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THE latest fleet of Ford Dorchester limousines (above), outside Calver- ley’s Chatburn Road, office. Calverley’s funeral staff members (top right) shows — from the left —


Miss Ellen Bcniston, Mr Peter Lockett, Mr Mayman and his wife Alison. Mr Mayman (right) in the reception area of Calvcrley’s following its recent refurbishment.


C a l v e r l e y ’ s p r o u d o f a c e n t u r y o f s e r v i c e t o b e r e a v e d


IF you are looking for an experienced funeral service which has been helping bereaved families throughout the Kibble Valley for over a century, look no further than Calverley’s Funeral


Service. No expense has been


spared in recent renovations at Calverlcy’s Chatburn Road premises in Clitheroe to offer more comfortable and relaxed surroundings for the bereaved, with private viewing rooms and a chapel of rest to provide the deceased with a dignified funeral service. Funeral director Eric


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carpeting. To help ease the worries of those who have been bereaved, they can be assured that here their loved ones will be treated with dignity and care by qualified staff. Entering the front


complete bill after the funeral or cremation.


Mayman has a wealth of experience in dealing with the sensitive nature of bereavement. He believes that the prime aim at Calverley’s is to offer a dedicated, discreet and courteous service to the bereaved at Clitheroe and at the chapel of rest in Brookside Close, Whallcy. The building at


Chatburn Road has been recently renovated to an exceptionally high standard, with quality furnishings and


door into the reception area, you are met by either Miss Ellen Beniston or Mr Mayman’s wife, Alison. While seated in the friendly and convivial atmosphere of the reception, you can discuss your arrangements and personal requirements in a relaxed and stress-free environment. In times of


will undoubtedly involve a funeral or cremation service which is within your means. Calvcrley’s not only arranges prepaid funeral schemes, but will provide a dignified service at a price to suit your pocket. As members of the


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bereavement you often feel the need for someone else to take care of all the arrangements, to leave your mind free in coming to terms with the loss of a loved one. Calverley’s can take


care of ALL the arrange­ ments, which would normally include church and minister’s fees, doctor’s fees, cemetery/cremation fees, stonemason’s charges, floral tributes, press notices, printing and catering, providing one


your loved one, two private rooms are provided to allow you or your family to be alone. The chapel of rest is available for funeral services with seating for up to 25 people or for


those who just wish to pray or spend a moment in quiet contemplation. For ease of comfort,


National Association of Funeral Directors, Calverley’s will provide, under the code of practice, a fully itemised estimate and confirm all funeral arrangements and costs. If you wish to sit with


and low floors to enable easy entrance and exit.


words care and sympathy are always uppermost and at the Whalley chapel of rest they extend the same gentle hand of compassion to the bereaved.


At Calverley’s, the


Brookside Close, still known as Langshaw’s


The chapel of rest, in


Funeral Services,was formerly owned by Robert (Bob) Chew. It was taken over by Calverley’s in the early 1980s, to offer to the people of Whalley the same service which has established the firm’s reputation within the Itibble Valley over the past 105 years.


mourners will find the Ford Dorchester six-door limousines, used to ferry people to the funeral or cremation service, both comfortable and spacious, with wide doors


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funeral service of quality which offers experience, professionalism and integrity, along with sympathy and compassion, you could do no better then choose Calverley’s Funeral Service.


standard of service is maintained, all bereaved families are encouraged to comment on the funeral director and his staff in a questionnaire, which can be completed at leisure once all the formalities are over. If you are looking for a


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CALVERLEY S can now count itself among those distinguished funeral p mt?urs


CALVERLEY’S funeral director Mr Eric Mayman employs a wealth of per sonal experience in providing what he considers to be the best funeral service in the Ribble


and comfort to the bereaved, recalls his early days, when he was expected to do the whole job himself. He said: “In those early


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days in Burnley, I was expected to do everything, from la y in g o u t th e deceased to measuring and making the coffin. Later I worked for two local funeral directors in Clith­ eroe, before coming to Calverley’s in 198(>.” The business, which was


tant of Calverley’s, Mr Tom Hincks, the business maintained its dual role until 14 years ago, when the joinery side was sold off. ' Mr Hincks (69), who


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started in Victorian times, dates back to 1888, when it was both a joinery firm and funeral directors. All the horse-drawn transport for conveying the hearse and mourners was hired from a local firm. According to a consul­


Valley. Mr .Mayman, who has spent 35 years bringing care


payment plan allowing individuals to make arrangements for their own style and type of funeral, in accordance with their own wishes. The plan also offers funeral provision, on payment of a sum reflecting


present-day prices, with the assurance that the funeral requested will be provided upon death.


Calvcrley s general manager, Mr Eric Mayman, is'on hand to discuss i funeral provision and the Perfect Assurance Funeral Trust with any


nterested person. j J The association sponsors the Perfect Assurance Funeral Trust, a pre­ * )e*on^ the National Association of Funeral Directors.


first started working at Calverley’s in 1940, under- l in e s th e w e a l th of experience, so important in dealing with the loss of loved ones, which over h a lf a c e n tu ry in the funeral business has given’ him.


THE chapels of rest at Brookside Close, Whalley.


WHALLEY Tel: (0 2 54 ) 824529


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