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“JUST up our street” — that was the verdict of a visitor to Clith- eroe’s picture postcard shopping centre. “ I think it’s a lovely


town,” said Mrs Jean Carr, of Blackburn, who was doing a spot of early Christmas shopping with a neighbour along Moor Lane and Castle Street. Those of us who visit


s this area every day are


charms. But Mrs Carr, who comes now and again and always at Christmas, n e v e r f a i l s to be impressed. “What I like about shop­


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intimidating.” Mrs Cair and her friend


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had just bought some spe­ cial kind of slippers at a Moor Lane shop and were very pleased that the g o o d s came r e a d y wrapped for S an ta ’s delivery.


ping here is the little things, such as shopkeep­ ers gift-wrapping the pres­ ents we buy,” she said. “They are always very courteous and never


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shops along Moor Lane and Castle Street (includ­


ing Market Place) and each, in a way, is an ambassador for the others. If a customer obtains satisfaction in one on a first visit to the town,


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again arid explores other shops — and other areas.


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shopper summed it up by explaining how she had discovered the delights of the town’s main shopping streets. “I started coming to Clithcroe at f irs t because I wanted to buy the type of Ceylon and China tea only Booth’s store seems to specialise in. Then, of course, I meandered into Castle Street and Moor Lane.”


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cover or rediscover Castle Street, Market Place and Moor Lane shops is to start at one end and walk along one side and then clown the other, calling in at the Swan Courtyard shops precinct en route. I t’s amazing just how


cial to wear for the festive season to someone want­ ing to purchase a little ornament or picture for a favourite auntie. In fact, it is no exagger­


many different kinds of shops there are for a small market town and the front window displays are


guaranteed to tempt the Ihristmas shopper inside.


every taste, from the lady — and the gentleman — looking for something spe­


There’s something for


ation to say you can buy virtually anything you will need for Christmas in Cas­ tle Street and Moor Lane — sausages, antiques, confectionery, cosmetics, perfume, shoes, books, reco rd s and musical instruments, flowers, bone china dinner sets, sculp­ tures, babies’ and chil­ dren’s clothing, paintings, sports gear, watches and jewellery, to name just some of the goods on offer. And what’s more, if you


are short of ideas on what to buy for Christmas, then a window shopping expe­ dition along Moor Lane and Castle Street should now be on the cards.


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