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Jack Straw MP to discuss the creation of an East Lancashire single tier authority which would mean tearing up the Lancashire County Council and forming a new authority which wouldbe dominated by Blackburn and Burnley. On our behalf, Councillor Hirst attended the meeting on our behalf and said “Thanks but no thanks’ It would have resulted in a local authority in which we would become a small irrel­ evant minority, constantly outvoted in which the inter­ ests of the towns ofBlack- bum, Burnley and Accrington would dominate. Our council tax would rise considerably. A band D house in Ribble Val­ ley will pay to RVBC £140 in 2015 -16; the same house in La­ bour controlled Preston City will pay £279, almost twice as much. RVBC has the lowest council tax in Lancashire. For Longridge and surround­ ing villages there would be no community ofinterest with East Lancs industrial towns • and residents would look to Prestonasthe obvious place with a community of inter­ est but there would be a heavy price to pay. Rural issues are very impor- - tant and a council which cam­ paigns for them is what is re­ quired. These include; spread of high speed broadband to farms and villages, improve­ ment of mobile signals, rural transport, roads, housing in villages and small towns, pro­ tection of the rural environ­ ment, restraint on excessive housing development and preservation of theTrough of - Bowland. RVBC must be in a position stand up for the locality. As a council, RVBC is.a memberof SPARSE, a group of like-mind­ ed rural local authorities who campaign together on rural


issues, providing a collective voice to the Westminster and European Parliaments as well as to government. Co-operation with other local authorities over economic and mqjor infrastructure projects as part of English devolution _ is one thing but RVBC must re­ tain its independence to speak for the Ribble Valley. Coun. Ken Hind


Longridge Councillor and an area Conservative co-ordi- nator.


CHARITY


Thank you from Santa!


Each Christmas Padiham Rotary Club blows the snow off its Santa Sleigh and brings Santa to West Burnley, Padi­ ham, Read, Simonstone and Hapton. Whilst there, we collect for de­ serving causes and charities. Our street collections are by door-to-door and we try and cover as many streets as we can, time and weather permit­ ting. We also take Santa to the Christmas light “switch ons’ at Burnley, Padiham and Si­ monstone and to the Tesco Store in Padiham. We see it as one of the ways our Club can put a little back into the community in which many of us live. The smiles on the chil­ dren’s faces say it all as they wait for us to arrive on the dark nights of winter. So as Spring approaches we would like to take this op­ portunity to thank all who donated during the Christmas period and to let them know that in total we raised £4,000. Your generosity will now make it possible for the following charities to benefit: £1,000 each to NW Air Ambulance £1,000 and Pendleside Hos­ pice; £250 each to Rosemere Hospice, E. Lancs Gynae Sup­ port Group, Diversions (sup­ porting children and families with bowel and bladder prob­ lems), Army Cadets, NSPCC and Padiham FC; £300 to Out­ door Elements (trips to the • centre for adults with learning difficulties), and £200 to the Police Cadets. In addition to this and in conjunction with Pendleside Hospice, we organised our


first Winter Wander. This turned out to be a most enjoy­ able three-mile walk around Padiham for families dressed


in Santa and Elf suites. Dona­ tions for this event are still


being received by the Hospice, but we estimate to have raised an additional £5,000 for their funds. We also hope to repeat this very well-received event in20i5. To help us organise and take part in all our collections we rely on the support of friends of Rotary and without that we could nothave achieved all that we have in 2014. if any of you think that you would like tohelpusinany way at future events please don’t hesitate to contact us either individually or through our Padiham Ro­ tary Club web site. On behalf of the club, thank you again for your support David Foley,


Secretary ofPadiham Rotary Club


PAPERGATE


No answers forthcoming It’s not easy getting an answer from Lancashire County Council. Three letters of mine complaining about the “pa- pergate” scandal at Whalley library. Now I would like to put in my final penny-farthings- worth. OKLCC.soyou want to stay silent about my complaint and be the north west’s version of the three wise monkeys and call that a quality service? The British Army call a similar silence dumb insolance. But LCC failure to respond doesn’t help us Whalley library pa­ trons wanting equality with ■ other libraries in our newspa- perservice. The moral of my little story is that you can complain to LCC until you are blue in the face and you won’t getan answer. Yet, fail to pay your council tax and they have a quick answer - it’s called jail!


■ We have to see reform - this silence is an unacceptable face of the public sector. It seems nearly always heads they win and tails we lose.


Bert Hardwick • Whalley


ROAD HAZARD


Council fail to communicate


On Friday March 13th I tel­ ephoned Lancashire County Council to explain that the road surface adjacent to the


construction site for the new


Aldi premises was in a danger­ ous and slippy condition due


to the excessive accumulation of mud and stones.


This, I explained, was caused


as a result of the lorries driv­ ing on to the site where it was clear no hard surface had been put down and, as a conse­


quence, lorries were depos­ iting significant amounts of mud, stones and other debris on to the road surface from the site itself. I was assured that the mat­ ter would be looked into as a matter of urgency. I was told to expect a call later that day to explain what action had or would be taken. No such call was received and when I drove past the site on Monday after­ noon, the very same situation was apparent, i.e. the eight- wheel tipper lorries driving on to a wet and muddy site, then depositing debris on to the road surface. It should be made clear that any damage or injury caused as a result of this debris on the highway, the fact that such potential danger has been pointed out to the local authority and they have mani­ festly failed to rectify the situ­ ation, orindeed, do anything about it, could have a bearing on any possible.claim in dam­ ages against the highways au­ thority. What onehastodoto get the highways authority to look at a potentially dangerous situation is nowbeyond me. Coun. Richard Bennett Read arid Simonstone Conservative Branch


COMPETITION


I welcome new Aldi store plan


lam delighted to see work get­ ting underway on thenew Aldi store planned for the former Barker’s Nursery site at the top of Whalley Road. I, for one cannot wait for it to open. Whenever plans for a new shop or business are an­ nounced then all the existing businessesjump up and shout “No - we don’t want it!" Well, ofcourseyoudon’t, be­ cause it might have an impact on your business. Turkeys won’t vote for Christmas! But it is not being built for you. It is for the local consumers, giving them a wider choice of where to spend their hard- earned brass. On my bus trips to other towns in East Lanca­ shire I have visited several Aldi stores and found them to offer good quality produce at very reasonable prices. Name and address supplied


BALDERSTONE


WIshow Pam Jelly, chairman of


Clitheroe Show and a member of Simonstone WI, talked about how to enter the show to be held on July 25th from 10 am to 4-30 pm at Edisford Primary School, Clitheroe. She described the event


as a shop window for all the items that WI members and their children/grandchildren can make. There are 2,000 entries, which illustrates the popularity of the show,’ but only children win monetary prizes and their entries are according to age. The winner for a beautiful


hand made card was: 1 Judy Cooper, 2 Kathleen Rigby. Raf­ fle: 1 Bernadette McCready, 2 Susan Middlemas. Tojoin the WI on the


second Tuesday of the month at 7-30 pm at Mellor Brook Community Centre call Joan Woolmington on 01254 81226.


BILUNGTON


Women’s Institute At the March meeting of


Billington and Langho District WI Mrs Lilian Hargreaves took the chair and also gave the vote ofthanks to Mrs Kay Hop- kinson. The latter promotes the activities and facilities at Denman College and the former has just returned from completing an art course at the college. The monthly com­ petition based on craft results: 1 Mrs Helen Hebden, 2 Mrs Glenis Skelton, 3 Mrs Vivienne Dugmore. The raffle draw: 1 Lilian Hargreaves, 2 Joan Bingham, 3 Doreen Penny. Dennis Moore will give a talk “Laughter, the best medicine" at 7-45 pm on April 14th in St Mary’s Church Hall, Langho.


BOLTONBY-BOWLAND


Engineering insight Members of Bolton-by-


Bowland Young Farmers held a joint meeting with Gisburn Young Farmers and travelled to the site of Tryffed Trailers at Clayton le Moors. They were shown the trail­ ers and other steel products


. that the company has made and makes. The vote ofthanks was given by Calum Smalley. Next week’s meeting is a talk on fire safety at the village hall.


CHATBURN


1940s music group Ribble Valley Music are


forming a new music and singing group that focuses on popular music from the 1940’s. Anyone who can play music orwishestosinginagroup


can join. This music group Can you help Whalley in Bloom with its bid?


Residents and businesses are invited to a presentation evening aboutWhalley in Bloom Gold Award winner’s bid at the Royal Horticultural Society national finals 2015. To find out about the plans and howto get involved attend the presentation tonight (Thursday) at 7 pm at Whalley Abbey, The guest speaker is Bill Blacklege, chairman of North West in Bloom. There will be details about the new colour scheme, newprojects, and the 2015 “Spring into Whalley” photography competition


fun, informal environment, with no auditions and no need to read music. Behind the scene activities might also be developed such as make up and props to create a 1940’s experience. Led by professional musi­


cian Gaynor Sutcliffe, the first session is a free taster. Further sessions are £5 each on a pay as you go basis. Weekly sessions will take place from 7-8-30 pm on Wednesdays at Christ Church, Chatburn, starting on April 22nd until July 15th. Call 01254384893 or email: cliveandbarbara@ btinternet.com for registra­ tion forms.


PUNSOPBRIDGE


Sundaycuppa The newly refurbished


Dunsop Bridge village hall will be open for refreshments every Sunday from Easter,


April 5th, through to the end of August from 11 to 4 pm. Any donations ofunwanted books, DVDs or CDs for the book stall would be appreciated, but no bric-a-brac, please.


GISBURN


Music for Passiontide On Sunday March 29th in


the parish church of St Mary the Virgin at Gisburn there


with under and over 16 categories. Village “Bloomers” are also needed to adopta planter or basket to love and water this sum­ mer. Volunteers are needed for a variety of different projects and while more gardeners are needed people don’t have to be a Monty Don to join the team as everyone is welcome. If you cannot attend please registeryour in­ terest by emailing: whalleyinbIoom@gmail. com, visiting the Facebook page at: whalley- inbloom or twitter: @whalleynbloom or call­ ing 01254 823730.


will be a performance of The Requiem by Gabriel Faure by the Gisburn Singers and the orchestra of Forests and Fields starting at 6-30 pm. Tickets for the event are £10 including supper obtainable from Joan Hall on 07973163292.


GRINDLETON


Nostalgic talk Mr John Myers talked to


members of Grindleton WI on his early life growing up at Higher Lees farm. Born in 1930, the second child born to the family, John enthralled members with tales of farm­ ing in his youth, and his days at Whitewell School. In 1935 John started school wearing clogs as most did and had to walk two miles there and back in all weathers. In 1936 his parents bought a car for £100 which made a big difference to their lives, and his mother learned to drive, there was no driving test in those days, and no anti freeze, so in winter the radiator had to be drained to stop the water freezing inside and that meant that the car had to be jacked up first. John told members of the


outside loo in which the snow drifted in through the ill fit­ ting door, the range on which they cooked and the lack of electricity until 1945 after the


war. Of course many animals were kept on the farm, hens, 60 lambing ewes, 20 milk­ ing cows all of which had to be hand milked twice a day, and as there was no artificial insemination in those days a bull had to be brought in to service the cows. Pigs were bought to be fattened for food, and they were weighed in scores. Pig killing was quite an occasion and the carcass hung overnight before the meat was preserved in brine. Members were told of the


assistance given by Italian and German POWs billeted in Gisburn and the evacuees who arrived from the cities, but were not used to country life and most didn't stay long. The vote of thanks was


given by Pippa Munro Hebden and the competition for a “farm related photograph" was won by Anne Huson. Catherine Taylor was second and Fiona Ritchie third. A cheque for £460 was


received by Liz Greenwood on behalf of the North West Air Ambulance (NWAA), the Institute’s charity for 2014. The NWAA now have three helicopters which fly every day in Cheshire, Cumbria and Lancashire. After refreshments vice-


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