Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May lOtlu 1900 M


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l (Kditarial). 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified)


THE Borough Print­ ing Company' may;' have been founded in 1921, but its managing director has his sights fi rmly, fixed on the 21st century.


Laser Copier has just been delivered to the . York Street premises and its state of the art capabilities are second to none.


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I t holds the key to a


Hello and (. goodbye


help you with any queries you have and they have an extensive knowledge of the new Canon Colour Laser Copier.


Chatburn, is taking maternity leave and in her place will he Miss Pamela Johnston. Both are pleased to


IT is a case o f hello and goodbye for the two front counter girls at Borough Print ing Company. Mrs Jayne Wright, of


A new Canon Colour


An advertising feature by MURRAY WALKER


• West, who acquired the company in 1972.


offers fax and photocopy­ ing facilities, compute! supplies and many varied i tem s of s ta t io n e ry , opened two years ago, but the company has retained its extensive printing premises at Back York Street.


.The new shop, which


only gives you an enlarge­ ment or reduction ratio of anywhere between 50% and 400%, but you can select _any p a r t of the overall image to enlarge or reduce in full colour and with superb quality.


The zoom feature not


Colour Laser Copier fea­ tures include multi-page enlargement, zoom, image composition, colour high­ lighting, variable colour­ ing, colour balance, distor­ tion, three-dimensional originals, positive and negative copies and colour conversion.'


The exciting new Canon


tile,” said Mr West, who is happy to help and advise about the copier or any other aspect of his busi­ ness. “People were scepti­ cal about the machine at first, but once they have seen what it can do, they h a v e b e e n v e r y impressed.”


Miss Johnston, who lives in Clitheroe, with Mrs Wright (right).


has a wide range of stationery, computer accessories, photocopying and fax facilities available. Our photograph shows


The York Street shop m Jobbing printers F.H.BROWN


BUSINESS EQUIPMENT Suppliers to


The Borough Printing Co Ltd


of the New •SSt.


COLOUR LASER COPIER


Canon


C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s a n d B e s t W i s h e s f o r t h e f u t u r e


Farrington Road, Burnley. Tel: 26622


APPLE CENTRE Bolton


Suppliers of All Apple/Macintosh Computers«


TRAINING & SOFTWARE SALES & SERVICE


Best, wishes and every success to Borough . Printing in their, new venture.


CANON COURT; • 11 INSTITUTE STREET BOLTON Tel: 0204,363366. .


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{ , Yt iV f ^ — - SUPER QUALITY FULL COLOUR COPIES


Enlargements-Reductions Image Distortion — Colour . Changes


Black & White to. Sepia Etc. PRINTING


Copier, believed to be the first of its kind in the Rib- ble Valley, there is practi-


With the Colour Laser ; "It is extremely versa­


Copier. Just define the image, or section of the image, you want to trans­


Combining two original p• , - - t-------^ ---- lild’s


positioned and the copier will do the rest.


nals take on a whole new look with the colour high­ lighting feature. By desig­ nating one or more areas on your original, you can then add the colour high­ lights of your choice. If you are not happy with the choice of colours on your original,' then you can change them. That is the remarkable flexibility the Colour Laser Copier offers you — per fect colour co-ordination.


S ubtlety is another can on 70 years of history


THE Borough Printing Company is thought to have been founded by Mr Edgar Rushton.


the firm was formed. The Rushton family kept an interest in the Borough Printing Company


He was Clitheroe Town Mayor in 1921 when


until 1972, when Mr John West bought the business. Mr West had previously been a farmer, at-


Clayton-le-Dale, but had experience of the industry after winning a prestigious contract to print the commemorative T-shirts for the Pres­ ton Guild celebrations.


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printed at the Back York Street site for many years, but the paper finally ceased trading in 1964. Its name has not disappeared altogether however.^ for the company still uses it as the


Local newspaper “The Borough Record” was


title for its regular newsletter which is sent to customers. “We arc really a firm of jobbing printers,”


local, but customers from all over Lancashire take advantage of the large range of services the


Most of the work the company undertakes is


Borough Printing Company offers. There js also much history attached to the


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and it still contains a complicated winching sys­ tem in its roof. .


building itself. It was previously owned by Wat­ son’s plumbers,' a well-known Clitheroe firm,


: As chairmanofRibblesdale.CameraClub and a Fellow'of the’ Royal” Photographic Associa­ tion, Mr West is obviously interested in the


reproduction techniques; of the new Canon Colour Laser Copier. .


Borough Printing Company — an old printing press — m currently on show in the Clitheroe Museum. Mr West turned down offers from as far afield as the United States so that the press could go on display locally. ■


■ One of. the relics of the halcyon days of the


said managing director Mr West. “We are offer­ ing a service mainly for other businesses, but in many instances for individuals.”


was in constant use until he acquired the com­ pany. Then, rather than see another piece of


framework and an iron.eagle perches on top of tne press.


: Serpents and fish are cast into'the main Built in .1848, the ornately decorated, machine'


England s heritage cross the Atlantic, he instead SC ** to IjancasI,'re County Council ■


fer, then select the area where, you want it to be


Black and white origi­


into one? It really is child’ inals


lay for the Colour Laser


can compare a copier to an artist’s palette, but with the Colour Laser Copier you can. The colour con­ version facility will let you “paint” a black and white original with s ta rt lin results. Solarisation am many other effects can be created with this feature, which will bring out the artist in anyone.


It is not often that you


with all those at the Bor­ ough Printing Company, is open to individuals, organ­ isations and businesses —- in fact, anyone'. ■


'The new service, as


open from 9 a.m. to 5-30 p.m. Monday to Thursday and u n t i l 5 p.m. on Fridays.


The shop is normally Mr John West with the amazing new Canon Colour Laser Copier


Launch day champagne for lucky


Heather TO launch the new Canon Colour Laser Copier, the Borough P r in t in g Company held an open day at i t s Yo r k S t r e e t premises.


isiin shone down la s t ; week.”' ■


to expand and try some­ thing new,” said Mr John


“We are always looking


cally no limitation on the size of-copy you can. pro­ duce. In fact, anything up to 400% is possible, show­ ing that this machine is truly larger than life.


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It could not have been ' ,a b r ig h te r day for a , brighter machine as the.


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sent out to customers old ■ and new and the guests, were treated to cheese- and wine by Mr West.


to a special ■ demonstra­ tion of the machine’s capabilities and Mr West showed the whole range of its different uses.


They were also treated ^ O W N S O A /


; there was a competition to win a bottle of cham­ pagne and the lucky win­ ner was Mrs Heather Harrison.


On each invitation


Fuel Oils & Lubricants


BROS


Congratulations and best wishes to


The Borough Printing Co. Ltd. from


Printers • Stationers Publishers ‘ Typesetters TOWNSON BROS.


(Fuel Services) LTD. Pendle Trading Estate,


.. Chatburn, Clitheroe.


Telephone: Clitheroe (0200) 41542 . Fax: (0200) 41314


Black and White Copies Fax Service Plan Printing


Full range of Commercial Stationery —


2 Fully equipped print works Off-set printing machines Fully equipped dark room i Computerised typesettinq


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To ensure you adopt the right policy for your business


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