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‘Sorry I’m late, miss, we were nabbed’ Railway ticket inspectors target Clitheroe in fare dodgers swoop
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More than 50 pupils had their dash to school halted when a ticket inspection team swooped on trains into Clithe roe, looking for fare-dodgers. Youngsters arriving on the
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train from Blackburn at 8-12 am on Tuesday had to queue up and were not allowed to leave the station until they had paid for their tickets. - Most paid up, but some
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who said they couldn’t pay had to give their names and addresses to the four men and one woman from North ern Rail’s revenue protection department, based at Man chester. The swoop was part of a
week-longoperationbetween Blackburn and Clitheroe to ensure all'passengers paid their fare. Some adults were also
tackled about not having a ticket. A Northern Rail spokes
person said: “We carry out revenue protection exercises
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across our network to ensure customers buy a ticket to trav el on our trains. “Aswehavealotofstudents
on the Blackburn - Clitheroe line and manyjourneys are be tween unstaffed stations, the exercise ensures they realise the importance of purchasing a ticket to travel to avoid get
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week, Paul Nuttall (UK1P depu ty leader) wrote “The domina tion of the country’s top jobs by those educated at fee pay ing schools must change”. Is he unaware that the leader of his own party, Nigel Farage, was educated at a fee-paying . school (Dulwich College), or perhaps this letter was a sub tle hint about a challenge for the leadership? If not, and he would prefer to be a member of a party not led by someone educated at a fee paying school, he may well like to consider joining the Labour parly. Its leader, Ed Milliband, was educated at state schools, his secondary education being at Haverstock Comprehen sive School in Chalk Farm, London. I infer from Mr Nuttall’s wish to bring back grammar schools that he would see that such an education was a disadvantage, however Ed Mil liband did achieve fourgood A levels and went on to a place at Oxford. Interestingly his brother David did exactly the same. ’ " Mr Nuttall also wrote “it is essential we bring back gram
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‘BEATS CANCER’
A wonderful music event I am writing to thank the or ganisers and the people who attended the incredible event “Beats Cancer” on the band stand in the Castle grounds in Clitheroe on August 23rd.
The day was just amazing with so many happy friendly people experiencing some of the most powerful and exciting music I have ever heard. For the kids there was abril- liant young lady called Maisy painting faces all day and
some outstanding characters such as Minions and Olaf from Frozen provided very kindly by Steve from 4Kids for every
one to have their picture taken with.
There was a selection of local DJ’s and producers playing house music that spanned the past 25 years and mixed with the sunshine and an unbeat
Chris Daggett
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able crowd of friendly people aged one month to goyears. An astonishing £1,800 was
raised for Cancer Research UK. As the sun set on the day the
most beautiful silhouettes of ' people dancing were cast onto the castle, providing the per fect backdrop to this perfect day. A special thank you to John son Matthey and Rapid I.T. Parts for sponsoring the event, which means every penny raised can go to the charity. 1 hope to see many more completely unique, commu nity events like this from the “Nothing M^jor” team and . look forward to seeing again some of the lovely people I met on the day, dancing along to the superb music that they de liver so well. Thank You
Simon Whipp, byemaii
RAILWAYS
MEP’s anger at rail fares rise As a result of the botched
franchising of the West Coast line the government had to ne gotiate extensions to existing franchises including Northern Rail and this has led to axing. some off peak tickets.
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Thousands of commuters will see their fares double and Chancellor George Osborne’s pledge that next January’s in creases will be capped at 2.5% is scant comfort for customers in my region. Again it seems that those liv ing in the Westminster bubble
just do not understand how tight people’s budgets are. Many are literally counting the pennies and a big increase in the cost of commuting will be catastrophic for some fami lies. Northern Rail has been forced to introduce evening peak ticket restrictions on local services. Off-peak tickets are no longer be valid on some trains between 4-01 pm and 6-29 pm on weekdays. This means for example a passen ger from Rochdale to Wigan will pay £11 for a day return, an increase of 162%. And Osborne’s own constitu ents will be hit with a 52% increase in a day return from Styal to Manchester bringing it to £5.20. 1 am not surprised that pro tests have been taking place at some railway stations, people are desperate to work to sup port their families and these rises make it harder for them to do so.
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ting into trouble for fare eva sion in the future. “The benefit of carrying
out this exercise early in the term ensures they have the op portunity to purchase a sea son ticket which will be more convenient and cost-effective for them.” According to Northern
Rail’s regulations, anyone catching a train at a staffed station - such as Blackburn - must buy a ticket before boarding.
' For unstaffed stations,
such as Wilpshire, Langho and Whalley, passengers must buy a ticket from the conductor on board.
YFC’s new officers The Young Farmers held their Annual General Meeting where the chairman reported on the club’s continued suc cess, being the top club in Lancashire for Involvement in Junior Competitions. Of ficers were elected as follows: Chairman Johnathon Fran- kland, vice-chairman Callum Smalley, secretary Charlotte Winder, assistant secretary Mel Pickard, president Mr and MrsMellin. There are lots of competitions coming up, with clay pigeon shooting, stockjudging and a club paintballing day in Octo ber. The Annual Dinner Dance will be on Friday November 14th at The Calf’s Head. The next meeting will bean indoor sports night at Bowland High School on Monday night. Members can meet in the village at 7-30 pm or meet at Bowland School at 7-45.
CHATBURN
Tea and chat The next “Tea and Chat”
will be on the September 16th from 2 to 4 pm at Chatburn Methodist Chapel, just off Downham Road. Anyone who may feel
lonely, or just wants a change of scenery, is welcome to come along for two hours of fun and friendship. Tea and home made cakes are served, and it costsjust£i.
Parish Council At the Parish Council meet
ing held in the Village Hall, Downham Road, on Monday, matters referred to the coun cil included: the overgrown hedge on Sawley Road; over grown trees on Worston Road; the footpath adjacent to the old sewerage works; dog foul ing: grass cutting; the circula tion ofCouncil minutes; the footpath over the Downham Road railway bridge; Public Toilet sign; loose grates; the possible removal of the grass verge on Sawley Road; trees obscuring lights between Park House and Rydal Place; complaints about the recent NWWroad closure signage on Downham Road. Chatburn has won an
award for the Most Imprbved Medium Village and came fifth in the 2014 Best Kept Village Competition. It was brought to the Coun
cil’s attention that the War Memorial requires refurbish ment and it was resolved to make enquiries about possible grants for this work. The weekly playground
inspection reports noted that the Fort roof requires atten tion and a quotation has been requested for the repair. The RoSPA 2014 Report has been
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Take some memories along to the show
Visitors tothe 70th anniver- bookproject,fundedbythe a booklet to be published in saryHodderValleyShowin Heritage Lottery and the November. All contributors Dunsop Bridge this Satur- ForestofBowlandAreaof will receive a free copy, and dayarebeing asked to bring Outstanding Natural Beauty, people can find out more by alongany memorabilia, pho- commemoratestheAONB’s visiting the project’s face- tos or newspaper cuttings
designationinig64.ItwiIl book page or by contacting aboutrurallifeinthepastso record rural life, work and bowlandscrapbook@gmail.
years.TheBowlandScrap- big events, for a website and . com
received and is currently be ing circulated to members.
The next Parish Council
meeting will be held on Mon day October 6 th at 7-30pm in the Village Hall, Downham Road.
CHIPPING_________
Christmas fair This is advance notice of
Chipping village Christmas fair which will take place on Sunday December7th from' noon to 6 pm. Both indoor and outdoor stalls will be available costing £5 per stall (payment is non-returnable and required when booking). To book a stall please contact Sharon Pinkett on 01995 61221 or Rebecca Hargreaves on 01995 678290. All proceeds to North West Air Ambulance and Macmillan Nurses.
DUNSOPBRIPGE
War oak The Mayor of the Ribble
Valley, Coun. Michael Hanson, will be planting an oak sapling to commemorate the outbreak of the First World War and honour those who died, next Monday, September 15th, at 10am in the village car park. All are welcome to attend.
CHIPPING
Young formers Members met on Monday
evening for a Farm Walk. After a glorious late summer’s day, the evening and conditions were perfect as they trav elled to Bolton-by-Bowland and were welcomed by the
Leeming family of Wycongill Farm. Farmers Malcolm and Stephen led the members on a walk of the land and then aslightwasfadingtheyhad • a very informative tour of the Farm Buildings. A vote of thanks to the family for their kind hospitality was proposed by Richard Seed. Next week (September 15th) members are asked to meet in St Mary’s Hall at 7-45 pm where there will be a beetle drive and a business meeting.
GISBURN__________
Broadband meeting A public meeting about im
proving slow broadband from Gisburn exchange (01200 445XXX numbers) will be held on Thursday September 25th at Gisburn Festival Hall start ing at 7 pm. It gives the public the
opportunity to meet the Lancashire county Council/ BT Superfast Broadband, who will explain the Superfast programme, give an update on the Gisburn exchange situa tion and take questions. Any queries about the meeting to ‘ Coun Richard Sherras 01200
445429,
cllr.sherras@ribb!e-
valley.gov.uk-
Whist and doms Ten tables were in play
for the whist and dominoes at Gisburn Festival Hall last Saturday. The winners were: Whist (Ladies) - M. Edmond
son; M. Wellock; J. Robinson. (Gents) T. Pike; B. Garnett; M. Davies. Dominoes: R. Knight; A. Fox; S. Walker; V. Giles; M. Berry; G. Berry. •
Whist and dominoes is
held the first Saturday of every month at 7-30 pm and new players are always welcome.
. Entry is £3 including a light supper.
Farmers’Market The next Gisburn Farmers’ Market is this Saturday, Sep
tember 13th, from 10 am to 2 pm at the Festival Hall. There will be the usual excellent range of local produce, BBQ, gifts, crafts and community cafe. Entry is free and there is also free parking. The market is organised by the community for the community so eveyone
is invited to come along and shop local.
Fungig Gisburn Festival Hall is
holding a late summer party on Friday October3rd from 7-30 pm. Wigan-based band Billy and The Temperamen- tals will be performing and they are described as a fun band with an extensive musi cal repertoire. Tickets arejust £10 including pie and peas supper and are available from the Delicious Deli and Cafe, Main Street Gisburn.
HARROPFOLD
Fellowship Last Thursday Harrop
Christian Fellowship held the meeting in Blackburn when there was a discussion on Enoch and his great fai th as an example for us all to follow. On Sunday the fellowship welcomed Alan Marsden, of Barnoldswick, on his first visit. • continued on next page
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