Local pollution - Page 2

MargaretR · 29-06-2007, 23:28

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Originally Posted by cashman

i lived in church for years n always blamed blythes, for the pollution, then in 77 i started work there and discovered, most of the pollution i was blaming them for was coming from Ashworths. worked there for nearly 23 yrs, was on all the commitees as well as the union, and you wouldn,t credit how keen they are on health n safety,they aint perfect,no-one is,but an important fact is the factory was there Before any of the houses, used to be a row of cottages down the bottom of the site by the brook, not sure about those,but they were gone before i was born.

So the houses were built to house the workers, in the days when the working population was an expendable commodity, and needed to be located near their worksite.
Now that we know better than to make such planning disasters, which do we move now - the houses or the factory?

steeljack · 30-06-2007, 00:56

sorry Margaret , have to disagree , providing the company is operating within the rules they have a right to be there , the argument is a bit like the one where folks buy homes near an airport then start complaing about the noise and demanding double glazing

MargaretR · 30-06-2007, 01:06

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Originally Posted by steeljack

sorry Margaret , have to disagree , providing the company is operating within the rules they have a right to be there , the argument is a bit like the one where folks buy homes near an airport then start complaing about the noise and demanding double glazing

I can see your point Jack. We have the option of leaving this bad planning by our ancestors as it is, or trying to improve a blackspot in our town. It would br easier to resite this factory than to resite hundreds of people - that is if we really want to improve the area of Church - I am sad that even considering it has low priority.

steeljack · 30-06-2007, 01:17

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

I can see your point Jack. We have the option of leaving this bad planning by our ancestors as it is, or trying to improve a blackspot in our town. It would br easier to resite this factory than to resite hundreds of people - that is if we really want to improve the area of Church - I am sad that even considering it has low priority.

think the folks in the Ribble valley around Clitheroe have been fighting a similar battle for years with Ribble Cement and if the "money' folks in the Ribble valley have been unsuccesful I don't hold out much hope for Hyndburn,
also think this thread ties in with the other one about the decline in Church and it being 'downwind' from obnoxious odours from Ashworths glue works in Bridge st.

MargaretR · 30-06-2007, 01:20

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Originally Posted by steeljack

think the folks in the Ribble valley around Clitheroe have been fighting a similar battle for years with Ribble Cement and if the "money' folks in the Ribble valley have been unsuccesful I don't hold out much hope for Hyndburn,
also think this thread ties in with the other one about the decline in Church and it being 'downwind' from obnoxious odours from Ashworths glue works in Bridge st.

When I lived there I regarded sulphur and arsenic more of a health hazard than boiled bones.

steeljack · 30-06-2007, 01:29

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

When I lived there I regarded sulphur and arsenic more of a health hazard than boiled bones.

Considering the number of years Billy Blythes has been in operation Local health records/statistics would show any anominalies , though it may be a bit difficult since probably until recent years most of the folks in the area were smokers ( or children inhaling second-hand smoke) and it would be difficult to separate breathing problems caused by one from the other

WillowTheWhisp · 30-06-2007, 06:45

The pong may well have been mostly Ashworths but the yellow smoke definitely came out of Blythe's chimney. You could see it belching forth.

steeljack · 30-06-2007, 07:03

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

The pong may well have been mostly Ashworths but the yellow smoke definitely came out of Blythe's chimney. You could see it belching forth.

think i've mentioned before in other posts , but seem to remember that during the 50s/60s Blythes seemed to employ a 'high' number of Polish workers , quite a few lived in Great Harwood at a hostel 'Allsprings Lodge' and as kids they allways scared us because they had a "yellow' jaundiced look about them, in later years (60s) some of them had 'local relationships' then after the fall of comunism these old guys were reunited with their wives from before the War (WW2) these 'old' Polish women arrived to re-unite with their husbands , one couple lived next door to my parents , great people , but my mum had problems with the fact that 'old' woman sprinkled poppy seeds on all the foods she cooked , my Mum was convinced they were drug addicts

Royboy39 · 30-06-2007, 10:04

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

When I lived there I regarded sulphur and arsenic more of a health hazard than boiled bones.

How right you are Margaret...............I refer to a previous thread.
I know that you and willow have subscribed to it but I think it's relevant.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...tcp-31685.html