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x ~V o f recent weeks among Ribble Valley residents has been thepropos- als contained in the councirs Draft Core Strategy to force upon us the building of a minimum l,o00 houses


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three options, each setting a suggested number of dwellings in the four designat­ ed areas of Clitheroe, Whalley, Longridge and what they call the “Village Growth Areas”, which, presumably, will be hand picked by the officers and members of the council following certain parameters contained in something called “The Set­ tlement Hierarchy”. ■ The nerve to which I refer is that which


seemingly plucks numbers to build out of the air, withTittle supporting evidence of need, and then asks the public with which option docs it wish to be saddled. With


■ suggested numbers in Clitheroe ranging from 330 to 675; in Longridge from 45 to 450; in Whalley from 225 to 450; and in the


' villages from 300 to 900, is it any wonder that the public is confused and dismayed. Docs Clitheroe need 330 houses or


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■: a public footpath. P.C. Hawkwood said at 5-40 p.m. on October llth, he witnessed ' the defendant 'riding for approximately 200 yards on the. footpath of Clithe- roe Ro'ad, Chatburn. Another witness stopped him and asked his reason for do­ ing it and replied that “it is cleaner than on the road”. Claerly a serious offence in ■ ■ 1910, it incurred a hefty sixpence fine.


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does itheed 675? Should selected villages have 300 forced upon them or be totally swamped by a massive 900? We have a right to deserve and expect more detailed supporting evidence from the council of­ ficers WE employ and better leadership from the council members WE have elect­ ed to represent OUR interests. To make matters worse, the 104-page


long draft document setting out the op­ tions first of all gives wliat it calls a “Spa­ tial Portrait of the Ribble Valley?. It ., points out that it is the “high quality en­ vironment” which makes it ?sd special”. It makes people want to “live and settle here permanently”, especially choosing to live, here and commute elsewhere to work. It rightly goes on to report that the Val­ ley is “characterised by and is loved for


its rural quality with over 40 picturesque villages, each with its own character and identity”, so much so that over 70% of the Borough has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, it reminds us that the built heritage of the Ribble Valley is “equally impressive”, that there are “21 Conservation Areas and over 1000


■ Listed Buildings”. . • Finally it asserts that “A key require­ ment of the Core Strategy will be that these special characteristics of the area are preserved for future generations.” I cannot be on my own in wondering


how building up to 900 houses in selected villages such as Chatburn, Ribcliester, Waddington, Dunsop Bridge and Sabden can do anything else but destroy that ver)' environment the Core Strategy wishes to preserve. And that’s without arguing the


case against where some unrepresentative working group has decided where a village


■ should be placed on the Settlement Hier­ archy List.


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■ my comments, but,Tike most people who are put off writing because they think it is pointless, I have little hope that they will receive any serious consideration.


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A 25TH anniversary is a very special occasion and members of the Inner 'Wheel Club of Ribblesdale celebrat­ ed theirs in style with a charter lunch


at Eaves Hall Country Hotel. The club’s president, Val Sharp, wel­


50 years ago


ONLY two weeks after she was married in June, Mrs Stella Smith, of Downham Mill, an employee at Messrs Robinson and Spensley’s egg packing station, Clit- heroc, lost her wedding ring at work - and four months later it was found. She had appealed through the “Advertiser and Times” to local egg distributors to look carefully when unpacking their deliveries, but nothing was found. A happy ending came when Miss Alice Jackson, a work friend, noticed a glint of gold among dust in a cupboard at work.


• • More than 100 signatures were ob­


tained in protest against a proposal b y the education authorities to close Wiswell School for a further two years. The school ■ had only one teacher and there were 15 pupils. Villagers believed there would be about six more in a year’s time. An even larger increase could take place if people with families occupied some of the new properties being built in the village. • West Bradford Mills; which had been


in the hands of the Holgate family since 1897 had been sold to Clitheroe Shirtings Ltd. Mr John Holgate, whose grandfather and father ran the business before him, said there would be many improvements and the people of West Bradford would have a great asset to the village. ’ '


thoughtfortheweek


THAT a crazy world we live ' in.


: not on holiday, but with a group visiting churches. In the middle of Cairo four mil­ lion people live in “garbage city”, scraping a living by sifting through the rubbish of the city. , ■ ’ ■ This week spending cuts will mean re-“ diindancy and an uncertain future for -


. 'Two weeks ago I was in Egypt,


, those who work in local industry. In the' ■same week, however, someone held out .for a reported three-quarter million


pound a week pay package. These events beg all sorts of questions;


But the biggest question for me is the question of worth. High salaries reflect


what we as society hold as important. • We are led to believe that bonuses need


to be paid to get the best people. At the same time, often our self-worth


IS tied up in the jobs that we do and the amount we get paid, which is just one of


the reasons why redundancy is so diffi­


erty? Are the necessary spending cuts fair or have they hit the poor hardest?


Is it just for people to live in abject pov­ -


cult. ■ How much do you think you are worth. That was a lineTn a song doing the


rounds a few years ago. ■ : God’s answer to that is that you are,


priceless. That is why Jesus came and died on the cross.'A crazy thing to do? Yes, but we live in a crazy world.' '


REV. MARK PICKETT,


■ St James’Church, : . Clitheroe


25 years ago


TRAFFIC chaos hit Gisburn after 4,500 visitors converged on the village to visit the new £3.1m. independent hospital and rehabilitation unit, Gisburne Park. The private hospital received 1.500 visi­ tors on the Saturday of its opening week­ end and 3,000 on the Sunday. Converted from an impressive stalely home, the new and state-of-the-art independent hospital was seeking to attract patients from further afield, even as far as the USA. A'spokesman explained that “po­ tential clients might like to come to Eng­ land for less expensive medical care in an authentic English country house"’. • Plans to alter the times at which


Clitheroe Town Hall’s clock struck were brought to a halt. It was explained to a council committee that an estimate of £950 had been obtained for work to prevent the clock striking at 6 a.m. and thereby giving patrons of the nearby White Lion Hotel an extra hour of unin- terrupted'slumbcr. It was decided that if the landlady of The White Lion agreed to make a contribution, the work might still go ahead. If not, the current silent running of the clock would be stopped and the chimes reinstated from 6 a.m. to midnight, on the hour, every hour. Does the clock still strike 6 a.m.? .


comed visitors from several clubs, includ­ ing her previous one, Westhoughton, and the secretary read out various greetings which had been received. Top table guests were District 19 presi­


dent Pat Taylor, Ribblesdale Rotary Club president John Sharp, guest speaker Car­ ol Bell, immediate past president Rachel Pallister, founder president Edna Clark­


son and secretary Janice Hirst. In her ad­ dress, Pat Taylor pointed out that the club was founded in 1985, the Chinese year of the Ox, which would make the members patient hardworking and ambitious. Having wished them well for the next


25 years, she then presented the president with a special certificate to mark the oc­ casion. Speaker Carol Bell is ex-Royal Navy


and now works as a civil servant for the RAF, as a regional community relations officer for Cumbria and Tynedale - the first woman to hold such a position. The main part of her talk, which was illustrated with film footage, was about


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25 years old and strong as an ox!


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SILVER OCCASION: Inner Wheel Club of Rib- T blesdale - President Val Sharp (left) receives a special certif­ icate to mark the club’s 25th anni­ versary from Inner Wheel’s District 19 President Pat Taylor.


military low-flying, which is described as an essential skill”, not only for pilots in a combat role, but also to help the Medi- > cal Emergency Response Team with helicopters and to co-operate with other emergency services to assist in crises such as flooding plus mountain and sea rescue. These pilots all have to be agile, adaptable and capable. The vote of thanks was given by Edna


Clarkson, after which the president - hav­ ing thanked everyone for joining in the celebrations - was presented by John Sharp with a large bouquet in the Rotary/ Inner Wheel colours of blue and yellow, from the Rotary Club of Ribblesdale.


And Rotary has a birthday bash too


ROTARIAN John Spedding, president of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe, welcomed fellow Rotarians and guests to the club’s 77th charter night din­ ner at Mytton Fold Hotel. . The charter dinner is, in efr


feet, the club’s birthday party - the anniversary of its char­ ter being granted - and has a . number of formalities to fol­ low. ■.. -.


. Clitheroe’s longest serving Rotarian, Mr Kenneth Bowk- er, read the object of Rotary.. Mr Bowker has been a mem­ ber of the Clitheroe club since 1953 and is also a Paul Har­ ris Fellow, Rotary’s highest award. ' The charter and roll call


were read by Rotarians Barrie ■: Lancaster and Gerry Bindless respectively. A toast to Rotary Interna­


tional was made by Rotarian Canon Jim Duxbuiy, with the response and toast to the Ro­ tary Club of Clitheroe from


' Rotarian and District Gover­ nor, Albert Johnson.', • He thanked club members:


and the people of.Ribble-Val-; ley for their continued hard work to support not only local community initiatives, such as ■


■ the forthcoming bonfire on the Castle field, but also interna­ tional aid efforts such as those for Haiti, the floods in Pakistan .


HONOURED GUESTS: Clitheroe Rotary Club president John Spedding with his many guests, including Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Lois Rimmer, District Governor Rotar- ian Albert Johnson and representatives of Lions International and other local Ro­ tary Clubs. PHOTO: David Bleazard


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and the fight to finally irradiate theworld of p o l i o . : ' The final response, on be­


half of guests and visitors, came from Mr John Freeman,-: who is the president’s brother- in-law. and hails from Surrey. . Fie remarked on the north- south divide, using examples: from the world of snort. : v


; He said that we all knew


about the rivalry between Manchester United and Chel­ sea, but had we. northerners considered that Surrey cricket team supporters, such as John. Freeman, considered north of the Thames county team Mid­ dlesex as northerners! ■ A sreat evenine ofiellow-


ship and good food was en-


joyedbyail. : • : : . Anyone interested in finding


‘. out more about Rotary, should contact Roland Hailwood oh 01200 424240 or visit the ^ Club’s website (www.clithe- - roerotary.org.uk). The Clithe-'


; roe club is one of the largest in Lancashire and Cumbria. . :


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