ■


not a strong enough business case for * ' such a service at present. . . . ’ The existing DalesRail service '


■ on the.line','which runs oh Spring to*: Autumn Sundays, is well used and : rem'ains viable, and there could be a ■ case for a Saturday shoppers’ and lel- v- sure service if another supporting sub­ sidy could be found.Thus, at present, ■ this cannot progress further, but Rib­ ble Valley Rail continues to work in partnership to achieve a service north of Clitheroe, with the aim of repeat­ ing the success achieved in 1994 with the successful campaign to reinstate a Clitheroe-Blackburn-Manchester rail service. ■ As far as a service to Skipton it- ' ‘


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32 minutes, whilst the.280 takes 39 - minutes .on average. A rail journey : * will take approximately-37 minutes (20 minutes to HelIifield,T7 from there to Skipton) plus a reversal time . ; of five minutes at Hellifield, giving a *


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:,of platforms oh the Ribble Valley line : 5 now stands second in the order of pri-‘ ' orities of Lancashire County Council ■ for expenditure on rail schemes, berj hind the re-instatement of the "Tod- ' morden curve:


Mow re^lar trains longer than three


Scaffiages tojoperatefori’-^^^ § sendees.


- - ’ - , PETER EASTHAM, '


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Train would take away the strain.


Ribble Valley Rail Rail route would ^


Hon. Secretary, be convenient


.PETER Brass is quite right-a regular “ rail service from Clitheroe to Skipton


..jYES .please,"^ let’s get the trains * Iruniiing'b^


j Skipton as soon as possible3^,. ■ 6 - We would definitely use the seiv- '


ice. : hfy daughter is due to kart ,Univef-?|


vv would be a great boon. * . .'.' For most destinations north and .* ea'st of Clitheroe, Skipton is much


. .. more'convenient than travelling via . Blackburn and Preston. If the service . isn’t viable, then Peter has promised ; to sell property if necessary to pay


self is concerned, there is a decent * hourjy direct bus service from and ; ■ to.Clitheroe. The X80 journey takes *


sity in York arid the service via Skip-/ ton and Leeds would be the quickest and 'probably the 'iriost scenic route. Also, parking in Skipton can be;a ni^trnare near the station arid there- fore puts people off driving to Skiptbri . to pick up the Leeds train. , . ; Tt would be nice "to


) tori for diirich arid shoppirig without; the hassle of driving.


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maximum of 42 minutes. Moreover,:;, the bus serves intermediate villages ; between Clitheroe and Skipton, and; * Craven College directly.


Another problem at present is a


lack of available 'carriages to run ad- '' ditional trains, with the cancellation *, by the Government of orders for new ; rolling stock which would have pro- vided additional capacity. Hie present * *; conversion of the Manchester-Old- ham line into a tramway released five trains for use elsewhere, but the Gov-? ;s emment planned to send them to the South of England.


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efforts of North West local authori-: ties, who eventually sent a delegation : to petition Government in London, - that these trains have been retained.:


It has only been with the conceited •;


JACKY GODFREY, - Great Mitton


We would use "a train to Skipton


:ccM?eriierit;-’gS§SV./;>5^ It’s' a great idea. '


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: BILL and HILARY ASHTON, by e-mail


. . Northern Rail £104,000. ' I’m sure he won’t have to - but if


•; him.


he does. I’ll offer to sell them without charging him a penny. Good luck to


BILL HONEYWELL, Honeywell Estate Agents


You got it wrong Mr Griffiths


.'T REALLY feel that I mu'st reply to *


iMy^wife and I .would use litfairi. to' Skiptbri' quite often," if a service Was ?■,


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... Mr Griffiths and his pompous, self-' *' opinionated and self-centred attitude


. towards, the Government’s proposal * * to lower the limit of alcohol permit- ■ ted for drivers. •


First of all Mr Griffiths, the fact


■ ' that 50 pubs perweek are closing has*. ..nothing to do with the smoking ban,’ ;) ! but more to do with the cheap alcohol


g open up^route «%THERE has never .been a better time/* ?«tb:ppen up jheVnOrtherfy rail rb’


:* tdirect frbm.Clitherbe to Skipton via*? :-*;Hfellifield.i;g^^


V trains, to ease the chronic overcrowd-^ •, sjRail’’: to underwrite this fMilify with' ing which occurs at peak periods on'/.'iihis own cash is nothing less than fa'n-.:i:


for.the North-West. The benefit.for:.?; : to trie to have to travel south to Black-*^ the Ribble ;Valley line is Jhat. this ,,* sbum orPfestoriin'order to then travel :.' means an additional carriage will now-' north o r ' e a s t . ' V' ' . be, added from July to several o f our«t ;;:K*i*Peter -Brass’s offer to .“Northern:*


....... .........It has always seemed a bit illogical, ‘ ' trains into and out of Manchester !. tastic


.-.mation that the proposed lengthening- ? : than me? who could ’give * detailed 2 ’


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vf ..'.More good news comes.with irifor-i't'^jSi.’There will be others more informed -ii r. ..t


: No better time to -■'■ ' This in itself is a problem, as sta- *


. .that is readily.avallable in supermar­ kets and off-licences.


*.-alcoholics. and people,'especially: J young people'and women,* who have :


ute*^


-■a serious,alcoh'ql problem, stretching i the resources of'our.already over bur­ dened NHS and police force,’ not to6 mention the heartache*and iriisery it-?


* causes to families who are affected by • this problem.''


Secondly, what about my and oth- Manchester s plans, this will ■, fT.' J Advertisenand.! imea


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P e te r ^ s ;£ l train tick"


aS— backQJtneroe^kipton •a. service with own cash t


sift: travel opportunities that would be ,:;i*immediately available if this could Jr?become a reality, but how about these - for starters - a leisurely ride over the


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fe,:Settle-Garlisle 'can de-stress a person " ' vgin less than three hours! Some of the * S?vmost* complicated journeys by road (and rail) are those cross country ones *


k-i.; to places such as Cambridge, East An- * ' -gliaandbeyorid.''"-"


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-WvgiOp'ening the lineto Skipton would : »?ibring the Ea'st Coast main line im- %1'mediately acce'ssible.for destinations * $-:..suchias'Doncaster, Peterborough';: g^ n d Kings Cross. North from Skipton ? i^^.Leeds, York, Newcastle and Edin- s^burgh are all tempting destinations. ■


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?V:What are we waiting for? : - : ' : - - §*5;;. “Northern’’ have been very co-op- gerative in the past iri.acceding to re- 7 •. quests 'arid suggestions. Surely they,'* must-take this opportunity seriously:-


•:and plan a date in the near future;* ' when this remarkable gesture can beg put to the test. :; As your article mentioned, politics


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, . * Finally, to address the .issue , o f 'drinking and driving, I'cannot be-


: lieve that any responsible person can .* ■ condone drinking and driving. Many, countries have a no 'alcohol policy


■ for driving and maybe that is the way. we should go. Lam sure that if you,- Mr Griffith, (God forbid) ever lost'^a'


; tion measures are in place along Lit-


tlemoor; The council seems to have no regard for the safety of pedestrians and seems only concerned that no new .; exit points onto Whalley Road, are al­


dearly loved meiriber;of your family.rw. former; garden centre have been in


through a driver .who'had obviqusly/;K eidstence for approximately 50 years had too much to drink,-you would b e : on the front row..of those screaniing- for protection from those who are s o , irresponsible as to drink and drive.; : *: ■


,:iwithout causing any problems, yet the application for a children’s day nurs- eiy which has been submitted for ap-


MRS STELLA BARNES,- , Whalley


Four borises (bed at Aintree races


•come into this scenario and it will. : need a great thrust of intent to merger political co-operation with'company undertaking.


:Thank you Peter, I’m-sure all the


local candidates will respond with en­ thusiasm to your amazing offer. -


DAVID BOWKER, Clitheroe


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* proval shows another access onto Lit- tlemoor.


The children’s day nursery has the potential to have at least 60 more


: vehicles using the road twice daily to .: drop off' and pick up children. As this application is only for half the site, yet more traffic will have access onto Lit-


MANY readers will have breathed a- sigh of relief that there were no fa-:, talities at this year’s Grand National, •whilst being unaware that during the three-day meeting at Aintree, four horses were killed - one on Thursday • . and three on Friday.


' Two of the victims' (Prudent Hon­ our and Plaisir D’Estraval) broke .: their necks almost simultaneously at ■Valentine’s Brook while pitted against 27 other horses in the Topham Chase. Neither of these inexperienced hors-: es had faced the terrifying fences a t : Aintree before. Schindlers Hunt was reported to


have broken a front leg during the John Smith Melling Chase, and six- year-old mare. Pagan Starprincess,- fell at the first obstacle in the 22-run- ner Silver Cross Handicap Hurdle. A post mortem revealed that she had suffered a head injury, when the shoe * from another horse flew off and h it . her skull.


dustry representatives will no doubt congratulate themselves that no hors­ es were killed in the Grand National ■ itself on Saturday, although 26 of the 40 runners failed to finish the race. Eleven horses fell, seven were pulled up, seven unseated their riders and one refused to even start the race. That no horses were killed in the


The officials at Aintree and the in­


; tlemoor when that is developed. The development at Millersdene will also


7 access into Littlemoor, creating even moretraffic.


' .. Surely enough is enough, it cannot


be council policy to keep increasing traffic levels until an accident or fatal* ity, occurs in a road that is clearly not


suitable for the volume now being considered. CYNTHIA and DAVID OPENSIIAW, Holly Lodge, Littlemoor


LeFis slash EU


casbtocutdebt I OVERHEARD the other day some pensioner friends of mine discussing how to cut down on their expenses. The outcome for one was that he


was not renewing his golf club mem­ bership as it was ■, he said, costing him too much. I thought what a wise man, who knew his finbancial capabilities and had the good sense to address ■ them. Many people will have viewed re­ cently the TV programme in which


' all the three mam parties’ chancellors stood like dummies trying to explain how they would solve the debacle of our national finances; it was so boring that many people, when asked if they watched it, said they fell asleep!


Grand National was more a factor o f ? luck than design. The race remains ? a disgusting and violent spectacle. Readers who wish to learn more


should visit; www.stopkillinghorses.*-?* com


FIONA P E R E I^


Cariipaigner, Animal Aid,


A lot morejears on Littlemoor


; WE write, to express our concern're'- . used by many people walking their •


; dogs an dexe rc is ing.;S in c e theCop'-'": •'P.®(neld Close development has beeri'


• bunt, traffic volume has increased considerably.


r'ers’ freedom to enjoy a drink and sit ; in a sihoke-free pub without having to *


.^endure 'an atmosphere that riot only * * makes me and my clothes smell like


-:an old.ash tray, butcan damage my r,health and even cause death through '.passivesmoking?.';...- ....


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- Littlpoor'and Littlemoor Road are both used as a “rat run” by people ’ wishing to avoid driving through Clit- - heroe, particularly in the early morn­ ing and afternoon rush hours. There • IS a very.sharp bend near the white *


* ,' At the end we, the public, were still no wiser on how each of the main par­ ties would solve it all. Just recently a statement from the


Governmerit came to my attention that.we will have a.national debt of £175 billion for this year,-2010. Also, I have read in an article from the Tax


:.;.;7'.Well it'does not take a degree in ■


7 maths to work out the following; if we


-. ;* haye to contribute'to the EU then let’s 7-be’sensible'arid reduceourcontribu- tipn.'to;a’figureJhat we can afford.


g a r d m g t h e in c S r r S '^ ^ t '^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ e: ? ■ “- ’i.


•,;*tistics show that we now have more>: path along part-of itVleng7h;'anTlV%lv^^‘°"“' ‘*® u s e d h v m a n v nAr\nla


woulid _d go'a lo'rie way to re ^^


iopping'£120 billion a year,which reducing our


cii RONLOEBELL,


% ' u k lP Ribble Valley, Edisford Road, Clitheroe


- Thank you for a ^ r a n d ^


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cottages,,which drivers often take on i from Litoemom House'^and‘hoHv ,


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• MAY I say a big thank you to every­ one at The Grand, on York Street, for


. a lovely afternoon tea while watching ■


“Whistle Down the Wind” last Sun- ^ fantastic afternoon.


IfdgearealreadydIfficultStorack ' of vision.


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MRS H. GUDGEON, Tpwer Ilill, Clitheroe


or speed restne- .iVj ^ (plus two daughters and a fnend) ■ n


Payefs’; Alliance that our-EU contri- butioris for .this year will reach a stag­ gering £125 billion.


lowed.when planning applications are granted. - ';The*exit and entry points to the


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Show some horse sense on the roads


by Faiza Afzaal


MOTORISTS in the Rib­ ble Valley are being urged to exercise some horse sense on the borough’s roads. The road safety scheme,


which has been launched by Ribble Valley PCSOs Di Bioletti and Jane Pearson, comes as part of Ribble Val­


ley Horsewatch. The scheme has already been successful in giving horse riders and yard


owners help and advice with crime prevention, security and safety issues, p e s o Pearson said: “Mo-


• torists and horse riders both have a right to use the road. _ “Mutual courtesy and con­ sideration is important in


■ maintaining safety as well as an awareness that a horse, however well-schooled, may spook, jump or spin round if it is frightened.” The main messages to mo­


torists are: • Treat all horses as a


hazard and expect the unex­ pected


• When overtaking pass


wide and slow - don’t see a gap and go for it - a horse can jump six feet sideways so the gap may disappear •


.For increased safety


riders may ride two abreast - please be patient they will


, return to single file when it is safe to do so


• Watch out for riders’


signals-and heed a request to stop or slow down - they are in a position to spot a hazard you may not see • Don’t rev your engine,


sound your horn or play loud music near a horse and rider • When behind a horse


give them at least 2 car lengths space and be ready to stop. And for riders: • Use fluorescent and re­


flective clothing for yourself and your horse whatever the time of day or weather condi­ tions


• Use the correct hand sig­


nals and be aware of what is going on around you on the road. Follow the Highway Code


• Pull in when it is safe to


let a long traffic queue pass • Thank considerate and


courteous drivers if it is safe to do SO.


p e s o Pearson added:


“Due to the amount of com­ mercial traffic on the roads, we will be visiting local firms to offer employees road safety advice in relation to horses. “Many commercial drivers


: are courteous around horse riders and we would like to acknowledge that, so we are asking riders to contact us to let us know which companies they would like to thank for having considerate drivers.” The officers are also offer- -


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ing to microchip saddles at a reduced rate of £9.39 instead of RRP of £19.99. ' For further information or


to arrange a visit please con­ tact p e s o Pearson or PCSO Bioletti on 01200 458766 or e-mail RibbleValley.NHP@ lancashire.pnn.police.uk


Monday-Wednesday 9am to 5pm


Thursday 9amto 7pm 1 Friday 9am to430pm Saturday 10am till 4pm I Sunday 11 am till 4pm'


HORSE SENSE: PCSOs Jane Pear­ son and Di Bioletti are advising motorists to be care- fui around horses, (s)


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