Clillieroe.-Advertiser and. Times. September 9Ui; 197k. 5


START THE NEW SPORTS SEASON IN STYLE


SOMETHING’S afoot at th e o ld -e s tab lish ed Clitheroe business of Richard Turner and Son.


shop, now sporting a bright pew image, aims to help all games enthusiasts kick off their particular season in style. The family concern with the reputation for high- quality goods and friendly service has recently opened a new sports and leisure centre, selling everything from squash rackets to swimming goggles and hockey sticks to golf balls.


The Castle Street shoe


. The interior of the modern, two-storey premises has been redesigned to cater for both this new venture and the trad­ itional'shoe-retailing side of the business.


venture is Mr John Turner, co-partner in the firm with his p aren ts Coun. and Mrs Richard Turner. He has been developing the sports side of the footwear business over the past few years and real­ ised that there was potential for large-scale expansion.


Han in charge of the


“We star ted off in a small way, selling football and cric­


ket boots, training shoes and pumps. Then we added soccer s tr ip s and other sports clothing to our range. It was a logical step to expand the way we have done,” explained Mr Turner.


new sports and leisure centre was made last March and Mr Turner has since been busy obtaining agency agreements with the major manufac­ turers.


The decision to launch the


acquire all the important ones at a time when many firms are re lu c ta n t to open new accounts. We now sell the best equipment for virtually any sport you can name," he added.


the best bats, pads and balls available as Turners are stoc­ kists for St Peter Sports, Gray Nichols, Gunn and Moore, Stuart Surridge and Slazenger.


Cricketers can be sure of footbal lers, too, are well “We have been lucky to


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catered for with boots and training shoes available from the ranges of Adidas, Gola, Mitre and Puma, and strips from Admiral and Umbro. Enthusiasts of the fast­ growing spoilt of squash have a wide choice of equipment from Ascot Sports, Dunlop, Grays, Slazenger, Stuart Surridge, Squash Interna­ tional and Wisdens.


badminton players are served by such firms as Dunlop, A scot S p o r ts . Grays. Slazenger, Stiga, Wisdens and Yonex.' * ,


Trulon and Unicorn supply


darts and dartboards, Speedo swimwear and goggles, Grays and Stuart .Surridge hockey, Edwards sports nets and Yellow Dot and l.itesoine


Tennis, table tennis and


squash and badminton clothes and tracksuits.


Not only will the Turners be


able to offer you the ultimate in sports equipment, they will also be able to carry out any repairs that may be neces­ sary. Mr Turner sees this as an essential role of a good sports shop. “We will repair almost any equipment bought. at our shop.


bought a restringing machine fo r ten n is , squash and jadminton rackets which


“For example, we have


should be a real help to local sportsmen,” said Mr Turner.


about a big change in the design of the shop with the ladies' and' children's shoe department — run by. Miss Jean Dickinson — now situated upstairs. The sports section and the men’s depart­ ment lakes up the whole of the ground floor. Two men who have between


The venture has brought


them served the firm for a total of HO years — Mr Alban


Snape and Mr Bryan Vale will be helping to run the new section in addition to their duties in the repair work­ shops.


Also working full-time in


the various departments are Coun. and Mrs Turner, Mr Turner and part-timers Mrs Carol Turner, Mrs Catherine Hargreaves, Mrs Irene Coon and Mrs Freda* Curtis.


making every effort to ensure the success of the new venture-, their customers in the shoe department can be assured that they will receive the same excellent service. The firm stocks many of the leading ranges including I.oakos, Norvic, Lotus, R. P. Ellens, Dura Flex, Scholl and Angus Westly.


Although the Turners are


vised by interior designer d ie s Crossley, have been done by a Manchester firm of s h o p f i 11 e r s R e a n s t a 1 k Shelving.


All the alterations, super­


EXAMINING this squash racket for a fault, are Mr Alban. Snape (left) and Mr Bryan Vale, who are. able to mend almost anything which might go wrong.


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I'”S all one big happy family'‘-at Turner's. Seated from the left are Mrs Edith Turner, Miss Jean Dickinson, Mrs Catherine Hargreaves and Mrs Irene Coon. Back: Mr John Turner, Mrs Carol Turner, Mr Alham Snape, Mr Bryan Vale, Mrs Freda Curtis and Coun. Richard Turner.


SERVED THE TOWN FOR 66 YEARS


IN the year King George V came to the throne, a small shop selling


•found th e i r Lowergate premises were too small and moved to the more spacious shop in Castle Street. Coun. Turner's fame in the


on Loworgate selling only clogs and ,other working shoes, it gradually began to stock a wider range of goods. It developed a clog and shoe­ repairing side and began to sell “Sunday-best” shoes. Another major milestone in the firm’s history came seven years ago when the Turners


ning G6 years ago, the bust ness • has steadily grown to become one of the largest family concerns in the town with a wide range of footwear and sports goods on ’offer. Coun. Richard Turner, the son of the founder, now runs the firm in partnership with his wife Edith and son John at i ts modern town-centre premises. Although the shop opened


clogs was opened in Clitheroe by the late Mr Richard Turner. From this humble begin- having won three champion- Club, the Knights of St ship cups a t Olympia in


tion undefeated in 1955, and the championships have since been discontinued. He has also used his skills in the dying a r t of clog-making' to help developing countries in Africa. In the early 1960s he went to Eastern Nigeria and Uganda to teach lepers how to make clogs to enable them to walk with some measure of comfort. These visits led to him help­


shoe trade has spread much further than the Ribble Valley. He was the last holder of the title “Champion shoe- repairer of Great Britain,”


to Clitheroe Borough Council in 1965 and became Mayor in 1972. After reorganisation, he joined the Ribble Valley Council, representing the St James’s ward. His other many and varied interests included the Pendle


ing to found the Clitheroe branch of Lepra and he was its chairman for six years. In connection with this, he joined a committee set up by Clitheroe churches to provide a tractor for a leper colony in India. Coun. Turner was elected


successive years. He retired from competi­


Turners in the shoe trade is represented by their only son, John. He joined the firm in 1958 and followed his mother into the retailing side. He and his wife, Carol, who have three children Wendy (10), Susan (8) and Andrew (6) live next door to his parents in York Street, Clitheroe. Completing the family line­


the firm as a partner and did much to further the retail side of the business. She was formerly president of two women’s organisations in the town — the Soroptimists and the Townswomen’s Guild. Like her husband, she attends SS Michael and John’s Church, Clitheroe. The third generation of


up in the business are Coun. a id Mrs Turners daughter Mrs Catherine Hargreaves who works part time at the shop along with John’s wife, Carol.


Columba and the Ribblc Valley Sports Council. He is also closely connected with Clitheroe Drama Festival. In 1949 Mrs Turner joined


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CHEETAH SPORTS


THIS IS WHAT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR III


FEATURING EQUIPMENT AND CLOTHING FOR THE FOLLOWING SPORTS


FOOTBALL — SQUASH — BADMINTON — TABLE TENNIS DARTS — GOLF — TENNIS — SWIMMING — CRICKET HOCKEY, ETC.


NEW SERVICE m am m m m m im iM m u rm j/i


WE ARE NOW ABLE TO REPAIR AND RESTRING SQUASH, TENNIS AND BADMINTON RACQUETS


BIG DISCOUNTS FOR TEAM ORDERS


CLUBS PLEASE NOTE PRICES ON REQUEST


MONDAY — FRIDAY 9 a.m. to 5-30 p.m.


OPEN 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. SATURDAY CLOSED WEDNESDAY


TURNERS 37 CASTLE STREET, CLITHEROE. Tel. 23867


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