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1 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, June 21st, 1990 Round a w ith K a y e M o o n Y O U R S E R V I C E . . .


The local firms .below provide a variety of essential services — use this guide for


an easy reference


Josie’s designs bring new life to the farm J


SLAIDBURN pottery painter Mrs Josie Cowking tells me that she has had “quite an uneventful life, really.”


DOMESTICS


SALES e REPAIRS O SPARES


Washers — Cookers — Fridges Etc. FREE Collection — Delivery


Call out service from £12.50 incl. Labour + Parts


Open 6 Days a week 10 — 5 p.m.


50 WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE Tel: (0200) 29116 or (0772) 628061 after hours.


CLOCK REPAIRS Antique and Long Cato specialist


ASPDEN Clitheroe 23416saBBflQsas*


BARRIE


CLEANED AND SEALED Phone


GUTTERS Colin Moorhouse


Whalley (0254) 822883 tv


Evenings


POLLARD & FOSTER LIMITED For all Your


★ Electrical Rewiring and Repairs ★ Plumbing and Central Heating


★ Exterior Painting and Interior Decorating All al competilive rates


RING WHALL.EY 823106/822052


Estimates FREE and without any obligation


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RAY BLACKBURN PLUMBING AND HEATING


ENGINEERS 25 years experience


Glazing, Gutters, and Roof Repairs.


SERVICING AND SPARES


FULL BOILER


Oil, Gas and Solid Fuel Tol:


Clitheroe 26460 for prompt attention


PHOTOCOPYING


SERVICE 6p PER COPY


12 Lowergate, Clitheroe


Tel. 24253


JOHN G. CRICK (Clitheroe 1978)


GATES AND RAILINGS


Rust proof and don't | need painting


Gates like ours cannot be bought anywhere else at such low prices


QBC The Old Firm Established 44 years I


For Immediate attention phone us tree on


0800 269155 or 0860 682358 mobile


UPHOLSTERY Now at:


NU-START


41 Accrington Road Whalley


WHALLEY 822894 ALL TYPES OF


ELECTRICAL WORK UNDERTAKEN


Tel. Whalley (0254) 823555


when a wealthy Arab asked her to paint 7,000 of her £100 tureens for his stately home . . . and another time when one of the Queen’s equerries bought all his Christmas presents from her at a country show.


But there was one time


CHAIR CANING SERVICE


Telephone Clltheroe 27983


L E IG H T V R E N T A L S


4 Shlreburn Avenue, Clitheroe. Telephone 24168.


N O D E P O S I T T V R E N T A L S Portable, Teletext, Remote


e.g. 20in TV E7.00 per Cal. Month


tNew 21 in. FST Remote £10.50 per Cal. Month Discount for Annual Payment


TV Repairs, ex-Rentals for sale


Weddings — Birthdays — Parties


Any Special Occasion


HIRE A VIDEO CAMERA


Competitive rates — dally weekend, weekly. All


prices include insurance and blank tape.


PHOTO CORNER 4 Moor Lane,


Ciltheroe. TEL: 29338


New carpets and vinyls


Repairs and refits Fitting your own carpets


Competitive prices SEED and


TEMPLEMAN Tel. 25638, or


37 Wellgate, Ciltheroe


28401 (evenings) (Under New Management)


GLASS C U T TO SIZE GLAZING SERVICE


Our own manufactured Double Glazed Units & Colour Leaded Lights


OPEN SIX DAYS • DELIVERY SERVICE


Competatlve Prices • Trade & DIY ______Open Six Days


103 WHALLEY RD • CLITHEROE T E L :29287


Roofing, Drainage, ‘Onduline’ Roofing, Land Drain Tiles, Tools, etc., etc.


Cement, Sand, Aggregates, Bricks, Blocks, Steel Reinforcement, Asbestos


FOR ALL YOUR BUILDING NEEDS


Stock lit. of BUck & Decker Power


Toot*, Younjpnan


L»dden, Heptleve Dreinafe Syrtem. Mirier Rainwater Goodt.


S h e l l


Eric Dugdale (Merchants) Ltd Telephone: CLITHEROE 41597


Pendle Trading Estate, CHATBURN, CLITHEROE, BB7 4NB


CYRIL HOOLEY ‘X Ex-Hoover service engineer


57 W00NE LANE, CLITHEROE Tel. 22023


AUTHORISED HOOVER- SERVICE:


. _ Repairs,


Reconditioning and Service of


HOOVER APPLIANCES Atcmfi W.eB.fc e lec tr ic a l con tr actor s


Industrial. Domestic and Agricultural Installations


Full or Part Rewires, Showers, Extra Sockets, Security/Flood Lighting etc.


Tel: Clltheroe 28088 24hr answering service! 41472 home


T V A N D V ID E O


R E N T A L S , S A L E S ~ A N D S E R V IC E o


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’ 62 WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE. • Telephone 27280


STEPHEN W. TUCKER BUILDING


CONSERVATION Specialists in conservation and


resloralion ol listed/period buildinqs. SERVICES INCLUDE:—


★ Restoration & Repair' ★ Planned Maintenance ★ Alteration & New Build ★ Planning & Design ★ Emergency Service for Storm/Flood/Fire Damage


____ (0200)28755 1 JOHN


LYNCH Builder and Contractor


lor brickwork, stonework, concrete, drains, etc.


For a free estimate ring Clitheroe 25109


24 hour answering service


2 FRANKLIN STREET, CLITHEROE Tel. 22979' '


N O E L K IN G & ~C O .


SALES, SERVICE AND REPAIRS


WASHING MACHINES VACUUM CLEANERS


ALL MAKES SUPPLIED


Reconditioned Washers and Vacuum Cleaners


CUT OUT THIS PAGE AND KEEP * FOR FUTURE REFERENCE


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scene. The way it was done was very spectacular. The contraption used was a cross between a four- pillared crane and a vehicle.


1 WATCHED quite a large boat being lifted out ol the water the other day. It was the first time I had witnessed such a


pieces, when empty it looked like n large open- ended hollow box of steel, on wheels that were


With four upright pillars supporting cross


about a metre high, with large rubber tyres making the whole affair higher still.


doing this for his children for ages. No matter who d j*rr^rCt an^ k°w wayward we may have been and


quickly accomplished, prior to the securing straps being taken away. The everlasting arms of a loving God have been


opportunity to be renewed and given a new lease of life.


and morass of hopelessness, that we ma; have the JOE STANSFIE^D


lovingifficult, wc are not outside the capacity of those Carefully and gently, he lifts us out c** the mire


arms.


worry, as against the old methods of hauling bonts out of the water. The propping up was simply and


which the yacht sailed. Out of sight, on the water bed, were some strong straps. When the boat was nicely in position, a ’motor was started to begin to draw up the huge straps underneath the bottom of the boat. Very slowly the straps tightened under the keel and up out of the water came the boat until well clear of ground level. Now the wheels began to turn and the whole affair, holding the boat very securely, moved backwards and then turned to take its burden to be propped up in an allotted place for repairs and overhaul. This idea must save a great deal of work and


such large boats with safety. The contraption was astride a narrow inlet into


It was big and strong, as was necessary to carry


Domestic Plans Alterations,


Industrial and Extensions etc.


PLANS


BILLINGTON DESIGN


SERVICES Tol. Whalley (0254)823530


Josie, whose husband Jim is a dairy, beef and sheep farmer. Now, at their Myttons Farm, one mile past the front floor of the village’s Hark to Bounty Hotel, the couple have established a thriving shop and tea room, which are attracting visitors anti tourists from all over the world.


[ designs, each marked with her logo — a cow wearing a crown, from her unusual name. The pots are


They come to purchase anti collect her original


i collector’s table. It’s hard.to believe that


| golds, reminiscent of Crown Derby, or subtle in autumn-coloured fruit designs, each worthy of a


resplendent in blues and


started trickling in . . . and soon became a flood. She bought her own kiln and began to tackle her


Big sum raised


| R a d i u m I n s t i t u t e Women’s Trust Fund. The money has come


I has been raised by the Clitheroe committee of the Christie Hospital and Holt


| bereaved. All the money raised


I tion, donations from local business people and money in lieu of flowers from the


will be used for daily work and research at the Chris- t i e H o s p i t a l in | Manchester.


LIBRARY CORNER


. KKCFNT additions to tile stock | at Clitheroe Library include:


. "Sinn me u new Sony" —


Joyce llenlley. The sequel to I rood Kdoy’s daughter, which continues the story of Tessa


Riley mid Finn Collins as they leave their native Ireland for Manchester


I’eter Leslie. A novel of treason and adventure set in French North Africa during the second world war.


— Bull Allen. Filly fairly short walks, covering distances of an average of follr-nnd-n-hnif miles,


tile home" —- Kate Armpries- te r . Innovative solutions to iiome storage problems. "On lower Lakeland fells”


“ Fifty storage projects for “The catapult ultimatum —


from various events dur­ ing the past year, includ­ ing a coffee morning, a stall at the Heritage Fayrc, a raffle and plough­ man’s lunch; street collec-


THE huge sum of £7,000


Josie, originally from Parbold, oidy started painting 10 years ago at an evening class in Chatburn. When she started giving her china to friends and relatives, the orders


life “down on the farm” for It’s certainly changed


painting in earnest although she will still only paint when the mood takes her, and when I saw her she had not had a brush m her hand for a fortnight. Nor will she tackle large orders, much to the dismay of the


aforementioned Arab who had to look elsewhere for his tureens.


made by local people, and travels into Wales to fill an odd corner with items


WIs and other groups to visit, and Josie will put on a tea or light supper and give a demonstration of her tirt. The shop was built two years ago, courtesy of a small grant from CoSIRA, and Josie informs her visitors that running it is still a hobby. She also sells crafts


personal touch,” she said, “ I enjoy meeting my customers and keeping things on a scale of being friendly and homely.” This is what attracts


future is to slightly enlarge her shop, tint! running it means she has no time to attend the annual agricultural shows, including the Royal Lanes, Yorkshire and Stonleigh, which used to take up much of her time. “I want to keep the


Her only dream for the


Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial.), 22223 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified)


made in craft villages there. People tend to buy her pottery for golden and silver wedding anniversaries or Christmas presents, and site-prides herself on keeping prices at tin “affordable level.”


white, but does all hot- own painting tint! firing. The lustre items are fired five times — and the gold


She buys the pots


Martin’s big fishing trip postponed


CLITHEROE fisherman and broadcaster Martin James — who is also fishing correspon­ dent for the “Clitheroe Advertiser and Times” — has had to postpone an unusual trip to Romania because of the earthquake disaster.


guest of the Romanian government on a trip designed to promote holi­ days in that country, as well as giving him the chance to go after the big one — the rare huehen salmon which few, if any, British anglers have ever seen, never mind caught. ofThe huchen is a denizen


He was to have been the


the Danube delta which, he says, is like the Norfolk


ing as a broadcaster for Radio Lancashire and the new London-based Radio 5. But last year he also received £10,000 for vari­ ous lectures up and down


because I had made all my p 1 a n s and c a n c e 11 ed things," lie said. “But they want me to go back in July, so I’ve given them a choice of dates.” Mr James earns his liv


for catfish, too, living rough in isolated fish­ ermen’s huts, as well as sampling the delights of one of Ccausescu’s hunting lodges and being tran­ sported in one of the for­ mer dictator’s fleet of heli­ copters. He was also to have si>ent four or five days at a Black Sea resort. “ I wasn’t too happy,


Broads but the size of Britain. He was to have fished


France and a promotional visit to Florida and Vir­ ginia, into a life plagued by the problems of suf­ fering from multiple sclerosis. First afflicted in 1970, he was bedridden for over three years and even now has to make a long walk around the town centre daily to keep him­ self fit and mobile.


ments, which this year include a return trip to


magazine article payments — and gave the lot to the three charities he sup­ ports: Multiple Sclerosis Research, Friends of the Earth and the Anglers’ Co-operative Association. He fits his commit­


the country, as well as


is genuine, costing Josie the current gold price of £200 for a 100 gramme bottle.


problems over the years, including a flood in a cellar which soaked everything.


not easy . . . Josie tells me there is nothing as unpredictable as kiln firing, when even the smallest dot can render an item into a second. She has faced a variety of


But all that glitters is


the kiln to dry. The condensation dripped from the top and .ruined the lot,” she said.


“I put the wet pots in to W r ite r


needs help


three hooks on Lan­ cashire published already and is keen to find out more about the county.


a t Oswaldtwistlc Library, has had


any tales to tell or information about Lancashire heritage should contact her on 0706 2159M.


Anyone who has


Rossendale, is cur­ ren t ly making a detailed study of the life, customs and dialect in villages in the Kibble Valley. Bcnita, who works


A WOMAN with an i n t e r e s t in a l l aspects of life in L a n c a s h i r e ha s turned to the Kibble Valley for help. Bcnita Moore, of


Search for war pal turns up trumps


in the South of England and says he is determined to arrange a reunion. Mr Geldard (71) has


ish Aerospace as a design manager until his retire­ ment in 1984. His Wad-


that just before I read the story I was thinking about Erie,” said Mr Geldard, who still has several rela­ tives living in the Ciith- eroe area. “I just didn’t know what had happened to him and I understand he even thought I might have died during the war.” Mr Hailam is holidaying


lived m North Wales since 1950 and worked for Brit­


at 91 North Street, Shot- ton, Deeside, Clwyd, hap­ pens to have the “Adver­ tiser and Times” delivered weekly to his home and says he was “overjoyed” to re a d ab o u t his old comrade. “ I t ’s a strange thing


area, escaped and ended up in Australia. Mr Geldard, who lives


Hallam, who comes origin­ ally from the Manchester


prisoner-of-war and sent to a camp in Java and Mr


of how Mr Erie Hallam was hoping for a reunion with Mr Ted Geldard, who lived in Clitheroe before the second world war. The two, who served together with the RAF, were separated when the Japa­ nese invaded Singapore. Mr Geldard was taken


A VISITOR from Australia has been lucky it his search for an old wartime pal he has nol seen for 48 years — thanks to the “Advertisei and Times.” We published the story


dington-born wife Mar (nee Boothman) died i 1987.


Guesthouse highly


commended


award, the chairman of tli NW Tourist Board, M Anthony Goldstone, said “ This is a splendi achievement and is th highest classification tha can be gained in any catc gory. Easterly Farm ha high standards of service hospitality and comfort fo: the guests."


EASTERLY Farm, Whal ley, is one of only foil guesthouses in the couiitr to receive the Englis Tourist Board’s “high! commended” grade. Commenting on th


guesthouse with a listed classification to receive a highly commended grade in the North West.


1 e n t n o r t h w e s t hospitality. The farm is the first


verted barn and has two rooms with en suite facili­ ties. Guests are treated to home luxuries and excel-


Stanley, said she wa: delighted with the award which would help to boosl tourism prospects for Urn region. Easterly Farm is a con­


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