5 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, Friday, April 15, 1966


H. PHILLIPS CABIN 20


CLITHEROE MARKET


Nylon Warehouse Coats 42/6 each


Pyjama Jackets 12/- each Men's String Vests 6/11 each


Men's Nylon Stockings 6/11 pair


Gent’s Handkerchiefs 1/2 each


Indestructible Nylon Socks 7/6 pair


Large Size Pinneretts 5/11 each


20 inch and 22 inch Zipps 1/8 each


TO


LITTLE POLLY FLINDERS Sat among the cinders Warming her pretty little toes


But although'her mother caught her


Site didn't smack her daughter


She'd already been to MEL’S STALL


And made her some nice new clothes.


OUTSTANDING VALUE in


CHLDREN’S DRESS FENTS Just Arrived


See these and you'll want to ■


buy


FOR MRS. FLINDERS TOO! FASHION FABRICS "


in Crimplene. Co'urtelle" and Wool Jersey


Cotton Prints.' Straw 'Clothes',. Rayons, etc.


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MEL'S JERSEY WOOL STALL


CLITIIEROE MARKET (SATS.. ONLY)


years ago. One of the most popular old-timers is.Mr. J..Caton of


Joyce’s crockery shop who has come to Clitheroe markets and pot fairs since he was a boy.


He used to travel from Blackpool in horse and. cart, Great'Harwood'and Settle best. t. j . , r , , . . . __ f kets. but she likes. Clitheroe,


now he- travels to the new market from Blackburn by van, she described clitheroe people • as “easy to- please with a great


and, although he prefers the new market, he has pleasant sense of humour; They know a memories of the fun they used to have,in the old days. : “It’s clean, tidy and more select than it used to be,” Doris and Joyce run the stall he said. “I go to Bacup and Great Harwood markets as


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well, but Clitheroe is my finaT place—I like it and I’ve mers. Their goods include ladies' settled here.”


He remembers the bad


times in' Lancashire, when they had to go to Yorkshire instead if they, wanted to do' any business'at all. and he remembers with' affection the characters of the old market, .


some n ow dead or retired ^ their prams g ^ v up and get MacPherson’s cooked meat stall and some'still regular stall­


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holders. Ho particularly remembers


its like a.mother,” he said "She of the children and is admired used to , make dinners for all by all his customers, the lot'-of us.” '


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won himself the reputation of being THE old - timer of Clitheroe market, trie favourite


■•Mr. Caton has seen.children like tbe h MARKET CAFE u CLITHEROE


MORNING COFFEE From 9-00 a.m.


AND


LUNCHEONS From 11-30 onwards


Mondays —■ Tuesdays Wednesdays — Fridays and


Saturdays i ® AND K. TOWERS


POULTRY, EGGS, CHEESE, CREAM, BACON AND COOKED MEATS


ApV ■Jt6 ALL' HOME MADE -O’.O'


CAKES, BISCUITS AND JAMS


BLACKBURN AND CLITHEROE MARKETS


MEAT in THE MARKET AT


HOWARDS BUTCHERS


TEL. SLA1DBURN 232


TUESDAY AND SATURDAY TEL. CLITHEROE 3415 HAVE MEAT WILL TRAVEL


TO FILL YOUR DEEP FREEZE PRICES ARE RIGHT


. : SO CONTACT US PLEASE APRIL SHOWERS


\ \ \ t * ■; \ It’s; Worth a walk; in-the Rain


‘.TO SHOP AND SAVE on our;.


SPECIAL OFFERS—Two weeks only SAVE 5d


SAVE 9d.


GIANT PERSIL MEN’S KLEENEX Only 2/lld.


Only 2/- SAVE 8d.


1001 CLEANER 1/lOd.. :


SAVE l/3d.


GIANT 3 HANDS - Washing-up Liquid


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CLITHEROE MARKET ■ TIIPQTSa'y a'riH'.qATHItnAY


WALK ROUND’


28 PARSON LANE MARKET (Castle End) W A L K ROUND


• An old-timer of Clitheroe market, Mr. J; Caton, display s overy kind of pottery on his popular stall. Here he holds up three lovely plates for a customer to examine as he


chats about their quality, and offers them at prices to suit the most budget-conscious customer.


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His wife, Joyce, used to help ' him on his stall, but she didn’t


business par.


ticularly, and when Doris asked her to help out for a short time on her underwear and knitwear stall, she accepted and is still working for Doris. ‘


most popular stalls especially markets, and though they have among women.


t h e y find


Doris (Mrs. Doris Bolton, of Clitheroe people very friendly. Billington) has been on The two main features of


fore the market was altered, keeps us and our staff


Clitheroe market for about their stall, besides the delicious seven years, and was here be- meats they offer for sale, are


old timers, but it is one of the to Settle and- Great Harwood no preference,


Doris’ stall is not one of the


.......... " most Clitheroe people, if only Lytham. all the


Mrs.. Bolton who used to keep the tea cabin in the old market about 30 years ago. "She treated


by sight. He laughs and jokes withv all his customers 'and has


l i a i l ) Oi-4 W YY V I W i v n , s n S ’ s n m ' V S S . They set off at seven In


the morning, and reaoh home. kePt by Clitheroe people. Tile only book stall


Durmg the seven years or so open ln bad -weather, as the


SY JANE PRESTON


underwear and nightdresses, men's underwear; nylons and knitwear.


no matter what the weather, there is always a crowd of cus­ tomers round Doris’ stall.


On Tuesdays and Saturdays,


be classed as oldtimers, but they are noted for their regular presence at Clitheroe market.


Other stall-holders' may not


• Every Clitheroe lady has surely visited Doris's stall, and here Doris smiles cheerfully at the prospect of a busy


Every Tuesday and Saturday come rain, hail, snow or blow,


Saturday as she sets out her stall. She loves her work as you can see, for when we took the photograph the weather was bitterly cold'and wet. Yet Doris and her assistant, Joyce, kept bright, pleasant smiles throughout the not- . so-pleasant dripping weather.


.Me


again at 8-30 In the evening. and CHtheroe market they’ve proprietor comes from the re- ‘


never missed coming, except is on the Darwen moors and is once when they had a holiday, often cut-off in snowy weather,


the few stalls to ODen desnito nove s .n o keen nrices


i W The old-timer in t 'his business is W. Blackburn and Sons, a


£lRhe“ , ■


-cciomns and his w e i r d permanent stalls Products.


familiar sight and many mer- it is not as large as many chants sold most of their goods neighbouring markets, bv auctioning, and telling the The first cinema show ,vas on public fascinating stories ex- the market, and five years ago Gaining the quality of their the market cafe was robbed and


In those days, this was a headlines many times although Clitheroe market -has hit the products. TO Many towns have their own market, but Clitheroe market has a charm of its


own. Its interesting, proud history; the obvious attraction of inexpensive, high, class _ produce; and the fascinating characters of the stall holders all make Clitheroe the most popular market in Ribblesdale, and even among many shoppers and merchants


from the nearby industrial towns. Some of the stalls, such as Jack Taylors toffee stall, Joyce’s crockery shop,-


Barker’s nursery stall, Blackburn’s fruit and vegetable stall, Bawdlands Fisheries, and. Arnold Whittaker florists have all been there so many years that the proprietors re­ member the old market and the other merchants who had stalls on the market many


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Garstang, Settle, Burnley, Ley- land and- Great Harwood,mar-


Doris also, sells at Widneli,


y The main attraction though covered, was the "penny stall” which was Again the market came to kept by Johnny Briggs.


the stolen lnoney was never re-


of different articles each costing one penny, and even though the prices eventually rose above a penny, Johnny Briggs’ stall is still remembered with affection


This stall displayed hundreds


sl? ' , ibis t^ te te run o y _ _ _ The ma Hayhurst and serv good wholesome food at a low


This cafe is run by Mrs. the market.


as "the old penny stall”. Tom Younger, who sold sheets, especially from the stall holders'


price especially for the farmers. Another of the market’s att- This scheme caused nwnv If you have never visited ractions was the rifle-range argUmentsi especially among


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fro the Ministry of Housing f T , Government


stall holders admit, “You never Travelling players visited tne with the market.


to the farming community of of^ ( ^ “ fhe nlnwrs have di^ and the whole town would have this district, and has been so nn? “t ™


The auction mart is familial- n muchra b S u t \


nally held in the town centre subsequently called the Market Place. Even now the iron rings can be seen on the wall of the White Lion Hotel, where far­ mers tied up their horses.


The auction mart was origi­


poultry were put in pens in front of the Victoria Hotel, and farmers and landowners would come from miles around to buy. and sell at Clitheroe’s market.


The cattle, sheep, pigs and


like fairs, and were not a weekly event. But the old market, as it was until its recent modernis­ ation grew up on its present site, and with the increase in traffic, the fairs also had to he held on the market site and not in the town centre.


These old markets were more


the Market Place, until they too were .eventually • moved to the


Pot fairs were also held in


market, arid it is only .in recent years that the.pot fairs have disappeared altogether.


. . bud- ^ ™ £ % £ L S Z '- $ S ! S


Clitheroe market is not always . . . . .1 „ , e„etabie stalls they were once held m the mar- produce *et, with the overilow^onjhe


Until the opening of th


the few stalls to open despite amoag the rather conservative supplying most Cltiheroe green- The stall holders and their the long ■ and hazardous people of .Clitheroe. But you


sed we ’ eZen ket for many years, besides building.


journey. The MacPhersons also travel reading for a very low price,


° CHARMING . the striking cleanliness and


“The new market is a big speed with which the food is improvement- she said “I t served. Brenda serves all her


comes the well-designed stall Merchants come from,as far shoe stall, Bryons. which keeps her stock dry in as Fleetwood and Colne, and She is polite and helpful, and the regular wet weather,


And as her stall is not o n fo f M ly ^ ^ “thereS a^brTghCciean every Tuesday and Saturday to ^ o ^ l o ^ ^ t ^ l o w W e sell shoes at the only regular


the brick-built type, she wel-


customers rapidly- yet cheer- Irom Martin Top, Eimington, to their stall,


, less titan half, the stalls- are offers a wide variety of fashion- Another stall .holder who *'


can pick up a decent second- fresh fnlit and vegetables. ' hand novel, which is well-worth


Among the stall-holders there modem s talis th e j o b o f a stall are a few foreigners who do k°lder


.. . . . . . .


not come to fClitheoe regularly one’ Jj® tl*sypsAd nh amotmfcPnf but whose stalls d i s p l a y dP with a certain amount of


stockings. These men are. the Indians or


no matter what the weather,


extremely inexpensive, goods, usually, knitwear or ladies


polite and -obliging in their manner though they are shrewd and intelligent in- the business.


cold arid wet. The market has always


travels from a'remote village is Pakistanis, and are undoubtedly the charming lady who comes, ’ 0


rather than less goods at a higher price,


200ds at a low price


..A relatively new feature of Clitheroe market Is


which display various unusual entertain a large crowd of old objects — pottery, cutlery, shoppers by demonstrating and


presence of antique stalls ^ “P !lis stad towards the back •


small furniture, brasses and some antique jewellery.


antique stall the proprietors of the largest and most regular one travelling from Colne.


There is usually at least one


can be found amongst their wares.


Rare and interesting antiques


, Strange as it may seem, Clitheroe people take a great interest in these stalls, and their interest confirms the in­ crease in popularity of antiques in the North of England.


are cheaper than they, would be in a shop as they are often in need of a good polish or wash and have not been “done up” by the dealer.


On the market, the antiques


market is the modern cafe with its adjoining chip. shop.


and inexepenslve meals. The cafe is open on ordinary


market days and on auction market days but many people apart from shoppers, farmers and stall holders use the cafe regularly for lunches.


However, there is separate cafe in the auction mart premi-


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LARGE-STOCKS, SWAN


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LARGE STOCKS ' Another attraction of the new


Towers, and they offer quick service and delicious, simple


The cafe is run by G. and K.


Lovely oolour range of silk Jumpers at 12/11. W.M.S 14/11 O.S.


Pay us a visit we are sure to have something for you


DOR I S ’S Bargain Stall


CLITHEROE MARKET OFFERS YOU


Ladies anti Gents underwear at' keen prices


Nylons from 2/6 pair


Knitwear including Ladies Cardigans at the unbeatable prioe of 15/11 — including W.M.S. and O.S.


COWLINGS UP-BROOKS AND


CLITHEROE MARKET AH Fresh


FRUIT and


VEGETABLES in Season


WREATHS anti


BOUQUETS made to order


Flowers, Bedding and ;Pot Plants — ORDER NOW —


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IN


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.... -FRESH’DAILY,


CANADIAN SALMON OUR SPECIALITY


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was shining and there was an air of excitement about his


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THEO WIJ 4 AND


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the shoppers will remember, a negro of- the market and proceeded to


been larger on Tuesdays, for some of the stall holders pre­ fer to go to ’ larger markots on Saturdays. But the old market was bigger still on a Tuesday, and the stalls were not always the same every week. One week, as many Clitheroe


y,-i*b their supplies of goods usually got soaked if it ...... """"


rained and even with the new, « « _re on 8CtT h r i^ a re nsimllv seven or near Clitheroe gas works, but


ground where King Lane Hall now stands.


au


And even in the recent snow Men's books and magazines, potato'm^chant who h a s ^ a ^ a woodei1 and even the malJ et conditions, they were one o. thrillers and blood-chilling


a£ cafe was in, a tiny wooden


the crowds with quaint plays tbe rents fr0m stall holders a* d , ^ “ 2


for manv centuries, but not appeared along wltn rne rune- But mavket rents, based on many other people seem to 1'ange, the Penny stall and Tom {rontage. were increased so that


t h


S of ladies1 wouldv, n0‘ ,juf iIy e rifflt to share th,e f


S ^ ^ i r t ^ o n < £


n id a y a en dM d a y ° n Remises ground, but they have modern, which adjoin the other market.


cost . u ,


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ALSO - DAHLIA TUBERS, TOMATO PLANTS AND LAWN SEED — FARM YARD MANURE GARDEN PEAT AND FERTILIZERS IN BAGS


CUT FLOWERS, POT PLANTS AND BULBS - ALL FLORAL TRIBUTES MADE ON OUR PREMISES AT


■ RUSTIC POLES and GARDEN FURNITURE BARKERS, PRIMROSE NURSERIES,


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CLITHEROE MARKET


for GLASS, CHINA and EARTHENWARE All Leading Makes


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decided that £11,820 should be spent to modernise it com­ pletely, for the old stalls and facilities were found to be inadequate and out-dated. In 1961 this scheme was com­ pleted with successful results.


the public eye when it was


men’s shirts and remnants, was point of view, another well-known figure on The new cafe alone cost £4,700


and the whole scheme cost about £12,000, the money being loaned


the market’s greatest attrac- stall was situated by the castle tenence. They would find it tions, and most fanners and street wall of the market


either of these restaurants, you which many older CUtheroe men sbop_keepe'rs who paid heavv have definitely missed two of will certainly remember.


OLD-WOl STILL


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scheme, therefore the s holders themselves paid for


whole project. oome Clitheroe people


Shop on the market are - . dissatisfied. One young hoil said, “The new market!


terrible, it seems so boring n<l adays.”


rfiere altogether with all tl modernisation, and the stil


while an older gentlerrl commented, "It’s lost its atrr.l


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nve too formal and orderly.! One newcomer to Clithel


1 nts ratgs and had property mam- extremely difficult to compete


go hungry on C l i t h e r o e market regularly entertaining other ratepayers thought that market!’.'


who has only known the rl market and never saw the f stalls admitted, “It’s one of best markets I ’ve come acr. there’s no overcrowding.’’


NEW


Airbornl cuts ci


Revolutionary Flyml sq. yds. of grass in j i l wet or dry. But seeF down to us and we j


Durin;


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