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Suppliers of ;j|p HIGH QUALITY


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HOUSEHOLD TEXTILES AND CLOTHING


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NO one can be surprised at the size of-Clitheroe’s Economic. Stores any- more. Customers at Mrs Jean Parker’s Whalley. Road fashion stores had for years been saying “I didn’t realise that you sold so many things here.” They were-amazed to find the.eight-room, six-department store behind a facade that gave no hint of the real


size of the premises. But not any more, for


Mrs Parker has bought a new street-front section which links her two former separate shop frontages, and put in an imposing display window which now gives the shopper a good glimpse of the true range of goods that are stocked inside. For the ladies there are


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coats, raincoats, jackets, dresses, evening dresses, separates, shoes, and lingerie — and for the men, ready-made suits, sports jackets, trousers, jeans, knitwear, shirts, shoes. Not forgetting, of course, ranges of house­ hold goods, teenage fash­ ions, and children’s wear.


The name to look for in


LADIES’ COATS — JACKETS — SUITS - TROUSER SUITS — DRESSES — HOSTESS DRESSES.


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FOB A FASHION SUIT OR JACKET go to


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AND LOOK FOR THIS B SILHOUETTE


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BEST WISHES WITH YOUR EXTENDED MENSWEAR DEPARTMENT... ADMIRATION CLOTHES


Complete ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS at the Economic Stores completed by


PHILLIP WALMSLEY Electrical Contractors


Specialists in all types of domestic and agricultural installations.


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5 ST PAUL’S CLOSE, CLITHEROE: TEL. 24031 WE WISH THE ECONOMIC STORES CONTINUED


SUCCESS tL n s s s sa im


KNITWEAR of


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I FOR A WONDERFUL SELEC­ TION OF HIGH CLASS LADIES KNITWEAR and MODERN TEENAGE STYLES VISIT THE ECONOMIC STORES


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P' G. H. D. KNITWEAR 182/184 HAYWOOD RD.


(Accrington)


STORES CONTINUED SUC­ CESS IN THE FUTURE.


ACCRINGTON. TEL: 34774. WISH THE ECONOMIC


SEE THE SUPERB RANGE AT THE ECONOMIC STORES


HOSTESS GOWNS CO-ORDINATES


MRS JEAN PARKER (left) and assistant Mrs Mary Kenyon busy dressing a model.


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CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE


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Modern and traditional styles *


SUPPLIED BY Wm. SHAW & SONS (FOOTWEAR) LTD


6-8 DANTZIC ST. MANCHESTER


Wo congratulate the economic stores on the improvements to the store and wish them every success in the future.


LADIES’ and GENT’S QUALITY


FOOTWEAR


the new MAITLAND TRENDLINE RANGE of both MODERN & CLASSIC STYLES in


MEN'S SUITS


SPORTS JACKETS TROUSERS etc. available at


THE ECONOMIC


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PARD. LAMPS, FLUORESi TERNS, etc.,-etc. Cal


STORES 66/70 WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE.


FASHIONS FOR THE YOUNG OF ALL AGES I 66-70 WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE. Tel. 22697. PARK AT THE DOOR


LIGHTING Dl auwden Mall, Amdahl Centre,


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See the superb collection at The Economic Stores.


We wish them every success In the future. All tastes The whole shop front


now indicates how big the store really is, and cus­ tomers will no longer have to make the detour through the rear show­ rooms to move from one end of the shop to the other.


The new section \AacUes ttn,cL Gantt S taiA A i


makes a total of nine rooms in the. stores, and the front showroom is now a bright, modern, open-plan area where men’s fashions, house­ hold goods, and ladies’ coats are among the items shown off to their best advantage.' But Economic Stores


has several other depart­ ments too — for ladies’ fashions, men’s shoes, ladies’ shoes, and sepa­ rates. “We can provide a complete outfit, from top to toe, for all tastes and age-ranges,” Mrs Parker says. “We also like to oblige


by obtaining garments for special occasions. No­ thing is too much trou­ ble,” she .adds, laying great emphasis on a friendly, obliging service to the customers.


Inde ed Economic


Stores" is very much a family concern in two ways: not only has it been owned by three genera­ tions of the same family, but it has also seen three


generations• o f , some; of the same families among


its customers.1 The staff, too, are


mostly of long experience and the longest-serving,. Mrs Alice Hargreaves, has been at Economic Stores for 15 years.


It is now 50 years since


M r s P s - r k e r ’. s grandmother, Mrs Mar­ gar et Hargreaves, started up the business in a single Whalley Road house. Now the store occupies what was four houses — but Economic Stores still lives up to its name.


“Our prices always have


been competitive,” suys Mrs Parker. “They have to be, in order to attract shoppers away from Clitheroe’s main shopping centre.” Some idea of the competi-


tive prices can be gained from the price range for dresses — £7.95 to £15 — and the coats, which start at £20. ■


• Tradition Mrs Parker has been in the


Stores for three years now, as successor to her mother, Mrs Doris Hargreaves. Previously she was proprietress of the next-door hairdressing busi­ ness, now named “Frances.” Coming from a family with


such a long tradition in the “rag trade,” it was in some ways inevitable that she would take a keen interest in fashion. “Hairdressing was raii.-fying, but I do like ihe f.i-luon business better,” she admits. "It gives me tremendous pleasure when the goods I


have chosen prove : popular. The rag trade is a very competitive business — fash­ ions can change so quickly and you always have to be on your toes watching for the latest developments.”


But Mrs Parker’s fashion


sense should not mislead anyone into thinking that the store deals mainly in modern teens-and-twenties gear.


While they certainly do


provide a fine range of mod fashions, Economic Stores concentrates particularly on • catering for mature ladies who want to be smart and fashionable without being


way-out. “There is a much wider gap


today than ever before bet­ ween young fashions and maturer fashions, and we have to make sure we can satisfy every age-range and taste. “It requires the ability to


put yourself in the position of every different kind of per­ son, and you learn more every day in this business,” says Mrs Parker. Economic Stores also carry


a good, range of outsize fash­ ions. “We put special em­ phasis on modem styles and designs in the outsize ranges.” Although Mrs Parker ad­


mit, that her judgment has unquestionably irnpi m ed with cxpuience, she was no novice when she entered the fashion business, basing always fol­


lowed and taken a keen


• interest in fashion. “My mother helped to show


me the ropes at first, but I always had the basic interest to enjoy this kind of work, and n ow I


f i n d i t v e r y


exhilarating.” One of the high spots of the


year, is the twice-yearly fashion show which Economic Stores gives in Clitheroe. The autumn show took


place yesterday in the Parish Church Hall, and the audience was able to see how fashions have- changed since, a year


ago. For ladies the dresses are


getting slightly longer, and for the modern fashion- followers they are still at calf-length. Autumn shades this year are chiefly khaki, bronze, bottle green, browns, and black.


Casual For once, the younger fash­


ion is not undergoing its usual vast seasonal fluctuation. De­ nim, which sold “like a bomb” throughout the summer, looks like maintaining its popularity through the winter, and co­ ordinates are in as much demand as ever. Men’s fashions, of course,


do not change as much or as quickly .is w omen’s, although men tend to ho more fashion- conscious than ever before. Tlie thimo now is definitely on casual clothes.


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■ 4 ': z Dismissed


CLITHEROE' magistrate! dismissed a charge of drivinI without due, care and attcil tion against Eric Bracewcl (52), of Alma Place, Clitheroel , hracewell, it was allegeil had driven out of Millthornl Avenue and collided with a ca| °n Henthorn Road.


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. Mr J. L, Lumley,. defend! ,*g, told the court that hif client’s- view was impairel because of cars parked at th l junction, but he. had taken a.l Precautions one could reason! a»ly expect in; the cir| cumstances.


ALL STRUCTURAL, BUILDING AND JOINERY WORK COMPLETED BY


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WE WISH THE ECONOMIC \ STORES EVERY SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE


6 HEREFORD DRIVE, CLITHEROE. Tel. 24164


\ But whatever the fashions,


there is no question that Economic Stores will continue to give some of the best value for money in what is now one of the biggest shops in the town.


Advertising Feature OF SUPERIOR HOSIERY UNDERWEAR


And distinctive knitwear to the Economic Stores.


CONGRATULATIONS AND EVERY SUCCESS TO


THE ECONOMIC STORES


On the completion of the modernisation of their premises.


CHESS CLUB


CLITHEROE Chess Cll had a difficult tie in thl opening game in the seccl division of the East Lnnl


I shire Chess Club, beil i beaten 4-2 by last seasol 1 champions, Lucas A.


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The match, at the Statil Hotel, was a close-run affI


| and at one stage it looked n;l Clitheroe could snatch a shcl


win.‘ . Bernard Shaw, playing \v|


below his best, was soon [ trouble and was quid! beaten. In the second ganl Eric Mansfield, started quit


| ly, but steadily gained t l 1 upper’hand to checkmate 11


| opponent. George Hardml ” give his side their second w I but Vincent Tudisco lost t l fourth game after having bi:l up a considerable advantagl Newcomer Brian Carr afl gained a positional advaritafl


I but was unable to convert til j to a" win; In the final gairl Bill Wolstenholme lost aftl refusing the offer of a dra’J Clitheroe 2, Lucas A 4.


Shaw 0, J. McLean 1; Mansfield 1, J. M. Robinsonl G. Hardman 1, E. Cross 0; f Tudisco 0, P. Doughty 1; Carr.O.-C. Blackwood 1; | Wnl8tenholme 0, F. Ensor


Canopy


PLANS for the constructij of a forecourt canopy at Del Park Filling Station, Gisburl have been approved by til Rihble Valley Council’s Dl velopment Sub-Committee. |


SUPPLIERS


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