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hold water Two days of rain and what happens? It exposes either the total incompetance ofsomeof the expert evidance, or it’s less than truthful content at the Waddow Inquiry. Ail three bridges under the railway flooded. We were told atthe inquiry that United Utilities have solved the flood­ ing problem. A major part of the Waddow View site was under water, with the stream through the site running at flood level. We were told there was no problem with flooding on the site. A great demon­ stration of an inadequate in- frstructure. As I understand it, officers of Ribble Valley are paid by we, the residents of the Ribble Valley, so why do they work against us? And councillors are elected to represent our views, they were told about all these things yet do not have the guts to stand up and tell truth. They would rather play party politics. In three months some coun­ cillors will be really suprised .when they do not get elected. This two days of rain has has been thebest pre-election non-political element in the Ribble Valley to make the elec­ torate turn out and give a mes­ sage to all candidates Roland Hailwood ' Clitheroe


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Low milk price will kill farms With regard to Tesco’s State­ ment in the national papers about their policy ofpayirig farmers over the market price for milk, the dairy farmers I have spoken to declare that this is not strictly true. It has been said drat this is a smoke screen and these farms represents only a small pro­ portion of the milk intake by Tesco and that they buy a great deal of milk at the lower mar­ ket prices. Tesco also demand to see the farm accounts of participants and set up many more hurdles to make participation so oner­ ous that it is not cost-effective. I think it is time the govern­ ment stepped in and made the supermarkets and dairy industry act responsibly. What will happen when all the dairy farms have closed down?


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Will we then have security of supply? British dairy farms are some of the most efficient in the world and we stand back and see it decimated. What are we thinking about? Richard Dugdale,


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Myfamilyrecall tearoom days Regarding your story on the Moorcock Inn, this is a very sad day for Waddington and Clitheroe area. Our Great Grandmother changed it from a tearoom to a grand hotel which was monu­ mental during the war and saw hundreds of weddings, christenings, parties, din­ ner dances and more. I have lots of photos too, including it as the tearoom. End of an era, but sadly nothing we can do - hotels are not as popular now as they were back then as we have the choice to holiday abroad. Many fond memories and I will be sad to see it close for­ ever.


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Your photos have upset me What a sad tale for the beloved Moorcock Inn as portrayed in the Clitheroe Advertiser on January 8th. I have known it all of my life and remember my mum tell­ ing me of the old days when . her family from the cotton mills over the hill in Brierfleld and Burnley would go on a charabanc special day out to the Moorcock Inn. In those days it would belike an annual one day holiday, as was the an­ nual Wakes Week holiday of one week in Blackpool.


My mother, Emma Brown had her tooth birthday event there at the Moorcock (pictured above). And what an event!: Susan and Peter Fillary were wonderful hosts and their 20- plus years atthe Moorcock,' with their fabulous cuisine, made it the place to go. How sad when they finally left and the place went to decline. I well recall my horror and disillusionment on one Friday nightmuchlaterwhen I went there intending to have dinner on my respite night off. I was the only person there and this wonderful old inn had been stripped completely of ’ the old familiar atmosphere. Gone were all the furnishings and replaced by cold “kitchen like” bare floors and square wooden tables and chairs. The central pillared feature across from the open fire with the stuffed old game bird was ■ gone. I never went there again. The old Moorcock Inn and the lovely old atmosphere gone forever. So Susan and Peter, 1 say con­ gratulations for the many years of happiness and excel­ lent cuisine you supplied to all who went there. And to the editor I say 7 sorry, but your photos of the current vandalised state of the old inn are sickening and were not wanted. You could instead have portrayed some of its “happy moments”. I enclose for you one of those happy moments when my mother Emma Brown cel­


ebrated her 100th birthday there. .


Doris Brown,


formerly of Whalley, now at Highfield Road, Clitheroe.


POLITICS


Being in EU is not a defense Labour leader Ed Miliband has


rightly come under fire from UKIP for suggesting that with­


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tal affect our membership is having on this country. And’ now he claims that the UK can fight terrorism “much better’ from inside the EU by working across borders. Well consider­ ing the lack of border controls in the Schengen zone that’s a rather laughable concept to deal with a very serious topic. We need to leave so we can takebackcontrolofour own borders and have a proper systeminplacetoensurewe know who comes in and out of our country, and not have our hands tied by the EU. Miliband also lauds the Eu­ ropean Arrest Warrant when this is a device that has already resulted in cases of serious injustice. ABrit who may have an alibi, but who is accused of committing p crime in another EU state, could still have to be handed over to foreign au­ thorities, potentially to spend months oryears imprisoned whilst being questioned be­ fore charge, even if the allega­ tions are not an offence here. The EAW also dispenses with the important matter of pro­ viding evidence to support the charge. It all flies in the face of the principle of habeas cor­ pus, wb ere a prisoner must be released when there is no law­ ful basis for their detention This is something else we need to be freed from and instead make our own decisions about protecting our citizens. Paul Nuttall MEP,


UKIP Deputy Leader and North West MEP


SURPRISE


Old sign caught my eye in town I was brought up in Learning- ton and remember being tak­ en to Burgis and Colbourne’s on the Parade. Imagine my surprise this New Year when I was driving


around Clitheroe in Lanca­ shire and saw in the window of an antiqiTe and collectors shop an enormous sign for the Burgis and Colbourne shop in


the window. It made me look it up online to see if it was a national busi­


ness. Apparently not. I’d love to know thejourney it


made to get to Clitheroe. Gall Wiley, Lancaster


Katie Hammond katieJiammond@jpressco.uk


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Union would endanger British lives.


He is so pro-EU that he’d say CHIPPING


Costume design The meeting of Chipping


WI was opened by president Barbara Debney who wished everyone a happy newyear. Haldis Stephenson was


the speaker for January who spoke about costume design. On graduating Haldis worked with hat designer Phillip Treacy before making and designing theatre costumes forvarious companies visiting several countries. Posters were displayed showing costumes and theatre groups. There was also a dancing demonstration by exotic ballet dancers. Haldis now works with a local theatre group and enjoys teaching children how to make costumes and hats. Linda Campbell thanked Haldis for an excellent presen­ tation. The competition for an evening scarf was won by Dor­ othy Preston and the raffle by Hazel Robinson. There is to be a coffee morning on Saturday February 28th at 10 am until


. noon in the village hall. There will be stalls selling plants, cakes, chocobola, good as new bric-a-brac, books and also a raffle. Admission is free and all are welcome. Next month’s meeting is an “Introduction to Alpines” with Frank Hoyle. The competition is for a small garden tool and hostesses are C. Stott and H. Robinson. Visi­ tors are most welcome.


Local history ' Atthe November meeting


of Chipping Local History So­ ciety, members were pleased


to welcome once again Dr Alan Crosby who gave a most


interesting and amusing talk on “Unofficial Place Names in 19th and 20th Century South Lancashire”. Early in December the


Annual General Meeting was


held and this was followed by an excellent buffet supper. Instead of the usual meeting format with an invited guest speaker, a cine-film of the 1967


devastating floods in the Dun- sop Bridge area was shown. The next meeting of the


Society is on Tuesday January 20th in St Mary’s Community Hall commencing at 7-30 pm when Trevor Kirkham will be speaking on “The Foundation of Bushell’s Hospital” which is located in Goosnargh. Visitors will be most welcome. . The next informal Sunday


session of the Society is on February 1st from 2 pm in St Mary’s Community Hall. This is an opportunity for visitors to seek information from members about local and family history issues. Access will be available to the Soci­ ety’s archive which contains . census, grave yard and other records together with old


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Hospice’s will scheme backed by solicitors


Ribble Valley residents tak­ ing out a will have benefited from reduced fees and, at


the same time, helped a local charity. Solicitors in the borough, in­ cluding Roebucks solicitors, which has an office in King Street, Clitheroe, have taken part in East Lancashire Hos-


books and photographs. For more information visit: www. chippinghistory.co.uk or contact 01772 864289.


CHAOS party Around 100 guests were


welcomed to the Chipping Welfare Committee Christmas Party on Saturday January 3rd in the village hall. Teas were also provided for 16 people unable to attend due to illness


or incapacity. The party kicked off with


a meal of roast meat, potatoes and salad, then trifle, cakes, fruit pies and hot drinks. The entertainment got off to a good start with sketches and


songs from Chipping Cubs who were very well received. Local teenager Naomi Holland then thrilled everyone with


a selection of well-known songs. Everyone agreed they were very fortunate to have this very talented young lady provide such top class enter­ tainment. This was followed by the ever popular Slaidburn Silver Band, expertly led by the newly-honoured John


Cowking BEM. Thq band are always very entertaining and, once again, no-one was disap­


pointed. During the interval, chair­


man Martin Butters welcomed all and thanked committee


members and all volunteer helperswhohadworked


hard to prepare for the party. r..flM4n>)iimnfftlionrPv{nil'SVZ


pice’s WillWeeksince 2011. As part of the initiative sup­ porting solicitors gener­ ously waive their normal fee to write a standard “last will and testament” in return for a making a donation to the hospice. The amount raised by Roe­ bucks solicitors has raised


months included outings to Boundary Mill, Chatsworth House and Buxton, Fleetwood


Market and Freeport, Burnley Mechanics plus the monthly “big-shop” bus to Asda. He thanked local chari­


ties and businesses who had provided support- Brabins Trust, Edward Helme charity and Chipping Steam Fair. Headdedthat without such support and the fund-raising bingo, coffee mornings and car boot sales, the outings and party could not take place. Thanks were also given to Bretherton’s Goldline Tours for providing the monthly Asda shopping coach, to Roy and Sharron at Brabins shop for providing sweets for out­ ings, to the Cobbled Corner for providing potatoes and butter portions, to Bob Robinson for supplying the cooked meat and to Townson’s Dairies for providing milk and cream. Future events include the


annual bingo on Saturday ’■ February 21st and a coffee morning in the village hall on Saturday April 18th. Should any local residents or busi­ nesses wish to offer support in the form of bingo or raffle • prizes, prize sponsorship or donations, please contact Martin and Barbara Butters on 0199561586. The evening concluded with a further session of


rousing music from Slaicjburn CSInan D n n r l


significantlyeachyearfrom | £8oo when the solicitors


first took part in the scheme five years ago, to its latest to-


tal £1,815. Roebucks’ managing part­ ner Victoria de-Mel is pic­ tured (right) handing over a cheque to Sharon Crymble, of East Lancs Hospice, (s)


GRINDLETON


Foodforthought Thursday January 8th


saw Grindleton WI members tucking in to their now annual “Fizz and Fish Supper”. President Kay Hopkin-


son wished everyone a very happy new year. Ann Connell brought everyone up-to-date on the arrangement for the screening ofthe Centenary Annual Meeting on June 4th. Therewasaverygoodattend- ance of 42 members on the evening and, afterthe supper, Rosemere Cancer Treatment Centre was elected as the In­ stitute’s charity for 2015. The annual competition trophies werehandedoutto:i Cather' ine Taylor, 2 Geisela Seed, 3 CarolWood. The speaker for the


evening, Howard Blackburn, gave a very interesting talk entitled “Food for Thought”. Howard began by praising the WI for their campaigns and achievements during their 100 years. Howard said that the provision of food has been one of man’s greatest priori­ ties since the hunter gather­ ers. Since Roman times food production has seen many boom and bust periods e.g. population growth, reduced • production during the plague, depopulation ofthe coun­ tryside during the industrial revolution and political inter-


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