Clitheroe 22321, (Editorial 6 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, April 7th, 1988 ' Clitheroe 22321, (Editorial), 22823 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) . Advertising feature...Sowerbutts Complete House Furnishers


e L E F T : MR ALLAN Sower­ butts outside the shop.


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CUSTOM MADE CURTAINS


BEAUTIFUL with a host of extra features INCLUDING: .


HOOKS O WEIGHTS • BLIND SEWN GENEROUS HEMS 9 WIDE CHOICE OF EXCLUSIVE PATTERNS AND FABRICS CHOICE OF HEADINGS © LINED OR UNLINED


Complete your furnishings with matching:


BEDSPREADS 9 HEADBOARDS 9 PELMETS 9 SWAGS and TAILS 9 LAMPSHADES © TIDY BINS 9 ROLLER BLINDS


Our custom made curtains are individually sewn to fit your win­ dows perfectly. You have a choice of heading styles and the curtains can be lined or unlined as you require. All curtains are blind sewn and have generous bottom hems which are weighted so that curtains hang beautifully. Hooks are provided entirely free of charge. Ask our consultant to give you a quotation with­ out obligation.


SPECIAL OFFER 15% DISCOUNT


For four weeks, from April 7th to May 5th


H. M. SOWERBUTTS 10 KING STREET, CL1THEROE Telephone: 22598


SOME of the range of dining suites and dressers are displayed by Mark. Mark and Elizabeth with the extensive curtain library. T t T T W U R H Q M E , WITH FLOWERS


Recreate the nostalgic charm of the English countryside with ‘Wild Flowers’, Dorma’s newest design in the Country Diary Collection. Like its country cousins, ‘Meadow’, ‘Poppy’ and ‘Honeysuckle Rose’, ‘Wild Flowers’ captures the true spirit of mother nature in its quilt covers, sheets, bedspreads, pillowcases, curtains and, most recently, the Dorma Designer Duvet. See Dorma’s Country Diary Collection at:


H. M. SOWERBUTTS


10 King Street, Clitheroe Telephone 22598


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H. M. SOWERBUTTS 10 KING STREET, CLITHEROE


Telephone 22598


ROLL OUT THE ULSTER CARPETS


If it looks distinctive; feels luxurious—the chances are it's an Ulster carpet.


If it bears the Ulster symbol, it most certainly is. Ask to see the patterns and pattern books thafeany this sign—your guarantee of genuine quality.


H. M. Sowerbutts, 10 King Street, Clitheroe.


MIEJiS Lid . Castlelsland ftictory. Portadown, Cralgavon. Northern Ireland BT62 1EE. Tel: (0762)334433. Telex: 74154.


ULSTER CARPET The new shop frontage at


M. SOWERBUTTS Designed and installed by


ELLIS CONSTRUCTION


COMPANY LTD Builders and Contractors


29 Cann Bridge Street, Higher Walton


Tel. (0772) 39525/6 Private Developments at


Cuerden Park, Lostock Hall. Tel. 0772 626422 and


Rostrevor, off Cocker Lane, Leyland


Tel. 0772 62147


[3 £ g carpets


We spoil customers!


BMK gives customers the widest choice of patterns and colours in eighteen different ranges.


have a pile of 80% wool/20% nylon, and in heavy duty areas they maintain a highly attractive appearance.


Most Axminster, Wilton and Tufted BMK carnets BMK Axminster.Wilton ,


& Tufted Carpets ( from Scotland


Tel: 0563 21100 Telex: 778221.; - ' 0-A5 F


BMK Ltd Ayrshire, Scotland KA11SX


lo u vo u re H. M. SOWERBUTTS


Living elegance with Vertical Louvre Blinds . Roller Blinds


10 KING STREET, CLITHEROE Tel. 22598


Louver-Lite Ltd., Hyde, Cheshire SK14 4BG. England. Tel: 061-366 6872.


Congratulations and best wishes to


H. M. SOWERBUTTS EIDER HOUSE,


40 ELLESMERE ST, MANCHESTER ,


Tel. 061-834-7965 h I K 1 W


WM. POWNALL & SONS LTD


Manufacturers of


ELLESMERE CARPETS


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• RIGHT: IAN (left) and Glyn display the exten­ sive range of car­ pets available at Sowerbutts’ King S tre e t s to re in Clitheroe.


Everything for your home! A true family firm


called John, took over and in the late 1920s his father, Harry, moved the business to the present prem­ ises in King Street.


John. Then Allan’s grandfather, also


and has extended it extensively to keep up with the times.


Allan joined the business in 1949


the business in 1977 and younger son Mark (24) in 1980. Mark’s wife, Elizabeth, has just started work


Allan’s eldest son, Ian (20), joined


THE firm H.M. Sowerbutts was established in about 1870 in Moor Lane, Clitheroe, by owner Mr Allan Sowerbutts’ great grandfather


with the family,and completing the friendly team are Glyn Williams (18), a carpet fitter and delivery assistant, and Allan’s wife, Karen, who is a director.


Associated Independent Stores, a group numbering around 240 which gives them the advantage of group buying and discounts which are passed on to the customer.


with personal, friendly service and quality, and the bright new addi­ tions to the already extensive busi­ ness means that customers are given even more choice.


Sowerbutts’ name is synonymous H.M. Sowerbutts is a member of


right for something that may be with you for a


CHOOSING furniture or furnishings to grace your home is an important decision. The choice has to be


lifetime. That’s where the long-


plete House Furnishers has extended its range even further to include curtains and co-ordinating bed linen and accessories. In the spacious show­ rooms at 10 King Street,


established Clitheroe firm H.M. Sowerbutts offers a wealth of experience and choice to make sure the decision is the right one. Now Sowerbutts Com­


Lister velvet and Yarnolds printed cotton curtains. The curtain library con­ tains more than 100 exam­ ples of curtains in the range. Customers can make


out the premises to view the myriad items on sale.' Sowerbutts now stock


their selection and Sower­ butts will have the cur­ tains made to measure. As well as the ever-pop-


u la r Dorma d u v e ts , sheets, valances, bed­ spreads and pendant and bedside lampshades, there is also wallpaper to match, There are also roller, ver­


customers can be assured of a warm, friendly wel­ come and are free to browse at leisure through­


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tical and Venetian blinds f r om S unwa y and Louvolite. The carpet showroom has been extended. There


is a complete range of car­ pets from the top quality for heavy domestic use th rough to those for bedrooms and bathrooms. A special bespoke service offers customers the facil­ ity of having carpets spe­ cially dyed to their own requirements. There is also an excellent carpet


rooms — with a total sales area of more than four-


fitting service. The extensive show­


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a n d -a -h a lf thousand, square feet — feature the quality furniture Sower- b u t t s h a s b e c om e renowned for.


round and see the exten­ sive range on offer. From suites, beds, dining tables and chairs, dressers, in fact, all household furni­ tu re , Sowerbutts has something for everyone’s tastes.


The invitation is to look


ch o ic e ; S ow e rb u t ts ’ prompt delivery service means that the item will soon be in the home.


And w h a te v e r the Stop


IF the Shawbridge crowd is really “true blue,” why doesn’t it let the team down there g et on with playing football, which is what a football club


is all about? In recent months there


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has not been a week when I have not opened the “Advertiser and Times” to read yet another letter to the Editor from persons, sometimes unknown, hav­ ing “a real go” at the com- m i t te e , p lay e rs and anyone else that they feel they can have a “moan” about. The Shawbridge team,


EREN


and I mean that collec­ tively, has worked hard to ensure that at least this


BARB HOW can Mr Parker :


caused by the British so Was it they who planted


killed over 2,000 people sii supporters, whose majority If British troops were ti


anarchy and chaos. The re republican people, the same In my opinion the Army h


maintained minimum force strated self-discipline in li restraint, often despite extr The barbaric murders ol


British soldiers are such tin try and shoot their way to f the air. They were then sul with their own guns. The majority of Ulster ]


ing citizens, who wish to r nation, must respect their


MRS C. HOLGATE, 29 Waddington Road, Clitheroe.


Neglec


HAVING just spent indeed revolted — at cillors seem to be wa.


comfortable in a new If these gentlemen wer


off in the Castle grounds abundance of dog excreta, the state.of the roads (i ments littered with bottli and the rubbish in the he where food is sold froi huts.


money will be going dow seem to be full of rubbish. Tourists do not come t


Now, I believe, there is


come to look at and walk me, Clitheroe leaves a lot the town looks neglected : Councillors, of course, Clitheroe, it seems money


H. REDMAYNE, Plaza Santa Catalina 2011


Palma, Mallorca, Spain.


MY, how the worms t on the Finer qualities c office, both my friends


Full a


full of the prejudice an I wonder, does this \


those blessed with the mantle of all caring comm: their successors. I believe not; their c


conservative beliefs. Do it somewhere else,


but do not charge the cost The above are the them Mr Fell, like Methuse


vation area. For my three years o


: Mr Carr, like all the gets that both Clitheroe Valley Borough Council f desire for a more effectiv It is the rural parishes


special conservation area


which deliberately retai parishes which constant


financed.


and provide services in C provided the finance to hitherto been achieved si bare the failed objective o • The redevelopment of Ribble Valley and it is .with care and consider, market town. ■ (We cannot afford mere our neighbours. .


It is the Ribble Valle '


R. PICKUP, Lingfiold Avenue, Clithcroc.


unanimous rejection of t to oppose the proposed tal effect upon the centr


of a unanaimous decision reversion of their traditi"


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