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HSOA5V1DEC14MP.SL;00008US . ' TRAFFIC
Joined up plan is needed
It is good to hear that parish, district and county councils are working together to solve
the traffic nightmare in Whal ley. Things are bad now, with pe destrians taking their lives
in their hands crossing King Street, cars parked on pave
ments and double yellow lines on either side of the road, and enormous lorries trundling
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through the narrow gap. And this is before the cars of those who live in the new houses at both ends of the vil
lage pour on to the same nar- rowroad.
My great fear is that tinkering with a few more yellow lines, restricted waiting and creat- , big laybys could be fiddling whilst Rome burns.
A more radical solution might be to make King Street a “shared space” road like Fishergate in Preston, where traffic moves very slowly and pedestrians cross at many safe points indicated by differ ent road surfaces. There are no zebra crossings, no traffic lights, no maze of direction ... signs, and it seems to work : well. I am sure that the experts
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I at County Hall couldadapt this idea to Whalley’s needs. A bo nus would be that heavy goods vehicles would find that King Street is too slow a rat run for them and would use the by pass road around the village which is where they should be anyway. The whole “feel” of the village would be calmer
and even more inviting than it already is.
It is troubling that the County Council is saying that it is not yet in a position to discuss its
plans with the public. Does this mean that consultation will happen only when a too -modest scheme is cut and dried? Surely the concerns of
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as the plans develop, not when itis too late to influence them.
: Michael Wedgeworth, King Street, Whalley
ROADWORKS
No happyendto Low Moor tale
;I ani writing about the current ' resurfacing of some roads in' Low Moor. Residents in the village have waited patiently
for.two years for this much- • needed work to commence; accepting that it would have
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been pointless to undertake the work, prior to completion of the recent housing develop-. mentatLowMoorGardens.- Imagine the excitement, upon' receiving notification in the ; local paper (Clitheroe Adver tiser & Times) and via a let ter from Lancashire County Council (LCC) that work was scheduled for February 2nd, 2015. So far, so good... I even
I rang my local councillor, to congratulate him for his ef forts in getting the job done... but alas, there is not to be a happyeverafterending! . Who knows what crazy logic/ criteria LCC apply when sur veying roads? Apparently, St Paul’s Street (from thejunc-
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rtion with Edisford Road - the junction with High Street) does not warrant resurfac-' ing, despite the potholes and the fact that it is in an equally bad state of repair as those sections being done. Phone calls to HQ, elicit the response, that it is all down to finance/ budgets! Well, I think we can safely say that the residents of J Low Moor are being‘shortch anged’. How can it possibly make economic sense, to do major resurfacing work in an . area on a piecemeal basis? I |
- think LCC Highways Dept. ' have been reading the instruc
tions manual for making a patchwork quilt!
Christine Willm an, Low Moor, Clitheroe
ROAD SAFETY
Movewillput lives at risk
Labour’s Budget to be consid ered by the County Coun cil includes a proposal to removethe funding for “Lollipop’”Iadies and men’ with effect from September
this year. The annual cost of each crossing patrol is about
£4,600 and in future this will have to be paid by individual schools. This is entirely unac- | ceptable. Of course I recognise
that cuts are needed because of the financial mess left by
the previous Labour Govern ment, but there are other ways savings can be made without
putting children’s lives at risk. In effect, the County Coun cil is forcing head teachers
• to choose between spending their school’s scarce resources
on the safety of children on
their way to and from school or on their education. This isgrossly unfair; the County Council is responsi ble for Road Safety and they
should not be seeking to pass that responsibility on to the schools.
Chris Daggett
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School crossing patrols are vital I and my colleagues in the Con
servative group are opposed to inappropriate impositions by the county council on schools’ budgets. Last year’s decisions by the present controlling mar
jority Labour group, support- ed by Liberal Democrats, in cluded a decision to charge the schools who have the Crossing Patrol service at least half the cost, from September20i5. But Labour’s budget for the
The Conservative Group will oppose this outrageous pro posal and I call on the Liberal Democrat Group to support us in this quest. County Coun. Ian Brown, Clitheroe
CHARITYTHANKS
You made Burns Nightgreat!
Can Ijust say a big thank you to all who attended Burns Night at The Dog Inn, Whalley, and made it a great success for The Cystic Fibrosis Trust. It was nice to meet families who knewofpeople with CF and how well they are doing over the age of 40, it gives great comfort to know they are still doingsowell. Can I also thank Norman, Christine and Maggs who put a lot of time and effort into or ganising this event and mak ing it such a good night for all. I am very grateful to all who raise money for the CF Trust, but it is lovely when special friendsdoitforyou. Thankyou Norman Chris tine and Maggs you are good friends and I am truly grateful for what you have achieves and the massive amount of money •
you have raised over the years for the CF Tr us t. '
Thank you once again you are true friends.
A.Holgate, via email
I has already told me that the
I are other ways savings can be made without putting chil dren’s lives at risk. In effect, the County Council is forcing headteachers to chose be tween spending their school's scarce resources on the safety
has a responsibility for Road Safety and Labour should not
be seeking to pass that respon
sibility on to the schools. The Conservative Group will of course be opposing this bad proposal at the County Coun cil on Thursday. Will the Lib eral Democrat Group support us on this?
County Coun. Alan Schofield, Ribble Valley South West
POLITICS
People can’t be forced to vote A proposal to make voting a “civic obligation” is not the right way forward. It is sad that the turnout at electiontimeisusuallyde- pressingly low but I do not think we should force people to vote.
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Labour MP David Winnick’s motion to make it a “civic obli gation” is to be debated in the House of Commons.
| What is really needed is to en gage people in politics, both locally and nationally, though that is a hard task as profes sional politicians have made it so boring. But it can be done. Think of Scotland’s independence ref erendum which resulted in an 85% turnout. People engaged on both sides ofthe debate and we should learn lessons from that. • A proportional voting sys tem would be a better way and could well encourage the electorate to make their views
. known at the ballot box. Postal voting has been pushed
full County Council meeting tonight (February 12 th) if then approved, goes even further; From this Septemberthe in-. ; dividual schools would have - to find the whole cost of the service if they wish to keep
thelollipop person. In Ribble Valley South West there are
two primary schools who need and use the service-both are' '
in Langho (St Mary’s RC and St Leonard's CoE).
Both schools value the service, Kathryn Pym the headteacher at St Leonard’s, for example,:
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as a way of increasing the vote, but that comes with the dan- gerof electoral fraud, as has been demonstrated in various parts of the country. The turnout at local elections is particularly low, except when it coincides with a Gen eral Election but even then the turnout in 2010 was only 65.%. I would love to see a much higher turnout, but people are entitled to make theirown de-. cisions in life and compulsory
voting is not the way. * .
; Paul Nutt all ' UKIP North West MEP
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school are very happy with the service that the lollipop lady provides to the families. There
CHATBURN
Tea and chat The next “tea and chat”
takes place on Tuesday Febru ary 17th at Chatburn Method ist Chapel, off Downham Road, from 2 to 4 pm. It costs just £1 and includes tea and cake.
of children on their way to and from school, or on their edu cation. The County Council
CHIPPING
Fund-raiser CHAOS (Chipping Welfare
Committee) will be holding their annual fund-raising bin- go on Saturday February 21st in Chipping Village Hall, doors open 6-30 pm, eyes down 7245 pm. Donations of prizes would be most welcome, but to avoid unnecessary expenditure the committee need to know in ad vance. Please contact Martin and Barbara Butters on 01995 61586 by Thursday February 19th ifyou are able to offer-a prize or make a donation.
History society A large gathering of mem
bers and visitors attended the January meeting of Chipping Local History Society. The chairman welcomed
DrTrevor Kirkham, who pre sented a detailed illustrated talk on “The Foundation of Bushell’s Hospital” in 1745 by Dr William Bushell, to care for the elderly in Goosnargh and some local townships and parishes. The beautiful Grade II* Georgian building has continued to care for its eld erly residents for c. 270 years and is now known as Bushell House Residential Care Home. The next meeting ofthe
Society is on Tuesday Febru ary 17th in St Mary's Commu nity Hall at 7-30 pm when Bill Shannon will be speaking on “Tudor Maps of Lancashire”. Visitors will be most welcome. The next informal Sunday
session ofthe Society is on Sunday April 12th from 2 pm in St Mary's Community Hall. Thisisachanceforvisitorsto seek details from members on local and family history issues. For more information visit:
www.chippinghistory.co.uk or contact 01772 864289.
GISBURN
Ice skating This week’s meeting was
held at Blackburn Ice Skating Arena. Next week’s meeting is going to be a visit to A.J. Long contractors. Well done to all members
who took part in a district quiz last week.
Whist and doms The cold and foggy Febru
ary weather didn’t deter people from attending the whist and dominoes drive at Gisburn Festival Hall on Sat urday night. A total of12 tables were in play arid everyone
. W ■ - ^ 1 Freemasons to host joint celebration meal
Award winning Wiswell pub The Freemasons will join forces with another celebrated food establish ment to co-host celebrations on their placings in the 2014 Waitrose Good Food Guide.
enjoyed a good social evening with supper. Prize winners were: domi
noes - S. Walker, A. Sutcliffe, V. Giles, R. Knight, T. Taylor, M. Berry; whist, ladies - E. Jack- son, A. Dinsdale, H.Pickard; gents - M. J. Davies, E. Turner, W. Mitchell. Whist and dominoes is
held at Gisburn Festival Hall on the first Saturday of every month starting at 7-30 pm. Entry is £3 including a light supper.
GRINDLETON
Willow weaving The next meeting of Grindleton WI will be held to day (Thursday) February 12th when Gill McDonnell will give a demonstration of “willow weaving”. Please remember to bring £2 to pay for a small kit ifyou wish to “have a go”. The competition that evening is fora love token. The Institute’s ever
popular bingo evening, which is a fund-raiser for the club’s Denman Bursary, will be held on March 27th at the Grindle- ton Pavilion. Tickets will be available shortly and will be priced at £lo which includes a full book of bingo tickets and a' two-course supper.
Quiz evening Friday March 13th is the ’ date of the “curry, casserole
L’Enclume of Cartmel and The Freemasons took first place in their respective cat egories for this years awards - the guide’s Restaurant and top gastropub sections re spectively.
at Grindleton Pavilion at 7-30 pm. Join with others to make up teams ofup to six people or bring you own team. Tasty food of curries and casseroles will be served and there will be a licensed bar. Call Carol Pye 01200 441507 for tickets (£10).
HARROPFOLD
Fellowship Last Thursday Harrop
Christian Fellowship met for the monthly prayer meeting when prayers were offered for the world situation, national and family needs. On Sunday, the Fellowship
welcomed Mervyn and Lucy France, of Kays Farm Fellow ship, who have orphanages in Thailand, Nepal and Burma. They hope to visit Burma in June. Mervyn spoke on God’s provision for us after this life and encouraged us all to make sure we really know the Lord as rio one knows the time when Jesus will return. The Fellowship look forward to their next visit in March. On Thursday the house •
group will meet in Blackburn and on Sunday we’ll welcome Stuart Rogers, of Preston, at Harrop Chapel.,
HURSTGREEN
StJohn’s All are welcome to “Church
goes Wild 1" on Saturday February 15th at 3 pm which
The two establishments are teaming up to create a six course menu by Mark Bir- chall of L’Enclume and Ste ven Smith, Freemasons Chef Patron who will prepare main courses and desserts.
will be all about endangered species with cards and masks to make. The session will end with a Jacob’s Join tea. To help the organiser plan please con tact Clare 01254 878402.
Coffee Stop Come and join in the fort
nightly fun at the Coffee stop. Hot drinks andcakes, stalls and good company on Monday February 16th from 2 to 4 pm at St John’s Old School.
Flea market Hurst Green Bowling
Club’s famous flea market will take place on Sunday Febru ary 22nd at the memorial hall. Many bargains plus first class home made refreshments.
W I The next meeting of Hurst
Green WI is Thursday Febru ary 26th.
KNOWLE GREEN
Luncheon The annual memorial
luncheon at the village hall will this year be held on Sunday March 1st. The buffet luncheon will be served from 12-30 pm with entertainment from local singer Katy Bradley. Admission is £12-50 includ ing luncheon and people are welcome to bring their own drinks. Tickets from members of the management commit- tee or by phoning 01254 87844.
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