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the years ! have lived here, hun­ dreds of what would have been potential vacancies for new gen­ erations have disappeared for­ ever. Young people starting out, whether working class unskilled labour or middle class graduates, were able to find employment with a pay packet sufficient,to.enable them to bring up a family. The ma­ jority of people who lived in coun­ cil houses or other types of social housing paid rent from wages, not benefits, and contributed to the local economy instead of taking resources from it. We. had real jobs and real in­


■ should be built we fail to see that thejyery lifeblood and vitality of the area is seeping away. The val­ ley, is turning into something of a cross between ah, “Escape to the . Country’f .fOr yety well off people arid a’vety lafjge old folks hoirie. Neither’ grpup spends enough money in local towns to sustain' prosperity. Who will buy the new properties? ■ Affordable housing will only


• - Let’s have a reality check. While we jpohdef the rights an“3 wrongs of how many new brick.boxes


be cheaper as compared to other valley property - still far more expensive than ones in other lo­ cal towns. Will families who need social housing actually be in a po­ sition to pay rent or council tax? Most people lucl^ enough to be in employment will have to travel out of town - behind the fleets of buses and taxis taking their kids to school. •


to leave the v5ley. Decisions con­ cerning local development are be­ ing made purely because money has already been spent on drawing . up badly thought out plans - plans made before a financial collapse - not now relevant or wise; deci­ sions made by councillors whose constructive input is limited to de­ claring that more taxis for school kids will be needed. If we care we need to make more noise......


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industry provides a full.spectrum of jobs that benefits very large and varied sections of the wider popu­ lation paying adequate.yages. ^


dustry. What industry do we have now? Can the lads and lasses who normally would have followed their relatives into factories and offices find similar employment in our other so-called main indus­ tries? How many men are bring­ ing up families from’ toiling in the tourist industry or working in care homes? These are not industries. Afrue


enough volunteers have come for­ ward to take redundancy”. No, it’s hot okay. Whilst it lessens the ihiseiy and worry of being cast into uheihployment in the short-term, for the remaining employees we forget that the job itself, the po­ sition, is usually gone forever. In this lastyearmany more jobs have been lost with a strong possibility of more to follow. In the Ribble Valley alone, over


I’VE always found it strange how some people fail to appreciate the long-term and lasting effects of job losses. . You know, the “it’s okay because


Can you spare


an hour or two? I AM writing on behalf of all the Marie Curie Nurses in Lancashire to appeal for your readers’ help


simple - an hour or two of your time. The Great Daffodil Appeal is Marie Curie Cancer Care’s big­ gest annual fundraising event, when we ask people to wear daffo­ dil badges and snow their support for the charity.


during our Great Daffodil Appeal in March. We’re asking for something very


give you the immense satisfaction of knowing you’ve made a real difference. If you are interested, please phone the Community Fundraising Team now on 01254 855040 or visit www.mariecurie. org.uk/daffodil to register online. SOPHIE McCOY,


Marie Curie Cancer Care


Help needed in bridge quest


I WOULD like to use the paper to help me in a quest for a photo­ graph I need. Four years ago the old Spring


- eventually become local history. Unfortunately I was unable to


Moviemakers I filmed the demo­ lition and rebuilding in order to make a short documentary,'which will then join our film libra^ of lo­ cal events and changes which will


Bridge over the River Ribble at Low Moor was demolished and replaced by a wooden structure. As a member of Ribble Valley


get a photograph of the old bridge whilst it was still intact and am asking if anyone has such a pho­ tograph. It can be from any angle and with or without people on it and does not need to show the whole bridge, although that is pre­ ferred. If someone is willing to let me


have sight of such a photograph I would be most grateM and can ac­ cept it in digital format by e-mail, or disc, or I can scan the photo­ graph and return it to the owner very promptly, since I know pho­ tographs can be very precious. RICHARD DUGDALE, Park Avenue Clitheroe


Thanks for help wither Trust


party fund-raiser is on hold for this year until we get the house finished, we raised a massive £650. This has been sent to the gene


I WOULD just like to say a huge thank you to people who donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, Although Sophie’s yearly tea


make this year’s Great Daffodil Appeal a blooming big success. All we’re asking for is an hour or two of your time to help us collect do­ nations in your area by taking part in a street collection, delivering daffodil boxes to local shops, or even organising your own collec­ tion with your friends. By collect­ ing for just two hours you could raise a whopping £80 - enough to provide four hours of Marie Curie nursing to a terminally ill person. Give us your time, and we can


We urgently need your help to


without whom my constant battle to keep Sophie well would be a lot more stressful. ANDREA HOLGATE, Neddy Lane, Billington,


to The Dog Inn in Whalley, who have continued to support the Cystic Fibrosis Trust since Sophie was diagnosed in 2006. They have been good firiends to me, for which I am grateful. Thank you to both our families,


Ramblings of


gested as a diversion to the tedious January doom and equally gloomy weather, we could recuperate and rejuvenate our bodies and souls. We should, he said, take a gentle sojourn in Hurst Green and per­ ambulate the woods and lanes of that pretty little village. I, dear reader, am a very reluc­


■declined his suggestions. He, being of a rather amorous


tant rambler, being of a naturally indolent, languid nature, so at first


put pen to paper and write to The Clitneroe Advertiser and Times (and also because I have lost the address of the above ladies) and so through the kind pages of the paper, I send a missive to the dear ladies - please let us do it again! And ladies, write to me though the pages of The Clitheroe Advertiser andTimes. LAD Y CAROLINE MOUTON (alias Gill Hall), GregsonLane,


Hoghton, Preston


did, I admit, say how much I would love another such adventure. It is for this reason I once again


taken aback! Had I been so much of a gossip with Mrs l^ye? I don’t think so. She told me that the la­ dies Rimmer, Bailey and Holden (they who had provided our evening of mystety, intrigue and sumptuous dining) had equally enjoyed our time at St John’s Old Hall. I’ve reminisced the events and I


flowing with gentle walks that I do believe I could almost overcome my aversion to rambling. As I told ray dear husband this, he looked at me quizzically and said; “Oh, those of a walking nature, or those of a feminine verbal nature?” Oh, dear reader, I was quite


and persistent nature, cajoled and harried me into acceptance with the added proviso of high tea at one of the local hostelries and a brief visit to our dear friends, the Kayes of Green Gore Farm. This delightful village is so over­


quisite event have led my husband and I to seek the enchantment of that delightful little village, Hurst Green, once again. My husband, dear John, sug­


‘Lady Caroline^ IT has been some six weeks since my husband and I and our fellow companions of family and friends attended that wonderful Victorian evening of sumptuous dining and costume extravaganza in St John’s Old School Hall, Hurst Green. Our recollections of such an ex­


therapy programme, which is hop­ ing to start phase two, which if successful will have found how to replace the faulty gene that causes cystic fibrosis, ending the everyday battle to stay well for most of its suffers and their families. Please could I say thank you


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