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Knowing your soil is key to getting the best from a garden
A report in the Clitheroe Advertiser on the number of accidents close to UK schools led to local employers 3M taking its road safety initiative to Whalley Pri mary School. The report quoted figures collated in
the recently published Local Road Safety Index20i4 which revealed that 68% of all child road traffic incidents between 2008 and 2013 were found to have happened within 500 metres of UK schools. It gave as an example that some 31 ac
cidents happened during those five years near to Whalley Primary School. Four of the accidents involved children, six in volved pedestrians and four involved cy clists. Kerry Walton, admin executive at the
3M site, read the report and contacted the school to offer 3M’s help in keeping the children safe. She went along with site . manager Ben Mills to introduce the pupils to 3M Streetwise, the online child road safety teaching resource. The website (www.3Mstreetwise.
co.uk) has many interactive pages aimed at teachers, pupils and parents. The diver sified technology company’s Upbrooks site also donated a number of high vis ibility vests for the children to wear when going to or from school or on school trips. Kerry commented: “It was alarming to seejust how many accidents have hap-
Pupils ofWhalley PrimarySchool explore the3MStreetwise teaching resource with, from the left, Paul Atkinson, Ben Mills, Nigel Evans and Kerry Walton.
pened in recent years and we hope that 3M Streetwise will help the children to take extra care when they’re out on the roads.” Also there to show his support for
the road safety initiative was Ribble Val ley MP Nigel Evans. The school’s'acting deputy headteacher Paul Atkinson said the pupils had enjoyed exploring the 3M Streetwise resource: “It’s a great way of
. getting the road safety message across to young people and we are grateful to Ben and Kerry fortakingthetimetocometo our school and talk to the pupils about it. “We were very pleased to welcome
Nigel Evans as well. The high visibility vests that 3M donated will be very useful in making sure the children can be clearly seen when they’re walking or cycling on the roads.”
Guest speaker Mr'John Firth, who had worked in Blackburn’s Parks and Gar dens department for more than 40 years, gavea very en lightening talk to members ofBolland Gardening Club at their March meeting. It seems gardening could
be likened to making a club sandwich - use the layers of the ground to best advan tage, add the right amount of Filling in the right place and hey presto... a wonder- • ful garden will be there be fore you I A very wise and knowl
edgeable fellow Mr Firth guided his audience to think aboutwhatthesoilstructure comprises in order to find which plants are best suited to their own patch. A very useful idea was
to cut a hole about 18 inch es square and to the same depth as this will allowyou to see what the layers of earth are in your own garden - perhaps more clay than soil, maybe somewhat lighter, sandy topsoil to a greater depth than you thought or even very rockyorstony sub
soil becomes apparent. You may also determine
the water table level in your garden - if the hole fills very quickly with water then you can be fairly sure that you have a high level hnd need to consider this when planning which plant to purchase and whereto put it.
Mr Firth recommended
the use of manure or other organic matter every time we plant; it feeds the soil which then of course feeds the plant. He advised that if the topsoil was full of worms and other mini-beasts then this was a good indicator that the ground was in good heart and the garden would thrive. He also suggested that when purchasing plants it is worth paying a bit more for ones that have been given the RHS Award of Garden Merit as they are proven to be of good quality. A vote of thanks was giv
en by John Ashcroft and the group’s next meeting is on April 8th at 7-3opm when Sue Scott will talk on the subject of “Fragrance in the Garden”.
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Plans for 36 new homes atLangho
Two separate planning applica- tionscouldsee36newhomes buittatLangho.
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that the development should be refused, along with other reasons, in the interests of
road safety, good highway de-
On Thursday, members of sign and the free flow of traffic Ribble Valley Borough Coun- along the Asg. cil s planning and development Plans for outline permis- committee agreed to defer ap- sion, which means for permis- proval of plans for 18 newprop- sion in principle, were refused erties including five affordable for the same 5.3 hectare site, homes on land off Longsight last year for 132 houses when Road, Langho, until the satis- thecouncil’sCoreStrategy was factory completion of a legal at submission stage, agreement.
On recommending to defer The plan is for 13 large de- approval, a planning officer
tachedhouseswithmorethan said as a development of only fourbedroomstobesoldonthe ■ 18 houses, the plans would not open market and five afford- be harmful to the council’s de- able homes including three, velopment strategy, three bedroom bungalows He added: “It is also con- with shared ownership, plus a sidered that this much lower two and a three bedroom prop- density development would erty for rent. Access on to the not have any seriously detri- sitewouldbeviaaprioritycon- mental effects upon the char- trol right-turn lane junction acter and visual amenities of from the Asg/Longsight Road, the locality.” The ap p l ic a t io n had An application for outline
prompted strong opposition planning permission to build from local residents and mem- 18 bungalows on land east of bers of Billington and Langho Northcote Road, Langho, has Parish Council. They argued also been submitted.
‘Fine Ale Countdown’ with TV rugby
Clitheroe Rugby Club host their third beer festival this Saturday and Sunday under the name “Fine Ale Countdown”, coined by house chairman and groundsman Phil Ish- erwood to tie in with the final weekend of the Six Nations tournament. All games will be shown on the big screen throughout Saturday starting with Italy v Wales at 12-30 pm, followed by Scotland v Ireland at 2-30 pm and finishing with Eng land v France at 5-3opm. The club is promising a superb selection of fine ales, and there will also be food available on both days, doors opening at noon. The club’s previous festivals, named “Pour of the Roses 1 @ 2” because they featured beesr from all over Lancashire and Yorkshire, were a great success with well over 500 people visiting over each weekend. Catch up with Clitheroe Rugby Club through
clitheroenigby.com, via Twitter @clithe- roerugby or by contacting Secretary Bob Wilkinson on 07962 099935.
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Chance to go stargazing at clear skies
ofBowland Can you tell Orion’s Belt from the Great Bear? Do you know what the dark patches on the moon are? If the answer is no, then the Forest ofBowland
‘ Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty has just the event for you next week. As part of this year’s Fes
tival Bowland programme, an event entitled “Bowland’s Night Sky" will be led by as tronomer Peter Wade on Fri day March 27th at 7-3opm. The lack of large settle
ments within the Forest of Bowland means there is much less light pollution than urban areas, offering more opportu- ’ nity to marvel at the stars and
. planets on a clear night. The evening will start in
doors with a beginner’s guide to the stars and planets, how to recognise them and what to look out for. Weather per mitting, keen stargazers will then head out to a spot on the edge of the moors to scan the night skies. Places are £3 and warm
clothes and a torch are need ed. Email
sandra.silk@lanca-
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