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BOOK SELLERS (Props: Bruce Evan and Gina Christine)
Children’s Book Specialists PUFFIN, LADYBIRD, BEATRIX POTTER, MILLY MOLLY MANDY
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Christian Books Specialists BIBLES, BIBLE DICTIONARIES, CONCORDANCES, TRANSLATIONS AND COMMENTARIES
and Assortment of SOFT TOYS 18 MAIN STREET,
KIRECBY LONSDALE, CUMBRIA
Telephone: Kirkby Lonsdale 71603
i l quiet market town with much to offer
were travelling from Settle to Kendal, you couldn’t miss it. Then the road builders bypassed Kirkby and it reverted to its traditional role of quiet market town.
KIRKBY LONSDALE would not claim to be the hub of the universe, b u t - s e t t l e s for the modest title “centre of the Lune Valley.” Back about 1929, if you
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better company these days, if (now and again) you took that short little road to a market town which must be one of the least spoiled in England (even Britain or
“missed” Kirkby, you have been in celebrated company. But you’d be in even
missed Kirkby on his ill- f ated campaign which collapsed at Derby.
Unspoiled
among the millions heading up the A56 to the Lake District who have also
So, if you have been
which placed the Lune river crossing just lower down the valley, meant that Kirkby missed the worst of invading . Romans and the marching troops of the Wars of the Roses (to mention just a couple). It is known that Bonny Prince Charlie just
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to explain why 95 per cent of local business folk are members of the Chamber of T^de, which could well be a record proportion.
coined an advertising slogan Wes tmor la n d , l a t e r One famous food firm Tel. Day 71248; Night 71742-3 24 Hour Breakdown and Recovery Service Mill Brow Garage Co. P. and R. BRIGGS B.P. & DUCKHAMS LUB. & SERVICE
OVERHAULS — TYR ES — BATTERIES MoT TE S T IN G STATION
g ★ LISENCED BAR g ★ TV LOUNGE
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BRITISH CRAFT ^1 PRODUCTS
Pictures, pottery, wood and leather goods, ivoolens, art materials
THE NOOK GALLERY Main Street, Kirkby Lonsdale Tel: 71674 g
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When you visit Kirkby Lonsdale why
not choose a gift from
ONE OF THE FINEST SELECTIONS OF QUALITY GIFTWARE WITH A DIFFERENCE IS TO BE FOUND IN THIS QUAINT OLD PROPERTY IN THE CENTRE OF TOWN.
The L o ft CULINARY CORNER .
Herbs, spices, jams, pate, cookery books, aprons, tea towels, tea cosies, oven-to-tableware, cooking utensils of all descriptions, Hornsea pottery.
THE BASKET SHOP Shopping baskets, breadbaskets, linen baskets, log baskets, wine bottle holders, table mats, hanging baskets, cane furniture, brooms, curtains, pine furniture, lamp shades, bed heads.
FANCY GOODS SHOP
H O rN O R B IL T Rich in Wool
There’ s nothing-quite
like the comfort and style of Honorbilt trousers. Especially when they’re
tailored froni pure new wool or the unique blend of 65% wool with 35% polyester
Honorbilt and Wool. Rich in comfort and style.
Caithness paperweights, china tea services, silverware, wrapping pajier, Lakeland stone,-Llandro ligures, Heredities figures, Beswick animals, skirt lengths, crystal, soft toys and many items by local ci^tsmen too numerous to mention.
MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE. Tei. 71223 For the gift to please
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been unbearable in Kirkby if the juggernauts had not been diverted. But it has presented local traders with the challenge of attracting visitors to augment the custom of residents and farmers in the Lune area. 'That challenge may help
40 years before Clitheroe’s, is now presumably some thing of a mixed blessing. Certainly life would have
Europe). ’That bypass, built nearly
being smaller they had to tiy harder. You could be forgiven for
based on the .theme that
feeling that the idea has been adopted, possibly quite unconsciously,by the enter prising Kirkby tradesfolk.
Enterprise
much trouble, for instance, for Mrs Enid Harrison, secretary-treasurer of the Chamber, both in promoting the town and the Chamber and her own unique Main Street business or modem and antique furnishings. And there are a remarkable
avoiding personal publicity, produces a back, copy of
“Lancashire Life,” to put the emphasis on other local personalities.
As the town was then in
number of attractive shops in which to browse and buy. Mrs Harrison, tactfully
Nothing seems to be too
switched to Cumbria and is now ruled by South Lake land Council, it was a tribute to business acumen that it was featured in a Lancashire magazine.
have met Bruce and Gina WoodsTlack, who run the Arts Store bookshop; Harry Williams, a fancy-goods shop proprietor who acts as a semi-pro comedian and conjuror; or Joyce and Eric Bateman who left the theatre lights to run the Royal Hotel.
Nook arts and craft shop; or Mrs Nora Taylor at the Loft gift shop; or many more of the 70 Chamber members, who offer a wide variety of products.
Or Joyce Swift, at the f
tered a figure familiar on TV’s Look North, Frank Mellor, who seems to pop up all over the Lakeland scene,. yet chose to live next to Ca s t e r to n Church; or.- “Jonty” Wilson, the to\vn’s blacksmith and expert on local history.
You might have encoun
Peter Kirby, “with no k,” at the Copper Kettle restaur ant, a former North East coast jo u rna l i s t , who switched from providing “food for thought'’ to serv ing excellent lunches, teas and dinners. And there are several other places, hotels, restaurants, cafes, snack bars, and coffee houses, where prices are more reasonable than tourist Meccas in Lakeland.
We were luc^ to meet Charm
people travel from NE Lancashire or even Black pool for an evening meal in Kirkby. And why tourists, who intended to spend just one night in Kirkby en route to' the Lake District, become so enchanted with it as a touring centre that they stay for their entire holiday.
We soon appreciated why
fall for the charms of this delightful market town.
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Style and Beauty . .
Our expert attention and service is at your disposal
When in Kirkby Lonsdale, Why not pay a visit to. . .
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HAIR STYLISTS 24 MAIN STREET.
KIRKBY LONSDALE Telephone: 71273
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Copper Eettle A la Carle Menu
MARKET STREET
KIRKBY LONSDALE Tel. 71714
Lunches High Teas Evening meals
12 noon—2-00 p.r 3-30 p.m.—5-30 p.m. 5-30 p.m. —8-00 p.m.
Special 3 course luncheon Choice menu £ 1 .4 5
CljeJfleeteSnn (A FULLY LICENSED FREE HOUSE)
(Proprietors: COLIN & HATH THOMPSON) TELEPHONE 71544
BAR SNACKS Mens Wear
THE OLD MARKET HALL KIRKBY LONSDALE Tel. 71009
Your Favourite Tunes Played on the Organ Every Saturday and Sunday Evening
A 17th CENTURY INN WITH A WELCOME FOR THE VISITORS
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Kirkby Lonsdale Chamber of Trade
V) I'.r'^ o w € ^ w w ^ ^ ^ ( p @ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ WELCOME YOU 'iv FARM BUILDINGS MILING PARLOURS, ETG ^ ALL AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY CLEANED o o o i -
to our Picturesque
Market Town where you will find ample FREE car parks
Cafes and shops of Quality
If yo^ we h(
DAVIS AND BOWRING Chartered Surveyors, Land Agents and Valuers
CUMBRIA, YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE
P. W. D. Roberts, F.Riaa P.W.T.i)uckworth,F.RI.a&
R A (Siallenor, RA, F.R L a a aEaaowes,ARI.(Xa
MANAGEMENT of Rural Estates, Farms, Woodlands and Mineral Rights.
. ADVICE on Leisure Development and Financial Planning
SALES — PURCHASES VALUATIONS
SPECIALISTS IN
AND LETTING OF ALL SPORTING RIGHTS
FARM BUILDINGS MANAGEMENT
M. B. HODGSON & SON (Established 1818)
6/8 Main Street Kirkby Lonsdale Carnforth, Cumbria Tel. Kirkby Lonsdale (0468)71711
1 Park Road, Gisburn Clitheroe
Lancashire
Tel. Gisbum (02005)381
ESTATE AGENTS, AUCTIONEERS, SURVEYORS and VALUERS
C. J. COOKSON, J. M. FISHWICK Auctlonean and Valuers:
Chartered^rveyora: J. J. LEIGH, A.R.I.C.S (Property Manager), D. J. Chase,
A.R.I.as.
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I BUTTERWORTH’S ! I Mobile Steam Clean ing
18 MARKET STREET. KIRKBY LONSDALE TEL. 71272
ROB AN D ! 1-i^J
* RADl\ from BANG /|
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Residential, Agricultural and Commercial Propertlea.,
S a l^ by Private Treaty or Auction of
Valuations and ^uctural Surveys promptly carried out by Qualified Staff
LocalAgent— SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY
44 MAIN STREET, KIRKBY LONSDALE . Tel. (0468) 71338 , Tel. (0539) 20603
10 KENT STREET, KENDAL - ■ Also at ) BARGAi
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View,” the Lune, which hi “one of the Io| in England, world,” unfoki backcloth ol Ruskin d e s l “naturally dl “priceless pol it is free for
TURNER, landscape ad it; Ruskin \'l about it; an(| come from world to enj view from. dale’s famoil Now know7i
ABOVE: Part of the shopping area, seen from the ' Royal Hotel.
LEFT: 'The castellated shelter in the Market Square ,
gives comfort in rain or sun.
BELOW LEFT: The gazebo, which was used as a hide for prevention of body-snatching in the chur chyard.
BELOW: The Cross in the Horsemarket which testified to “the sacredness of bargains struck.”
special link wf As they sit al Turner andf lovely scene, i the man who| seats, Mr Alii son, KirkbJ
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