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THE Sainsbury’s store in Clit heroe has donated £250 to help fund ongoing refurbishment work at a local club for the eld erly. Store manager Rob Green do
nated the funds from Its commu nity fund to representatives of Clit- heroe’s Pendle Club. The club, which is based in Low-
efgate, offers a variety of activities for the elderly.
er said; “We are continuously try ing to refurbish the club and so this contribution will go far to help us with the replacement and redeco rations which are currently ongo ing: We have just had to renew our music system for the line and sequence dancing sessions, so we
Club secretary Coun. Yal Coop
thank Rob and Sainsbury’s very much indeed.
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CASH GIFT: Sainsbury’s manager Rob Green (third . from left) hands over the cheque to (left to right) Pendle Club chairman Brian Nightingale, sec retary Conn. Val Cooper, and club trustees John Myers and Coun. Alan Yearing. (s)
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IT’S a sign of the times that takes motorists back to the 1950s and beyond.
post - has been unveiled in Waddington, and would not look out of place in the era of Morris Minors and Hum ber Hawks.
made the lettering and the roundel of top of the post, and was there as special guest to see it unveiled by Don Midgley, a former chairman of the parish council, and County Councillor Mike Otter, the county’s ‘Parish Champion.’ Also there were parish council chairman Doug Parker, vice-chairman Ken Jackson, councillors Roy Edmondson and Michael Colley, WI representa tive Doreen Edmondson, George Brockbank from Lancashire County Council, and villagers Peter Foley and Liz Dean.
and was looking.worse for wear until Waddington Par ish Council decided to have it fixed up as part of the village’s programme for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Craftsman Duncan Armstrong, from Padiham, hand
The post stands outside the Post Office in The Square The newly restored s i^ - correctly termed a finger
SERVICE: A special dedication service is held at Clitheroe Parish Church follow ing the restoration of the church’s spire, right. Photos by Ben Parsons.
Goddard and the Archdeacon of Blackburn John Hawley were special guests at the serv ice along with Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Ian Sayers arid the Mayoress Mrs Jean Hayes and Clitheroe Town Mayor Coun. Allan Knox and his wife Coun. Susan Knox. Other special guests included the architect
A SPECIAL dedication service was held at Clitheroe Parish Church on Sunday to mark the completion of restoration work on the church’s iconic spire. The Bishop of Burnley, the Rt Rev John
of the restoration project Steve Burke, rep resentatives from other Clitheroe churches, and St Mary’s Scouts, Beavers, Cubs and
achieved in under three years. We’ve achieved a huge project within the shortest possible time that it could’ve been done in. I would like to thank everyone who helped and English Heritage who has acted as our part
was instituted and inducted as vicar of Clit heroe Parish Church as opposed to Priest-in- Charge. He said; “It is amazing what we have
Brownies. At the beginning of the service the bells rang for the first time since work first started on the restoration project and thanks were expressed to everyone who was involved in the project. During the service, the Rev Andy Frond
ceived to help with the project’s funding shortfall although an announcement will soon be made about how much or little still needs to be raised. On Saturday, the Rev Froud showed pa
rishioners the inside view of the spire, some.- thing he hopes to show more parishioners in the fiiture.
1,000 new homes plan: MP meets opponents
work forms part of a gov ernment-funded national programme to enhance rail structures within local com munities. A letter informing local residents of the works has also been issued in the last few weeks.” The vvork is expected to continue until March 17th.
work will help to reduce the need for maintenance on the bridge oyer the next 25 years. A spokesman said; “The
tions is being diverted via Ribchester Road, Clayton- le-Dale, Salesbury, and Longsight Road, Network Rail says the
have been controlling sin gle-line traffic during the day since mid-January, and fuU road closures have been scheduled over four week ends, starting last weekend, from midnight until 5am on Saturdays and Sundays. Traffic in both direc
ing out minor repairs and repainting the rail bridge over Whalley New Road, Langho. Temporary traffic lights
rail bridge DRIVERS and villagers face three more weekends of overnight closures on a busy Ribble Valley road. Network Rail is carry
Night time closure of
- seeking permissin in principle for the develop ment - is the largest plan ning application the Rib ble Valley has ever seen. The nlans are for’728
plication couldn’t be de scribed as anything but “overdevelopment” that would “dwarf’ what was already there. The outline application
Hillside Close, comment ed while looking out on his current uninterrupt ed view of Pendle Hill; “Where we are standing here, 1,040 houses are go ing to be in every direction that we can see.” He added that the ap
seconded by neighbours Judith and Kevin Read, who were also at the pro test. Judith agreed that their main concerns were about the loss of such beautiful countryside and the extra infrastructure required for such
a.large development. Mr John Auster, of
come across as NIMBYS (not in my back yard), our worries are for the whole of Clitheroe as this devel opment is going to be like a new town.” . These comments were
Rogers, who have lived on Lingfield Avenue for 32 years, were just two of the local residents .who turned out on Saturday to make their feelings ribout the development known to their MP. “We don’t want to
• (from page 1) Margaret and Denis
ner in this project and to which we are so very grateful for its financial support.” Donations are still being gratefully re
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PROTEST: Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans talks to concerned resi dents about the proposed plans to build more than 1,000 new homes on fields around Standen Hall.
velopment of
what.essentially is the gateway to Pendle Hill. “As open spaces go, these are
Advertiser at the site on Satur day, Mr Evans said; “Although it is ultimately going to be a decision for the local authority where the housing is going to go, I am delighted that Coun. Ian Brown has brought me on site to look at it, as it is substantial.” He added that it is a mass de
market value homes and 312 affordable homes, on land at Higher Standen Farm and part of Littlemoor Farm, Clitheroe. If approved, amenities such as a new primary school and an improved junction, in the form of a roundabout, at the accident blackspot where Pendle Road meets the A59 have been prom ised. Speaking to The Clitheroe
posed the RVBC’s Core Strat egy - the planning blueprint for the borough until 2028 - which the Government has asked lo cal authorities to formulate.- The document, which the Gov ernment planning inspector suspended for six months in order for RVBC to update its evidence, proposes that the bor ough can sustain a minimum of
the lungs of our countryside,” said Mr Evans. “The Govern ment said emphasis should go on brownfield development, on the footprints of where older developments are. It said we should be looking there first, but it’s the size of this particular development that people are frustrated and angry at. Clithe roe countryride that, if built on, would be lost forever.” Coun. Brown has always op
accejjted that there’s going to be all these houses,” added Coun. Brown. “I want to show people what’s going on. The Standen Estate proposal on its own is too many and that’s not counting the plans for 270 houses down Henthorn, 300 at Waddow View, 50 on the former Barkers Nursery site, 157 at Primrose and 504 at Barrow. At Barrow
roe Advertiser that protests like the one staged on Saturday were essential to bring this issue to the forefront of local residents’ minds before it is too late. “A lot of people seem to have
4,000 new houses up until 2028. TTie so-called “Standen Village” development, siting the bulk of new housing on a single site, is the preferred option of the strategy. Conn. Brown told The Clithe
. houses there now. “■We have a big responsibility
and Wiswell, there are only 480
regarding this issue and if some, most or all are built and the in frastructure is not in place, it will have serious consequences for our residents and once built they cannot be pulled down. “There seems to be a one size
Coun. Albert Atldnson (Deputy Leader of Lancashire County Council), Coun. Stuart Hirst (Deputy Leader of R'VBC), and Conn. Terry Hill (Chairman of RVBC’s Planning Committee) have secured a meeting with the Government’s Planning Min ister Nick Boles MP and con cerned local residents. The meeting, due to take
fits all policy that is not right for the Ribble Valley.” • Mr Evans, along with
been set up where communities are worried about how national decisions are affecting local planning choices. “I think it right that the Plan
Atkinson, Hirst, Hill and I have been keen to set up a meeting of this land for some time now. There is clearly a wealth of feeling ail over the country and particularly in the Ribble Val ley about the direction in which planning policy is going. “Many residents’ groups have
place at 'Westminster later this month, will be attended by lead ers from local action groups who have voiced concerns about planning policy. Mr Evans explained; “Couns
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ning Minister is prepared to meet with local residents so that they can get across their legiti mate concerns.”
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