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would play havoc BIAS the anonymous letter writer who recommends Spanish-style speed humps considered the consequences? Yes, they would certainly slow traffic


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; disturbs those residents unlucky enough to live alongside them. While the con­ sequent bouncing up and down may be uncomfortable for car occupants, pity the poor tradesman with a van full of tools and materials, and would you like to be a patient in an ambulance traversing one of them? Emergency vehicles of all types would


nority of irresponsible motorists do drive at excessive speeds.-While there is no easy solution to this problem, speed humps are most certainly not the answer. . ANTHONY A. COOPER, Peel Park Avenue, Clitheroe


Let me assure you,


a particular road, then the Police Traffic Management Facilitator with meet with officers of the local council to consider placing speed recording equipment on the road and subsequently examine any engineering measures that could be in­ troduced to reduce the general speed of motorists. Enforcement of general road traffic leg­


. days throughout the county, which focus on making roads safer in Lancashire by having road side check sites on main roads where enforcement is carried out. These take place regularly in the Rib­


driving has reaction times around 50% slower and is four times more likely to have an accident, and in 2009 21% of car occupants who were killed in collisions were not wearing a seat belt, these offenc­ es are ^ven a h i^ priority. I can'assure the writers of the previous


letters that were it not for the, constraints of the Data Protection Act, I could name


ble Valley and a high number of Fixed Penalty Notices are issued every month by local officers, supported by the Divisional Road Policing Unit. Officers on general patrol also proactively issue Fixed Penalty Notices every day of the week. a person using a mobile phone while


islation is given a very high priority in the Ribble Valley. In particular, several times a month we run “Operation Pathway”


cently been introduced, so their impact has not yet been fully assessed. However, if there are concerns regarding a particular road, the Community Road Watch team will attend. This is a team that consists of two Special Constables, plus volunteers, who will carry but silent, though highly visible, speed checks. Warning letters will then be sent out to offending motorists. If there are major problems concerning


laws are enforced IN reply to the two letters that have ap­ peared in recent issues of The Clitheroe Advertiser regarding the local police and enforcement of road traffic legislation, I would like to make the following points: The 20mph speed limits have only re­


be delayed. There is also the damaging ef­ fect on the vehicle’s suspension and tyres, whOe the weight of the vehicle bouncing down damages the road itself and the ground-transmitted vibrations can lead to structural damage to adjacent buildings. It is an unfortunate fact of life that a mi­


tion and harm^l emissions, but the noise Dismayed at state


down, especially as at six inches (150mm) high tiiey are more than twice the recom­ mended height of 70mm. Every vehicle approaching would have to brake, change down gear and then change up again and accelerate once across the hump. This not only increases fuel consump­


several hundred motorists who have been issued Fixed Penalty Notices in the Ribble Valley in the past 12 months for using a mobile phone or not wearing a seat belt while dnving. If any motorists are complacent with


- are not, and w^ continue to prosecute of­ fenders.


regard to complying with Road Traffic law, I can a^ure them that the local police


Ribble Valley Neighbourhood Police Team, CUtheroe Police Station.


of war memorial I AM very disheartened and dismayed to have viewed the Sawley War Memorial, which is in a very poor condition with the names of those who fell virtually unread­ able. I contacted the Sawley, Gisbum and Bolton-by-Bowland Parish Council who responded that they have had no interest from the local community in this memo­ rial and have stated that they will keep this “under review” and thanked me for my interest! What does that mean? I would have thought they would have


lors and those who are concerned with Sawley, a beautiful area. The memorials at Bolton-by-Bowland and Gisbum are well cared for and all credit to those in­ volved with them. I would appeal to the local community


over the past few years as well as a Qmnty Councillor would also be responsible for this area and again sadly nothing done - why not I wonder? It can’t all be down to cost as the Heritage Lottery, along with a national newspaper, are willing to help


willing to help restore the memorial and no help is given from the local Parish Council, do please contact me. I wonder if the local Parish would even give a grant


So is it just apathy on the part of all who should care? If any local residents from Sawley are


towards its restoration if I, or even a local resident, applied?


(Tel: 01254 823012) Same arguments


apply at Standen I NpTE from last week’s Clitheroe Ad- vertiser that the QC representing Rib- ble Valley Borough Council referred to the unsustainable and isolated nature of the development, outside4he settle­ ment boundary, which will result in over reuance on the use of the private car as the preferred means of transport for the residents of the development contrarv to national and local policy*.


He was in fact arguing against the


MelDiackMBE, Mitton Road, Whalley


should really be sorted by the local com­ munity. I am presuming a series of councillors


of Sawley to please contact Bruce Dowles, the clerk for the Parish of Sawley, to offer support for this memorial and more im­ portantly for the men who gave their lives for freedom and liberty as it would appear nobody in authority is now interested in them. If nobody is interested then I s h ^ try my best to do what I can, but again this


chairman or his or her representative and other local dignatories, I presume, lay a wreath and yet they have no interest or the will to improve the memorial. As each year goes by the names will be less likely to be able to be saved. Shame on all you local Parish Council­


said “we shall get this sorted”. I offered to assist with this but not even a “no thanks”! Every November the Parish Council


SGT1003 JOHN LINDSEY,


Henthorn Road development, but his words perfectly describe the “Standen Village’’ development.


tion would anyone from the council be prepared to explain the real reason why the Henthom Road development is being fought against while the Standen Village development is being pursued so deter­ minedly in the face of so much local op­ position?


R.M. WILLIAMS, Claremont Drive


Clitheroe I will light to keep


Valley beautiful I HAVE lots of questions and concerns about the housing being built in the Rib- ble.Valley. I understand, as a parent living here, we


e.g. Primrose Mill instead of fields; where will the wildlife go? Have we not already lost a rare and precious otter from the brook due to budding houses on its water course? What will our tourists think, a lot come


the NHS when there is no money for Qit- heroe Hospital? Why can’t only brownfield sites be used


and stay on the caravan site at Edisford and a lot walk the Ribble Valley Way, this will all be affected? You must decide where you want to


live. I will fight to keep my beautiful Rib­ ble Valley, won’t you? NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED


show their disapproval for housing de­ velopers being allowed to swallow all the green belt areas for building, it doesn’t ap­ pear to make any difference to the plan­ ning application outcome. They are nearly ^ways passed. Why should this be? Where is our elected MP on this issue? Does Lancashire County. Council and


prove disastrous’ AN article in The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times last week discussed yet another housing development for 150 houses to be built in Whalley, bounded by Mitton Road, Ridding Lane, Broad Lane and the A59 bypass. Although most residents in Whalley


Ribble Valley Borough Council want Whalley to be a huge housing estate to generate more funds for them? Do they know that if planning permission is given to the developers to go ahead, it could prove to be disastrous because this area


form any prospective house buyer of this situation.


m r g . h a r d m a n ,


Mitton Ready Whalley


can be subject to flooding? I feel that it will be my moral duty to in­


Homes here ^coiild


that these people will require to get a mortgage.T^e they only going to use Rib­ ble Valley tradesman, giving us the work and money we need? Do we have enough school places? Certainly not at the second­ ary schools. How long will the queues be at the train crossing as the traffic will only have one access/exit, Henthom Road? How will the GP centre be funded by


estate agents and in the local paper to see how many are up for sale at market price. Do we need more or are we being conned? Where are all the jobs coming from


need more affordable housing and we are constantly being told these are the houses being built. But out of all the plans that I have looked at, this is not the case. Out of the 270 homes planned for Henthom, only 81 are classed as affordable. We only have to look around the streets,


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BILLINGTON


Lady Randy The meeting of Billington


. members and guests. She then introduced speaker Pat Osborne, who gave a very inter­ esting and highly amus­ ing and informative talk about Sir Winston Churchill’s mother, “Lady Randy”. She was thanked by Jean Price.


and Lan^o WI opened with the vice-president Beryl Salter welcoming


After conducting the busi­ ness part of the evening the Mrs Slater an­ nounced a Lancashire County WI special event to be held on the July 19th at Haigh Hall, Wigan to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Ju­ bilee.' Two trips have been arranged one for November 9th to Har­ rogate Craft Show and the other on Novem­ ber 23rd to Chatsworth House.


The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 10th at 7-45 p.m. in St Mary’s Parish Hall, York Lane, Langho, when all members and visitors will be made most welcome.


BOLTON-BY- BOWLAND


Whist drive The next whist and dom­


ino drive in Bolton- by-Bowland Village Hall will take place on Wednesday, March 28th at 7-30 p.m. There is a supper and raffle and everyone is wel­ come.


-In order to determine how best to sow seeds, it is necessary to know what type of plant is to be produced: annual, hardy, half-hardy, bien­


Gardening club New chairman of Bol- land Gardening Club, BoIton-by-Bowland, Mr Henry Rowntree introduced Marguerite Hughes, a lecturer in gardening at Chorley College, who was mak­ ing a welcome return visit. The course she runs at the college used to be entitled “Plants for Free”, but after a man turned up to ask for his free plants, she decided that it would be better to call it “Seed Sowing”, which was the subject of her talk.


A competition for Win­ ston Churchill memo­ rabilia was won by Mar- garet Walker-Smith, Christine Seedall and Jean Hayes. Raffle win­ ners were Glenis Skel- ton, Noreen Turner and Ann Aspin.


Birthday flowers were pre­ sented to Ann Aspin.


Thanks were given by Mrs Pam Berry and refresh­ ments were provided by Mrs Charlton, Mrs Cunningham and Mrs Rowntree. .


All seeds need to be sown in proper seed compost or John Innes No.l, as they require little or no nutrients; multi-pur­ pose compost should not be used. To avoid problems with damping off and having far too many seedlings to prick out, she recommended not to sow the whole packet, but only what is required. She then did a demontration, empha­ sising the importance of filling the seed tray or pot almost to the top to allow light to get to the seeds. 'Water sparingly before sowing the seeds thinly, cover with a thin layer of vermic'ulite, then water sparingly again, before covering with a lid until germina­ tion commences.


She asked how many of those present had raised plants from seed and what problems, if any, they had had, which enabled her to answer many queries. She went on to describe the requirements of dif­ ferent seeds; some need sowing fresh, others not, while some require stratification (cold treatment) in order to mimic nature.


nial or perennial. She passed round many dif­ ferent packets of seeds in order to involve the audience in deciding the best approach for different plants.


a talk by James Ne- whouse on his trip to Australia. Members to meet in the village hall at7-45p.m.


CHATBURN


Wonderful music An evening of wonderful music will take place at 7-30 p.m. tomor­ row (Friday) in Christ Church, Chatbum.


Tickets are £7 and in­ clude wine, tea, coffee, cake and biscuits and are available from tel. 01200 441624 or 01254 384893.


A variety of songs from opera, the musicals and pop will be performed by the sensational young soprano Grace O’Malley. Also on the bill is The Preston Flute performing superb musical harmonies of popular pieces from classical to pop.


Proceeds are to be shared between the church and Hope for Justice - against human traf- ficlmg.'


Egg hunt An Easter egg hunt will


The next meeting will be on April 11th when well-known TV person­ ality Christine Walkden will give a talk on “Her­ baceous Borders and their Plants”.


Young farmers Members of Bolton-by- Bowland Young Farm­ ers’ Club attended a joint regional meeting


Last Sunday 14 members went to the County Rural Skills Day where they competed m many events including tug- of-war and a 100m run in wellies. The weather was lovely and everyone had a great day with all the members doing very well in their respective events. Tomorrow is the County. Quiz to be held at Darwen Cricket


Next week’s meeting is


. Club. The cost is £5pp including supper if you book wi£ Laura Airton on 07725514530.


. the Special Constabu­ lary for Lancashire. It was both informative and entertaining and everyone enjoyed the evening.


. hosted by Salmesbury YFC. It was a talk by the chief officer of


start from The Brown Cow, Chatburn. at 11 a.m. on April 7th. Teams will have fun in finding clues around Chatburn, followed with a family party on return to The Brown Cow. All entrants will be rewarded, and there will be the opportu­ nity for a contribution towards the entry of The Best-Kept Village Competition. This will be'a great fun day for all the family. This is in the series of community fund raising activities leading up to the Chat- bum Diamond Jubilee Celebrations. All sur­ plus proceeds are to be donated to North West Air Ambulance.


Manor House St Patrick’s Day was cel­ ebrated at The Manor


House, Chatbum, with the home trimmed with flags, shamrocks and Leprachauns. An Irish wordsearch and quiz was followed by Irish stew and soda bread on the menu.


DUNSOP BRIDGE


WI At the meeting of Dunsop


Bridge WI Mrs S. 'Win­ stanley was chairman and welcomed every­ one. She introduced the speaker Mr Peter Foley, of Waddington, who along with Liz spoke on planting Alpines and spring flowers. He gave a slide show of flowers and plants that could be planted for spring in


_ choose plants for their own containers to plant and take home. Thanks were expressed to Mr Foley by Mrs S. Mason.


tubs and troughs, and in the garden. Everyone then had the chance to


441507 or any member of St Ambrose Church, Grindleton. Proceeds are in aid of St Ambrose Church Funds.


A competition for a fa­ vourite garden tool was won by Mrs M. Cowk- ing, Mrs Winstanley and Mrs M. Beattie.


Mother’s A special service for Moth­ ering Sunday was held


At the April meeting the speaker will be Gordon Bartley whose talk is entitled “Same Country Different Money” and the competition is for a humoms postcard. Tea hostesses will be Maty Cook and Mary Cowk­ ing.


The raffle was won by Mrs Winstanley and birthday flowers were presented to Mrs A. Marsden.


GISBURN


. Muir and appropriately for the day, Ethan, son of Mr and Mrs D. Cap- stick was baptised and welcomed into the fam­ ily of the church.


Daffodils On a bright spring morn­ ing Gisburn Parish Church was well-filled for the Mothering Sun­ day service, led by the Rev. Neil Kendrick. Mothers’ Union mem­ ber Mrs Hilda Wad­ dington read tthe les­ son and daffodil sprays and Mothering Sunday cards were presented to children to give to mums and grannies by churchwarden Mrs Jen­ nie Gomall. Organist was Mr Thomas


During the evening Mrs Winstanley presented Mrs B. Clarkson and Mrs M. Beattie with gift tokens for their services as treasurer and presi­ dent respectively. She also presented Mrs M. Cowking with a rose tree on the occasion of. her golden wedding.


in St Ambrose Church, Grindleton last Sunday morning. The service was conducted by the Rev. Canon D. Bruno. During the service po­ sies of daffodils were blessed and then hand­ ed out to every member of the congregation by the children.


Proceeds will go towards a bursary to send a mem­ ber to take a course of her choice at Denman College, the WI’s own college in Oxfordshire.


HARROP FOLD


Later, over coffee and bis­ cuits the congregation mingled in cheerfiil fel­ lowship.


GRINDLETON


.Music in the air An evening of musical en­


It will be an evening of good music and fine musical talent. Tick­ ets are £7-50 each and include tea or coffee and are available from Carol Pye tel: 01200


tertainment has been arranged for Friday, April 20th at 7-30 p.m. in West Bradford Vil­ lage Hall when The Grand Choir conduct­ ed by Olivia Mason will be joined by soloists from Bowland High School and Ribblesdde School.


Alan spoke on the Cross of Christ and how. He died in place of Barabus then, but now the Cross extends to all. Alan’s next visit is in July.


Tonight there will be a PowerPoint presenta­ tion by Martin Light- foot, of Knaresborough, who is a Christian ar­ chaeologist. The meet­ ing starts at 7^5 p.m. All are welcome.


Sunday next the guest speaker will be Maurice Longton, of Bentham. The service begins at 2 p.m. and all are invited.


i Village news continues on the next page


Fellowship Sunday last Harrop Chris­ tian Fellowship wel­ comed the Rev. Alan Reeve, internationai Bible teacher. Lynn Jones read a letter of appreciation from a recipient of a gift of the Shoe Box Appeal and Geoff Aitchson gave a description of a remark­ able healing having re­ cently taken place.


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Bingo Memijers and friends of Grindleton WI are looking forward to the annual bingo evening, held tonight in St Am­ brose School and start­ ing promptly at 7-15 p.m. A lasagne supper and choice of desserts will be provided by Tim of Waddington Cafe. Those attending are reminded to bring their own drinks and glasses.


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