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i , ■ \i '•' 1-) ciiUicroc Advc\Advertiser and Times, June 7th, 1973 'I'lie directors of


G. B. HOLDING LTD cxlciul many


coiigratulalions to


PORRITTS on their


60th Anniversary


AN OLD-FASHIONED FIRM AND VERY PROUD OF IT


of porritt has become synonymous with linen. In an age of change the stan­ dards of high quality and courteous service has re­ mained content. And cus­ tomers appreciate tiie air of peace and quiet and the subtle smell of pristine linen, which seem so far removed from the noise and bustle of the outside world.


CELEBRATING 60 years of service to the households of North East Lancashire are Porritt’s, linen drapers, of Blackburn and Burnley. Over the years, the name


Advertising, feoture


Along with traditional


Hish NoOingham Lace to MaCramc Lace chairbacks, settee sots, table mats and cloths are fully stocked by PORRITTS


G. B. HOLDING LTD


mtOADWAY, NOTTINGHAJI Makers of Holdfast Lace Window Furnishings Linen and Lace Napery


JOHN S. BROWN & SONS LTD.


congratulate PORRITTS


on their 60th 'year of trading in TOP QUALITY LINENS.


We ore confident t h a t t o g e t h e r we can look forward to yet another 60 years of successful trading.


J


JOHN S. BROWN LINEN MANUFACTURERS


and SONS LTD ST ELLENS WORKS. SHAWSBRIDGE, BELFAST iAn/WVWWWWWVWWWWVWWWWWWWWVWWVWWWVWVW


RICE & SONS PORRITTS


congratulate on their 60th year of trading W. V. RIGE & Sons Ltd


shop and Window Fittings and General Advertising Aids


39 SALFORD BLACKBURN


MAUDSLEY STREET BLACKBURN


I X>opcas


Horrockses and Dorcas, Suppliers of


HOISEHOLD LINENS


MILLS & FOUNTAIN LTD


HAMMER LANE, HEYBROOK ROCHDALE TEL. 44084


Congralulale Messrs . f


PORRITTS on their


i ’A- I f


60th Anniversary and wlsH them eveiy


SUCCESS TN THE FUTURE Unrroclises If)


PORRITTS Pass on our Congratulations on Sixty Years* trading in Blackburn and District


THIS DIAMOND JUBILEE


THE MANAGEMENT OF PORRITTS


THEIR SERVICES UPON WHICH I MUCH OF THE EFFICIENCY AND


WISH TO THANK THE STAFF PAST AND PRESENT, FOR


SUCCESS OF THE BUSINESS DEPEND, THE SUPPLIERS, WHO HAVE BEEN SO LOYAL, MANY SINCE 1913,


t h e P U B L IC , FOR SUCH SUPPORT AND APPRECIATION OF OUR EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS OF QUALITY FOR SO LONG.


AND TO M TAKE THE PLEASURE IN 1 0 « F i'O ON SAT., JUNE 16TH THIS OFFER ENDS ARK THE OCCASION WE


OFFERING A DISCOUNT ON EVERY CASH PURCHASE OF


8 PRESTON NEW ROAD — BLACKBURN Ituiy Pflfkina at lh« ft'ar ot Pieston New Road—'Tatvtin* Sirvfi*


4 Hargreaves Street, Burnley


mom mms WHOSf GOODS


m STOCK


SHAMROCK IRISH ABBEY, OLD BLEACH Linen damasks, sheets, towels, fancy linens, piece linens, hankies.


CHRISTY Towels. OSMAN Sheets Cr Towel*.


VANTONA Bedcovers Cr Towels.


DOiRMA Sheets & Pillow Coses.


LEACOCK Foncy Linens.


MODERNA Cr LAN-AIR-CEL


Blankets.


DIANA COWPE Condlewicks. B.M.K. Towels. FINLAY Sheet*. HOLDFAST


Chair backs Cr Lace Napery.


WM. HOUINS Viyella Cr Clydella SUNDEW Linen*. DORCAS Sheets.


CEPEA Cotton Fobrics.,


DUNMOY Household Textile*.


PYRAMID Hankies.


t o - I


SERUI sTimi


BUckburn. TEL.52 NEW ROA


THE exterior of the Porritts shop in Hargreaves Street, Burnley.


'isnil"" ' ' I a '


goods such as linen sheets and brown linen towels, which are not easy to find these days, the shops stock a full range of new fibres, materials which are as modem as the minute.


" real ’’ linen drapers, Mr Porritt was brought up in


One of the few remaining


the trade by way of the old apfxarenticeship school.


Now Road, Blackburn, and a smaller one in H.argreaves


His main shop, in Preston


Street, Burnley, have not changed in appearance over the years. " I call it an oasis,” says Mr Porritt.


His father, Mr Reginald


Porritt came up from Somer­ set and was employed in several small general stores before he decided to set up in business in small premises next door to the present shop in Preston New Road. Blackburn, in 1913.


carlist memories are of standing, as a child, behind


Some of George Porritfs


the high counter in his father’s first store, and of playing on the then fashion­ able Preston New Road as the horses and carts passed


by.


early education at local schools and afterwards spent six years at St. Joseph’s College, Dumfries.


Mr Porritt received his


apprenticeship to Frederick Matthew who had a general store in Preston—it was not the tiling to bo apprenticed to one's own family in busi­ ness.


Tiien he began his CONGRATUL.Aii;


Preston on the old solid- tyred Ribble buses six days a week for three years and, acting as a general dogsbody, I worked my way through all the general departments, ending in linen drapery in which I had most interest,” recalls Mr Porritt.


" I travelled to and from MR GEORGE PORRITT in his shop in Blackburn.


to seniority, so I didn't get many customers. We did get a guinea at Christmas.


in the pound commission on what we sold was the only pay but in my position that iunounted to veiy little.


” I got no wages. A penny


third sales staff and then me, all to take turns at serving customers according


“There was fimt, second,


ship were accepted, you did it and did not complain. And it did give you a good grounding.”


“Tlie terms of apprentice­


Quite frankly, he enjoys hi.s somewhat ” fuddy - duddy ” image.


“ It is an old-fashioned


shop with old-fashioned fix­ tures,” he said of his Pres-


were good, Mr Porritt fii-mly believes. “You liad it knocked into you by practical people who knew the Job. In high-class shops, training is still given.


Tire old apprenticeship days


then two years at Frederick G 0 r r i n g e, Buckingham Palace Road, London, pro­ vided more practical ex­ perience.


A short spell at Afieck and Brown in M.anchestcr, and


ly v v r jT UP-TO iiuHL


father opened the shop in Hargreaves Street, Burnley. It was hard work trying to run this and the Blackburn •shop—which by now had moved ne.xt door—so his son came into the business and took over tlie running of the Buniley shop.


In tile early 1930s his


opened in Thwaites Arcade, Blackburn, and two years later when his father died Mr George Porritt found liimself with three thriving businesses.


In 1934 another shop was


60th anniversaiy, the arcade sliop has disappeared because of town centre redevelop­ ment but the two remaining linen stores continue to go from strength to strength. Success has not encour­


Now. in Uie year of Porritfs


aged Mr Porritt to modernise either of his premises, or to change his methods of sale.


Chamber of Trade stalwart


McIIor Brook, has been a member of Blackburn Cliambcr of Trade for more than 30 years, and is a past president. He lias also been on the


sir Porritt, who lives at


commitlcc for many years. In the National Chamber of Trade, he is a past cliair- man it llic Norlli West ai-ca oounoil, and dining IS years on the board of manage­ ment has never missed a single meeting. Mr Porrilt also serves on


PORRITTS ON THEIR DIAMOND ,U I51LE1-


BRITISH FUEL COMPANY Solid Fuel Distribiiiois


WPIALLEY H.A.NKS BLACKBURN


Tel: Blackburn 55011-2-3-4


Haig Cup win for Read


Ifi the ■


• » Hiird round of tlic Read


» n e e d last year’.s


•a'®„-hirp regional final by Llldal Moor, victors by 11


emerging runs


exciting


'^The issue was alwny.s in as the gauie sce-.'awpd


fr sfo fe wl.v"and tbon .Iv;


^ther Bead lost the to.s.s ami u S first on a rather un­ s t a b l e wicket They better than la.s„ yea ,


Ricbv being top .scorer wiUi ?4 and three other playcr.s ^tung double figuvc.s.


FOR ALL YOUR SOLID FUEL REQUIREMENTS


fair y tight but the fielding S s good and .several


^ad’.s final fetal wa.s 1.14 ^ the allotted 40 c.ver.<^, wnh two wickets in hand.


uanees -b’ere put down,


' A major part in Read -access was played by open


tag bowlers WaddingtPn a no ™^bv who together enn-


cedecl only 16 runs of llio 14 ovens T^^hi.s ivi.


“ ned hut they mad.. Taliant attempts to rccove,- ^Ih the aid of -some hi.-.t.' batting and several dropped


Undal well behind s.s i.n- M runs per over were f“ii-


Linda' bowling wa.s


' T ' iM lor six t.hev anpeared to liavc .a good chwee of victory but at thus noint- Waddington, who had ^turned for his la.sl Ut, ;«rs had two men caught, and Lindal were 114 foi-


•ieht They reached 130 before Bigby took the ninth Sckel with the first ball of his last over, and 123 before Smith roimded off .some excellent bowling b.v having the last man caught, a. Hie


PORRITTS ON THEIR 60th AmiVERSARY S ★


the Drapery IVagcs Council, and on the Home Ofliec commillec which ensures th.at st.andards to protect the public arc enforced, particularly with regard to fiareproof materials for children’s and old people's clothing.


ton New Hoad store. “ But it does keep tlio stock clean. I cannot go for any of this self-service: I respect the stock too much.”


Stockists of


McLINTOCK'S TERYLENE FILLING QUILTS AND RE-COVER SERVICE m / tn im mn


OSMAN PORRITTS


send best leishes to on the occasion of tlioir


60th ANNIVERSARY OSMAN sheets iiiiil loMi'l'


VOTE K


FOR DISPLAY ADVERTISIN(i|! RING CLITHEROE 22323


itinu m m n iiitim tn u n iif m inmn l5>ucd In 1.


wicket. Rfad: U- Kairoloiish. i’


llprman 9»


Uoda! Moor: 12.1. J Read bowline: A. Waddinc'r-i. 8.H-28-.T; n . Goodwav, 9-1-nS-l.


LM9.3; D. TUghy. 8-2-n-i: I- Sumner.


B.


"tt* R. Goodway. not out ..n; i;,. Sumner, b Knifijil 2; M. GrAtncrr. c ind b GifTord 1; S. nu.shinn. b Gifford 0; H. Harwood, run oni. 3: J. Waddinglon. not out 4. Extras 7. Total (8 wkl.sj 1..4.


Tliffbv. st Comthu-aito b "4


Comthwalte b Sbuttleworth IS;. ? ft! Smith, c Knishl b (UfTorH


Georpp&'nn. «


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