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posit a thought for our salutary RVBC Development Council? Not to let the Government’s or other sources of lar­ gesse influence your ultimate finding on the day, but to remember John Dryden’s worthy piece on the Siege of Troy: “Trust not their, presents, nor admit the horse”. Or.it may come back to haunt you in the shape of UKIP.


JOHN B. LEAVER, ’ Whalley


Developer needs


it, Whalley doesn't I WRITE regarding the “As I See It” arti­ cle by Steve McBurney in last week’s Clit- ^ heroe Advertiser.


•this” to make money. That is their one and only objective for this developement never mind the rubbish talked about their “committment to delivering a high quality scheme at Lawtonsteads that will deliver real benefits to Whalley”. From all the articles that have been


! situation. With reference to his article, ' which concentrates solely on the educa­ tion problem, he skirts around the issue without giving any factual committments. Yes, we had a similiar guarantee at


.to this article has not been in attendence, hence his total misunderstanding of the


published over the recent months and the various discussions that have taken place I can only presume that the above author


and have only recently caught up with the correspondence in reference to the vari­ ous planning applications for new housing in Whalley. My first comment would be to correct the heading for this article, mak- , ing it “Commercial Estates Group needs


I have been in hospital for a few months


granted, should we wish to register com­ plaints re. village infrastructural failures, ie. foul sewerage overload etc., one may find our original developer “not avail­ able”, long-gone to exploit pastures new. In closing, may I be bold enough to


tat, every village should have another one thrust upon it, Mr Cameron adding to this airy decree a pearl of wisdom wanting us all to be “happy”. I look forward, in antic­ ipation, to Westminster Village sampling the first one by example. Now that would make me very happy. In the event of a licence to build being


me any more, I may wake to find Lawson- steads Farm sold on to an implausible ac-


that, perhaps,, not all property develop­ ers are intrinsically developers, but will opt to don the land speculator’s mantle should it become financially expedient in the knowledge that if land that can show “a licence to build” tag, it is worth buck­ etloads more than one without (this pre­ supposes that property developers are, by instinct, kosher, which could be my first OTqmioron of the day). Aware that nothing seems to surprise


What is the prime motivation other than the most obvious but unspoken one, which is to condense Whalley’s 1,000- year-old greenfield heritage into a string of digits to squirrel away in an offshore bank; job done. For me, it prompted a line of thought


unabashed sham-altruism. This display of a generosity of spirit towards Whal- ley’s apparent disparate needs was, in my opinion, breathtakingly patronising in its disingenuousness. So rnuch so that it left me to wonder:


made my toes curl I WAS left in toe-curling cringe after reading Steve McBurney’s piece (As I see it, March 17th). It was commendable if only for its


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throughput, causing serious congestion at numerous times throughout the day. With anotlicr few hundred cars, plus service vehicles, the traffic problem will take us back years to when Whalley was choked to a standstill.


here to make money not to improve the. village.


ley, and residents of Whalley, do not be­ lieve a word this company says; they are


Hayhurst Road, Whalley.


Unhappy at huge


hike in hire costs OUR Valley councillors have voted in new increases for the use of the Ribble Valley Borough Council chambers ef- ■ Icctive from April 1st - a building that is tully funded by us, the laiepayers. The hire cost for any charity or recog­


nised community organisation has in­ creased by a massive 90%, putting a tre- m^dous strain on these organisations’


employees on the RVBC worried that they have just kicked many thousands of


But are the Con-Dem councillors and


volunteers and supporters in the teeth’ It appears not. '. They will still get their salaries and pay '


rises and enhanced pensions while we, the underdogs in this land, have to make do with increased living costs and higher


Lanieron stated not long ago (hat all of that our present RVBC


The Leader of these Con-Dems, Mr


in both have suddenly gone quite deaf m both ears on that one, but what vou can


expect from a lot of peopfe who “ran- this Valley’s interests at heart - fromThe C o r n PP"'*"


irom the Con-Dem party is “sod them ing^MayErecSs!''"^


A member of a Ribble Valley Lommunity Organisation


RJ.M.LOEBELL, ‘=0’ ' M.V. BURKE, Councillors, both local and Ribble Val­


company have pretended to address oth­ er problems, such as traffic congestion. Readers will have seen the article in last week’s paper from Susan Earnshaw, of Whalley, describing the chaos that en­ sued from the accidents on the A671. Be­ ing a local resident of Hayhurst Road, we witnessed at first hand the traffic conges­ tion just on Clitheroe Road leading into Whalley that built up in minutes from the traffic diversion. Whalley is already a problem for traffic


which Mr McBurney mentions, however his comments are totally misleading and bear no semblance of facts. There is no money available for increasing the edu­ cation budget, not even enough to spend on improving the existing facilities at our Primary School; I think all local residents are aware of that situation. In previous communications the above


Calderstones, for a school, which was then very cleverly totally ignored and now more houses are being built on llie piece of land kept aside for (he school building. Can we, or should we, believe these build­ ers who are not from the locality, not even anywhere near, and who are solely here to make money from a building project? And yes, they will tell us anything we want to hear abour.promises of their concerns for the local people and the local envi- ronement and then do what makes them more money without any increases in costs. Education is one of the main issues


Follow the debate at www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Tories oppose AV.J


Senior Vice-Chairman of the RibblJ Valley Conservative Association, is still confused. He states that AV is unfair bu J will stand by a system which gives a n’artvl with 26% of the vote 40% of the seals SI Parliament, whilst a party with 23% of the! vote gains only 9% of the seats.


as we will be electing “evciyonc’s second! or third choice”. As most seats arc onivl fought seriously by three candidates iti would need a pretty bizarre result to elect! everybody’s third choice.


He also claims that AV docs not worki I I


is correct, but to bandy the word millions! about with justifying it is scaremonger-l ing. Votes have to be counted under thel present system - does Coun. Hind thinki that it is currently done for free? •


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countries use AV, but doesn’t mention! the many that use PR or single-transfer-j able-vote systems.


He also goes on to say that only three I f


■two parties neither of which were popular I enough to win last May.


Liberal Democrat councillor for I Salthillj


Our big thanks on


behalf of the BHF I WOULD like to say a huge THANK I YOU to all our customers who kindly do-1 nated their cash in aid of our charity, The I British Heart Foundation.


charity day at Barclays in Clitheroe and I Whalley. I would like to thank all the staff I who gave up their time to ensure the day [ was a great success. With all the support from our customers and my team we man­ aged to raise £220 in one day! . , Barclays Bank matched this amount | pound for pound to double the amount..


On Friday, February 25th, we held a


It was a fantastic donation.' ASHLEY WILLIAMS, I


Barclays Branch Manager, | Clitheroe and Whallcy


... and my thanks


gotoBHStoo! JUST to say thank'you to Bowland High School for another great show ast Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights,


“We Will Rock You”. The whole cast were brilliant and the , , .


school must be vciy proud of you all. MRS LAURA BAILEY QUINTON, Hazel Grove, Clitheroe


I DAVID BERRYMAN, I |


150 Labour MPs do not want to see AVj is that they will have less safe seats, MPs[ will have to appeal to more of the elector-1 ate and work harder to achieve their elec-1 tion. By adopting AV we will break the I two party stranglehold on British politics, I


The real reason that the Tory party and L


grain of truth in it, because those of us! who wisli to reform our electoral systeml and make it more democratic want Pro-| portional Representation. But if I was! dying of thirst in the desert I would not| refuse a half pint of water from you be-| cause you would not give me a pint. This! would only be the first step in the reforml of an unfair electoral system that can give! a party with less than 36% of the vote anj overall majority, as occurred in 2005. j That AV would have cost implications!


That no-one wants AV may have a|


no surprise there! ly^ST week’s “article” on the Tory onnnJ sition to the Alternative Vote system wal hardly news, as the old adage savs- “ii.r I keys don’t vote for Christmas”. ^ ’ I It would appear that Coun. Ken Hind I


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The service on Sunday at 10-45 a.m. will be taken by Mrs Kath Taylor, of The Salvation Army, in Nelson. All are wel- come.


Cafe Bar The Cafe Bar in Billing­ ton Community Church will be open as usual on Saturday from 10- 30 a.m. until 1-30 p.m. for the sale of eats and beverages. This is be­ coming very popular so come early so that you don’t miss out.


Tea and chat' At the Tea and Chat af­ ternoon on Thursday, April 7th at 2 p.m. Mrs Barbara Charlson will be showing her exper­ tise on floral arrange­ ments. ■


BOLTON-BY- BOWLAND


Whist drive A whist and domino drive will be held in Bolton- by-Bowland Village Hall on Wednesday, at 7-30 p.m. Admission is £2.50, including supper.


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Garage band A Lancashire folk evening with The Garage Band is being held in Christ Church, Chatburn, to­ morrow evening at 7-30 p.m. Poceeds are for the Church Organ Fund. Tickets £7, including refreshments, from


St Patrick St Patrick’s Day was cel­ ebrated at The Manor House, Chatburn, with the home trimmed with • bunting, shamrocks and leprechauns. Irish whiskey and Guinness


It was also announced during the service that £250 had been raised by church members for “Help for Heroes”.


Community The service on Sunday in Billington Community Church was taken by the Rev. Don Johnson who spoke of “The Trouble to Believe”. A Bible reading from John 3 v 1-17 was Jesus and Nicodemus where Jesus told Nicodemus of the Truth oT be­ ing born again. It was read by Mrs Brenda Geldard. The hymns “Have thine own way Lord”, “Sing to God new songs” and “Im­ mortal invisible” were sung. Flowers for the communion table were provided by the Rev. and Mrs D. Johnson.


accompanied the Irish stew and soda bread.


Everyone had a good day.


CHIPPING


The bingo night to raise much needed funds for new equipment will be on Saturday, April 9th in Chipping Village Hall. Doors open at 6-30 p.m. and it’s eyes down with Leonard Rogerson at 7-45 p.m. Refreshemnts will be served.


CHAOS Chipping Welfare Com­ mittee will be holding its annual fund-rais­ ing bingo on Saturday, March 26th in Chip­ ping Village Hall, doors open 6-30, eyes down 7-45 p.m. Dona­ tions of prizes would be most welcome, but to avoid unnecessary expenditure let Martin and Barbara Butters on 01995-61586 know as soon as possible if you are able to offer a prize or make a donation. Your support is greatly appreciated.


A business meeting fol­ lowed where members discussed the entries


■ for this year’s Regional Rally and a report on the Northern Area competitions weekend was given by Vicki and Richard Seed who ex­ plained to members that competing at such a high level was a very worthwhile experience and they had thor-


They gave a detail de­ scription of touring the east-coast of America where they experi­ enced farming and life on the other side of the “pond” and compared their own businesses of farming and floris- ,tiy to their equivalent over there. They con­ cluded their trip with a tour round New York. Thanks were ejqjressed to Steven and Lizzie for giving up their time to talk to members by Pe­ ter Holden.


Lizzie’s trip Members of Chipping Young F a rm e r s ’ Club met on Monday evening to enjoy a de­ tailed talk by Lizzie Coar, of Samlesbury YFC and Steven Walk­ er of Slaidburn YFC, on their Lancashire YFC Scholarship Trip to the USA.


Baking buns The children at Chipping Early Learners pre­ school have been busy in the kitchen baking buns and cakes to sell to other children and at the Mother and Tod­ dler group in the village hall. All the proceeds will go to Comic Relief.


Next week’s meeting is a ferret racing evening and talk by Jim Read, of Waddington, and members should meet in St Marys Hall at 7- 45 p.m. for what should be a very entertaining evening.


CLAYTON-LE-DALE


Reflexology Mrs Joan Behrens wel­


Mrs Wendy Leeing volun­ teered to receive some reflexology treatment and found it very ben­ eficial. Though it was a very different experi­ ence she thoroughly en­


At the next meeting on Monday, April 11th at


A competition for a small scented cushion was won by Mrs Vivienne Dugmore, Mrs Sue Dickinson, Mrs Valerie Jefferson. Raffle win­ ners were: Mrs Dor­ othy Dixon, Mrs Susan Chambers and Mrs PamEarrey.


joyed it and looked veiy relaxed. She was able to ask lots of questions as were the members.


Reflexology dates back 5,000 years or more. Chinese, Egyptians and Indians worked on pressure points on the feet to promote good health. Pressure points are linked by energy pathways to all parts of the body and this holis­ tic healing technique works on inducing a state of balance and harmony, encouraging the body to heal itself.


He is a former BT engi­ neer who gave up his job in 1998 to become a full-time, qualified re­ flexologist.


He said he first became interested in reflexol­ ogy following a serious injury in a lift accident when his spine was badly damaged and the medical profession could no longer offer any effective treat­ ment. Reflexology was suggested and after his first treatment experi­ enced four days of eu­ phoria at the release of the trauma. Following continued treatment he made a good recoveiy.


The speaker was Mr Peter Tomlinson on reflexol­ ogy. He is also a quali­ fied EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Practitioner.


comed members to the meeting of Clayton-Ie- Dale WI in Salesbury Memorial Hall when they were reminded of a “Ladies In Harmony” concert in Longridge High School, BBC Manchester trip and the spring council meet­ ing at Southport.


oughly enjoyed the op­ portunity to represent Lancashire YFC.


7-30 p.m. in Salesbury Memorial Hall, the speaker will be Mr Nick Haigh on “The Work of a Countryside Ranger”. The competition is for a decorated hard-boiled egg. New members ar.d visitors are most wel-


DOWNHAM


A Jacob’s join supper was, as always, varied and delicious.


At the April meeting Anna Dakin and Beth


President Julie Parker was delighted to present thank you gifts to Anne and Gordon and., thanked the committee for creating an enjoy­ able evening.


, Thomber will bespeak­ ing about their experi­ ences working at an or­ phanage in Tanzania.


GISBURN


Young farmers Members of Gisburn


Young Farmers’ Club


There was a reminder of talents/donations required for the Arts, Crafts and Hobbies Ex­ hibition on May 29th. This event will also include the film “The Way We Were”, tom­ bola and cake stalls, displays of Downham archives, about Den­ man College and Asso­ ciated Country Women of the World. Coffee and home-made bis­ cuits in the morning. Tea and cream scones in the afternoon. All welcome.


A newsletter contain­ ing WI news was given out which included a variety of forthcoming events. An adventure to Grizedale Forest, walking treasure hunt, Japanese quilting, cro­ quet taster day to name a few.


Unfortunately the short comedy organised by Joyce Plumridge could not take place as she was ill.


When viewed by members and their guests at this year’s party, you can imagine the many dif­ ferent responses. The memories came flood­ ing back, followed by much chuckling as they listened again to the witticism of Ger­ ald Holden the guest speaker.


Special film what would you say if you saw yourself on film? The opportunity arose as Downham WI mem­ ber Mrs Anne Sharp along with her husband Gordon, had prepared a special film of last year’s 90th birthday celebrations at Mytton Fold.


Senior boys, - Michael Newbould.


Results: Junior boys - Matthew Middleton, Jake Stanworth, Chris Thompson, Girls - An­ nabel Coar, Joanne Oldfield, Jenny Adam­ son.


Results: Dairy cows: Jun­ iors - Isaac Wrathall;


The next meetings are: Festival Hall for darts


Master judges were Mr and Mrs Robinson. Many thanks to all for a very enjoyable evening.


• on Monday at 7-30 p.m. and pottery painting at Backridge, Wadding­ ton. on March 28th members to meet in Gisbum at 7 p.m.


Bags for school The Friends of Gisburn


So if you are Spring clean­


School will be holding another Bags 4 School Collection. Last year an amazing £600 was raised for the school through the recycling of old clothes, curtains, shoes and bed linen. The date for the Spring collection is Friday, May 6th at 9 a.m. from the Festival Hall car parlc


ing and have any dona­ tions, please contact Alison Pilkington 012()0 445543 to arrange col­ lection.


Mothers’ union At the start of their • March meeting, Gis­ burn Mothers’ Union members paid sincere and loving tribute to the memory of the late


Trevor and Lesley Mar- klew took members on a tour from East to West along part of the course of .the River Danube, illustrated with superb slides and light-hearted informa­ tive commentary.


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. .Mrs Annie Jackson, re­ membering her cheer­ ful spirit and warm gen­ erosity over many years. A loyal MU member and friend who will be greatly missed.


Cup cakes: Annie Pilking- tbn; Annabelle Robin­ son; Rebecca Harper.


joint 2nd Billy Harper, Fred Wrathall and Jack Crocker. Seniors - Joseph Ormerod; Ri­ chard Hartley; Michael Newbould.


The previous week mem­ bers met at Wedacre Farm, Gisburn, home of Mr and Mrs M. White, to judge dairy cows and decorate cup cakes.


Master judge was Mr Bob Lancaster. Thanks were expressed for an excel­ lent evening.


travelled to Mr and Mrs Mark Hartley’s at Roughlee to judge beef cattle.


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