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f f i F FO R D A B L E sh o u s in g ,i tu i- - tion fees and pensions - seems


a strange mix, but here goes;: -: '.' ■ .The affordable housing debate rumbles 1


: on and one of the major questions - “who ; .. are all these houses really for?” - remains; unanswered.


. •. After the recent tuition fee farce and a - > forthcoming pension plan, we can now be ■ even more certain that these new develop- ‘ ments are’not for youngsters who gradu- : ate from university. Most will be lucky if ■ they can ever afford to buy a property; - .. " .[‘Nimby’’ -- .‘‘Not In My Back Yard’! -


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East Lancashire Chairman of UK Independence Party


by Steve Rush


Numptys forgot to tell us some important facts. In most cases, these payments will


; the common term for people opposed to . affordable housing developments.'So .■ “Numpty” should be the new terminology for the instigators of the new tuition fee scam. Numerous politicians (who them- . selves went to university free of charge) have tried to convince us that this new system is cheaper than the^existing one. . How can trebling tuition fees be a cheaper option?


' * :The new scheme will allow graduates to ‘


repay their tuition fees at a lower monthly amount than the current system, but the


;last for 30 years and the more you earn •, the higher the interest you pay. Currently . there are no plans to allow, graduates to repay early. . Here’s a thought. We can contribute


£48m. a day to the EU and bail out every man and his dog across Europe, but we are unable to bail out our own university students. Graduation complete - now let’s find a


job. Any position paying over £21,000 will see 9% deducted from the surplus to repay, tuition fees. An annual deduction of £450 would apply to a salary of £26,000 but earn more and pay higher.


.'.i^More bad news is around the corner


i’. Depending on company size, a new com- ,-ft pulsory national pension scheme is to start


7 .; over 22 and,earning more than £5,035 a : . year.will be automatically enrolled in a :. pension. This enforced scheme will redui-e


between-2012'and -2016;'W orkers aged J h f Act


: an employee’s income by 4%. Let’s oq back to our graduate earning £26,000 that


is another £l,040 that has disappeared from the salary.


that the employer


. will be forced to contribute 3% also. The bad news is that in this economic climate


, that will probably see the end of wage in­ creases. We must not forget that currently ", mortgage interest rates are extremely low.


,:, .;What happens when they rise and salaries , don’t increase? •


. ■ So.why do we.want to turn Whalley into a town and Clitheroe into a city? Could it be we need to accommodate EU migrants , and prepare for a mass exodus from Lon-


;; don when the new housing benefit rules bite? We are certainly not canying out the , exercise for young university graduates to ■ ^ get their foot on the property ladder!


'ftoida^ 100 years ago


■7 A'STRANGE prisoner from Gisburne ■: had arrived in the care of Nelson Police/


... Station; Officers.“arrested’! a'stag, which / ■


had escaped, from Gisburne Hounds; I t :/


-. was found wandering in the vicinity of / the.'Victoria Park area of Nelson in an / . exhausted condition by several youths.'/


r.Members ofithe public secured it b y / :,means o f a rope and handed it over to g the police.'Theanisaal was subsequently,/ transferred to an official from Gisburne*: Park.;*” , , ’


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An,umbrella.was:expected to b e / the most popularChristmas present this ■' I [.year, according to one'Clitheroefamily.';*


■ : Due to the wet weather, the Redmaynes,;' ...of Church Street, opened a festive g if t. / •V market stall and solcWozens of the “self-: / :


; opening’;’; umbrellas; which “by the mere-/ i pressure of a button automatically open' tf ■.Themselves”. .Women’s models were be- i‘ [ ing sold at 3s; lld.-and for’men at 4s. 6d; •;


50 ye^s ago : :THE l l th annual ball of Ribblesdale Ce-;


:: ment and Horrocksford Social Club was ; held at the King Lane Hall. About 400


i . people attended dancing being to Eddie : McGarty and his band.


: - : • The cost of erection of 16 flats,12 a t :: : Waddington and four at Grindleton for • Rowland Rural District Council, was like-


; ly to be £17,777. The one-bed flats would '■each cost £1,111 which included an elec­ tric cooker.


• The Castle Fete made an overall loss o f £32 in 1960. However there was still a


f, bank balance of £410 left from the 1959 . event. The cost of the torchlight proces- ■ision was £222, fireworks cost £157. The* f.cost of extra supervision had risen by £200 ■


.-and there was an increase in the cost o f • r.The band, highwire act and insurance;' : ' • • Miss Irene Haydock, of Greenway, '


Salthill, has been accepted for Somerville ■ College, Oxford.


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that many of us will be glad to see the back of.


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seither being imposed or being proihised to ;f come into effect in the New. Year. I know; '-there a je some people in the Ribble Val-| ley. who have lost their jobs or Have had to; take a pay cut in order to hold on to their ' jo b s . /^ ’. , ' ; / ’'


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ijr. rThen there is the.weather, oh yes tliere| is. always the weather; for. it is something ;


h-. Thafhasialwaysjbeen'.a'favouriteTopic': I i'!-,-when it comes to moaning. Summer wasn’t -


i; ; .7 As the reality of our financial plight has: become clearer we have seen massive cuts


1 25 years ago


■ • ANGRY residents o f Taylor Street, : Clitheroe, called fora'crackdown on .The amount o f trafficlusing their area,


■;. as a consequence of the opening of the ,/ Salthill Industrial Estate link road. They . said that traffic in their narrow street had doubled since the road was opened


5, in August and that drivers were using it - as a short cut between Shawbridge and ,the'Pimlico:link:ro"ad.‘.The residents’ complaints were discussed at a council meeting. :’. • T h e Ribble'Valley. Council’s new


.,‘ civic suite in Clitheroe was'set to cost . . £350,000, including £68,000 from the sale of the town hall for the library extension.


,: Also offsetting the cost was the £165,000 1: set aside by the council for repairs to the ; derelict Myttoh House and to put the .town hall heating and roofing in order.


. Work was expected to start in April 1986 and finish 15 months later, i: "


’ HOW’S this going round in circles:.-.: ■ > : .As no-one can have failed to notice;'


" Coronation Street recently celebrated its -. iSOth anniversary. T hat means it started in the 1960s. Meanwhile; popular Ribble Valley band The Backbeats are celebrat- jng their 20th anniversary since re-form­ ing in 1990. They recently topped the bill at a charity fund-raising night organised by some of Coronation Street’s top stars. And The Backbeats specialise in playing music from the 1960s, which is when Cor­ onation Street got started... :: Playing a t the star-studded fundraiser


organised at the Dunkenhaigh Hotel by local actress Julie Hesmondhalgh (Cor-: rie’s Hayley Cropper) was one of the high­ lights of The Backbeats’ 20 th anniversary year. . The line-up o f Nick Mackey (bass and vocaIs),;Paul Blakey (drums), Tony Bate .


; (lead guitar and vocals) and Barrie Lari- ;Casteri(rhythm guitar and vocals) play and sing the ever-popular ’60s sounds of.


. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Gerry- ; and The Pacemakers, Cliff Richard, The ' Kinks, The Searchers and many more top bands from that era. Over the past 20 years they have played.


for many private clients, celebrating eve­ rything from christenings.to diamond : weddings, as well as for corporate clients and numerous charities.


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. Rhythm guitarist Barrie is a member of The Rotary Club o f Clitheroe and, with . the help of.The Backbeats, has raised more than £20,000 for Life Education ; Centres for Lancashire - one of the local Rotary club’s main charities - over the past 10 years.


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STARRY NIGHT: The Backbeats with Coronation Street stars, from the ieft, ‘ Nick Mackey, ■ Paul Blakey, : Tony Bate, Jen­ nie McAlpine < (who piays Rzz), Julie Hesmond- halgh (Hayley;' Cropper), Shobna Gulati (Sunita Alahan) and Barrie Lan­ caster..


: .Walney Island and played for a number of years in North West Cumbria.. • : l • Among their favourite gigs have been


The Matthew Street Festival, in Liver­ pool, as well as prestigious occasions such as Catenians District conferences and var-


; ions Ladies Nights for Rotary, Round Ta­ ble and various Masonic Lodges through- ' out the region.


; They recently; played at the famous ; “Hard Days Night Hotel’l in Liverpool (the Beatles-themed Hotel) and say that


. Liverpool.is their spiritual home; with The Beatles being their primary influence.


■ More locally, they have appeared at The Grand in Clitheroe and hope to be playing there again in the not-too-distant future.. You can find more about The Back-


. Tliey have enjoyed gigs from as far apart ■ as Berkhamstead to Melrose, Whitby to L


beats by checking their website (www. thebackbe'ats.info) on which you can also hear four of their CD tracks.


Chairman’s Lancashire Day boost for iadies


■A CHEQUE for more than: £1,500. has;been-presented to a local charity which raises money for research into can­ cer by the chairman of Lanca­ shire County Council. ' ,


- f'jThe much-needed money was . raised at a Lancashire Day din- ■


vner organised by the chairman, ; CountyCoun. Chris Holtom; He;


'- presented the cheque for £1,620 to the Ribble Valley and White.: Rose; Ladies -: a charity which ' carries out fund-raising specifi--’


■ cally for research into childhood' cancers.


;. . anything to rave about as it was decidedly average.Then we have had bitterly cold


i*weather.which began as early as Novem- ■:: ber and even as I write this article we have'


j been promised temperatures tonight as- ' '


5*‘*‘ a long way to go!


; to lift our spirits. Well I say thank God for v Christmas. •


How we could do with some Good News


"'Christmas Day to be on December 25th ‘ ■'■' F


j day, four days after the shortest day of the ■ ■ r year and in the bleak mid-winter.


When the date was set long ago for really chosen a better'


. A wal to lighten up the darkness; a n ' excuse to eat well, an opportunity to cel-


T ^9.'^®*9b.rate both the divine and bur hii- ■ : ■ .


,- to live in hope. And even if we don’t be- ' heve all that, it would be hard to deny that


9 fP^-al point to rejoice in love and '■


- ebrate with family, a reason to both give - receive, a chance to be generous ■ space to find your voice and -


■ ■' . ; ■: The' money will go towards the ■


■Christmas gives us a lift when we need it the most.


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...And when you strip away all the tinsel and glitter, and the wrapping paper and . packaging that mask the real meaning and - glory of Christmas; we are left with the


. real wonder and indeed mystery of it all; ■that God took on human flesh and came


7 in the form o f a baby whose name was Je- ■


L sus, Immanuel; God is with u s . ' Whatever you think o f the Christmas


story, Jesus changed everything and histo­ ry became divided into two, BC and AD.


. :The Good News is that in Christ, God of- ,fers us the one thing we perhaps crave the


■ toost - a relationship; arelationship with him. And i f that’s not Good News then I don’t know,what is.' ’ -c-h-*,-'.'. 0


r ; I hope you have a great Christmas and - that the coming y e ar is argood one for you- > >’


: REV. TIM T H O R P E , / / '* ,■ Methodist Minister i \ r v : 3’ ‘ - ''


/charity’s work which; in addition' : to providing invaluable services ; to children with cancer and their i. : families,-'also funds the work of .;; ■ Professor Jillian:Birch;:who:is; !■ a research scientist a n /d i re c -


.:,tor o f the Cancer Research UK ■ •: Paediatric and Familial Cancer" . Research' Group at -the Royal: --■Manchester Children’s Hospital.--? :The Lancashire Day dinner took; ■ ■ place on November-lSth at the';•■


:?■ My ttoh Fold Hotel, at L a n g h o , : and was -attended by .th e High ■ ■


■■Sheriff of Lancashire; civic dig- ,3- ' nitaries and representatives from: the business community.


; Speaking to representatives'of?:


; th e charity,-;Coun;:Holtom s a i d : ; >: ‘‘It:was a w'onderful evening. L:’; .'■particularly enjoyed it because"". • it enabled civic leaders and dig-"-:;


BOOST: County Councillor. Chris Holtom presents Karen' -- Mendoros with a cheque for the;money?raised from the / Lancashire Day charity dinner.


, . and friends of the county to get ’


■ together in a pleasant atmos-. phere.. ' , “I would like to thank Lanca­


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- Rose Ladies, added: “There is .■: . huge competitionTrom count- i':'


shire County Developments Ltd,'- Euravia Engineering and Supply ■' Ltd, EV Group,Pannone-LLP and Moore & Smalley; Chartered Accountants for hosting tables for the business community. ;.


;-" “I was hugely impressed that;:; , even during these tough'times;' businesses in Lancashire, have been prepared to show their sup--


■port for this worthy cause by do-- nating so generously.” ;


' Karen Men'doros; Chairman «nitaries; the business communitv.-?? of. Ribble: V a llev 'an d .W h ite / m / ‘-s.ir4 ’ Ml , S/Ife


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' Collecting old or un-.. used computers and'.


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"education of hundreds v :',bf thousands o f Afri- ; can children. A seemingly “old”


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,,;i less worthwhile charities seeking ■;■.;■ "fundraising support within^Lan- 7? | cashire so we are trem en d b u s ty / grateful tojChris 'Holtom for:':.


■:v choosing to support bur cause.' i-b.-'-': : “The Lancashire day dinner'^’'!


.;;was a highly entertaining event -■ and to have raised such an im- ■; ■


f'.pressivelamount of money f o r / :n our charity in the process, is sim-.l"; ply wonderful. ” /


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, “We are very'grateful hot o nly'/ r of the evening but also to the big-


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