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THE sanitary inspector was doing the rounds and reported some of his find ings in this week’s paper: “One house has been condemned at Paythorne as unfit for human habitation and another one is under close observation. In the latter case, the man pays no rent and is rather bad to manage. During the year of the inspection, 200 houses were subject to in vestigation. The registers are presented to the council and where nuisances ex ist, they are reported on and attended to as soon as possible. The difficulty with a house-to-house inspection within my dis trict is that they are so far apart, journey after journey being necessary, it will at least take the whole of this year before the work is overtaken in full.”
. ered together to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Eliza beth II in June 1953. “Hang on a minute,” I hear
THIS week’s nugget of nos talgia, simplied by reader Mrs Audrey Clayton (nee Procter), shows the residents of Peel Street, in Clitheroe, all gath-
held until June 2iid, 1953, by which time Elizabeth had ac tually been Queen for more than a year. Which takes us back
to.the festivities at'Peel : Street, no doubt replicated in ■
to the throne on the death of her father. King George VI, in February 1952, but in line with tradition it was not fitting to conduct all the joyous pomp and ceremony of a Coronation during the period of mourning for the old King. . So the Coronation was not
some of you ask,'“if the Queen was crowned in 1953 how come we’re celebrating her Diamond Jubilee - her 60-year reign - this year, 2012, and not next year, 2013?” Well, the Queen ascended ,
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,ing such turmoil. ■ ; • Recently Ribble Valley Borough Coun cil’s planning committee approved a pro-
tions, planning applications, appeals, de velopers’ claims to bring improvements for everyone and so forth, it is no wonder that people-are wondering what is creat-
What with Core Strategies, consulta
THINK it is fair to say that the Valley is bewildered by the com ings and goings of house building issues at present.
; posal to change its house building target from 3,000 to a staggering 4,000 houses to be built by the year 2028. Is it they that should be blamed for the turmoil? They say not and that some of this
^ by Nick Walker
Chairman of Save Whalley Village Action Group
number have already been built or already ■ have planning permission. That gives us no comfort. Perhaps it is the planning of ficers who proposed this change, do we , blame them? We are told that there is a desperate need for house building in the valley. Here in Whalley there are 79 hous es unsold within a one-mile radius of the village centre. Can’t be the market creat ing the problem then can it? Similar situations are arising all over
. arms but nobody listened. They’re not lis tening to us either, that is the frustration. The frustration is heightened by state
ments from Ministers, even the Prime Minister, that local people can decide on house building issues. The Localism Bill ensures this, they tell us. Sadly it is not the case. The Government’s drive to stimulate
lookingback 50 years ago
LIVERPOOL FC announced they had. signed Burnley Reserve’s 24-year-old goalkeeper Jim Furnell, of Henthorn Road, Clitheroe. An old boy of Clitheroe .Royal Grammar School, Fumell had been a professional with Burnley since' the age of 17 and would have been eligible for the FA Cup ties if Liverpool had not been knocked out by Preston North End. • One of the best-khown and respected
men in the town, Capt. Frank Mitchell QBE, was profiled by Brian Edwards. The 91-year-old son of Clitheroe was educated at CRGS, later joining the family paper making business, founded at Primrose in 1860 by his grandfather. He and a few friends later formed the Clitheroe and District Golf Club at Horrocksford.
the country. I read weekly in the national press of plans to build huge numbers of houses in the countryside thus destroying farm land and beautiful landscapes. Only last week I read of plans to build 2,000 houses at Sandleford Park, near Newbury. Those of you who have read the book or seen the film Watership Down will see the irony here of developers building over the site on which the story was based. Fanta^ becomes reality! Local people were up in
fore the election and bought into that, believing what we were told about local decision making. I’m struggling to find any mention of the NPPF and its require ments in the election manifesto. What the manifesto does say is that building targets will be abolished and that “people in each neighbourhood will be able to specify what kind of development they want to see in their area”.: What should have been add ed to that statement was that the Govern ment will decide how much development. That is the crux of the problem.
the economy through house building, its partnership with developers enshrined in the National Planning and Policy Frame work (NPPF) and its house building tar gets, all lie directly behind the problems we are facing. The Government’s policies are enforced through its Planning Inspec torate which judges, on behalf of the Gov ernment, whether or not a district’s house building target is in line with Government targets. If not, they will refuse to accept it, allowing developers to fill the gaps unchal lenged until the
district.comes up with an “acceptable” figure. We heard of the Localism agenda be
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get their thinking caps on! BROWNIES. Rainbows and Guides all over the P F iK S iE i iT B I i lT i iT IS T rR ^ ? ^
thought about how far the toppings - bananas, lemon, sugar and chocolate spread - had trav elled. The theme for 2012 World Thinking Day was “We can save our planet”, and Gisbum Pri mary School joined with many Ribble Valley schools in allowing Girl Guiding members to wear their Guiding uniforms to school. Gisbum Brownies and Rainbows helped mn
BROWNIES, Rainbows and Guides all over the UK celebrated Thinking Day on February 22nd, along with more than 10 million Girl Guides and Girls Scouts Worldwide. In Gisbum the Brownies made pancakes and
the school assembly by telling everyone about Brownies, Rainbows, Guides and Thinking Day, and the whole school joined in to imagine an en vironmentally friendly plate of food - chicken, peas and potato - and how to get it home, cook It and tidy up afterwards in the most climate friendly way. Mrs Grimshaw, headmistress at Gisbum and
a past Brownie herself, was given a big Thank You for encouraging the Brownies to lead the assembly in line with Guiding’s aim of enabling girls to have a voice.
A feather in his (lens) cap 2 5 y ea r sa g o
“A GRAND total of 5,543 people swarmed into Clitheroe’s Civic Hall to see the surprise smash hit film, Paul Hogan’s ‘Crocodile Dundee’. Packed houses in the first 10 days demanded - and got - an extended run of a further week. Shedding not a single crocodile tear, staff described the mighty audienc es as being ‘just like the old days’.” • The proposed twinning of Clitheroe
with the German town of Oberkirch was to be discussed at an informal reception on March 23rd in the Clitheroe Mayor’s parlour. The Mayor had invited repre sentatives of local organisations to at tend the meeting, as two members of the Oberkirch twinning committee would be visiting Clitheroe at the end of March.
PHQTOGRAPHER Reg Whittam, owner of The Garth Dawson Studio in Accrington, has received an award from the British Institute of Profes sional Photography to mark his 20-year membership of this, the worlds longest established body representing the profession. Reg was born in the Ribble
recognises his “constant uphold ing of the aims and standards of the institute”. Reg commented: “I have worked as a professional photographer now for almost 30 years, covering eve^hing from portraits and weddings (almost 1,000!) to commercial shoots and even funerals. “I have always strived to offer
Valley and lived in Billington for 26 years before moving to Accrington, where his business is based. He attended Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and is proud to call himself an Old Chtheronian. The BIPP Long Service Award
most respected name in our industry and sets standards for photography across the world. To receive this recognition from them was a great surprise and a great honour.”
the highest quality of service to all my clients, whether they be members of the public, TV and film stars, local or international companies.” He added: “The BIPP is the
LENS MAN: Reg Whittam, owner of The Garth Dawson Studio in Accr in^on, with his award from the British Institute of Professional Pho tography.
Two Ribble Valley pubs feature in top Gastropubs
TWO Ribble Valley pubs have been list ed in the top 50 gastropubs in the UK The Three Fishes, at Mittpn, and the
who is also the head chef, and Aga Smith, has been acclaimed for the quality of its food. “It offers its diners fantastic qual
ity food in the warm atmosphere of the pub and plays an important role in the community and richly deserves its place among the top 50” said Rob Willock, group editor of the Publican’s Morning Mvertiser, which organises the awards.
Thought For The Week
old photo, which showed the late Tom Guy at the wheel of his milk collection lorry in 1940, we.have received some new information from Mrs Joyce Stott, of Waddington.’ She is the daughter of the
many other Clitheroe streets and across the whole country. Jumping back to last week’s
inson of Waddington, which Tom drove for. t We wrongly stated last week
m Clitheroe, where the photo was taken, was originally the local Milk Marketing Board premises. .In fact it belonged
hat the Croft Street depot,
late Leonard Robinson, who founded the business, L. Rob
“will God forgive me”. Usually the enquirer doesn’t want me to
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to Mr Robinson’s private en terprise long before he sold it to the Milk Marketing Board during the war. We also spccu-1 dated that Mr Robinson prob ably ran several such collection lorries, and Mrs Stott confirms that indeed he did - she has a photo of the fleet lined up ouF | side the Croft Street depot.
NE of the constant conversa tions'! often get dragged into is, “will I go to heaven”, or
answer truthfully. No, what they are seek ing is an answer in the positive - yes you will. As a publicly confessed Christian, a “Buff” and a Freemason, I believe that • there is someone or something far greater than I in my life. In my case it’s Jesus, the carpenter of
Nazareth’s son. Others belieye in the Christ yet to come, when he comes they go together into that everlasting life of eter
■' er than yourself helps to generate an inner sense of humility and humbleness, in turn generating a sense of worth and v in e as a member of society at large, an equal tod, neither above nor below other people but equal to other people.
don’t believe in God, Christ or the Holy Spirit why are you worrying about being forgiven by Him? Or for that matter, wor rying about going to Heaven? If you don’t • believe, then in your book there is nothing to worry about, is there... or is there? A belief in someone or something great-
nity. Either way we believe in the Salva tion of Jesus the Christ, the Son of God. My reply to the question above is, if you
person to show that all h um a ^n d is an equal in His eyes, even those who do not yet know of the great creator of the entire universe and the beyoiid. If you don’t believe in a hell or a heav
The creator came in the guise of a
en, then you have nought to fear. Or have you? Look in the mirror and ask yourself who
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REV. DON JOHNSON Minister of Billington Community Church
created this miracle of beauty, elegance and worth. If in doubt, ask. The truth is out there.
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GUIDING LIGHT: a Rainbow, a Brownie and a Guide wear ing their uniforms to Gisburn Pri mary School as part of Thinking Day 2 0 12 .
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