NfiTURfiL STONE Pitched Faced Walling, Sawn Bed.
Stock Sizes 65mm, 75mm, 100mm & 140mm.
From £22.00 to £25.00 per sq.yd.
New & Reclaimed Flags (Special 2" x 3" thick,
New ones £16.00 per sq.yd.)
New, Heads, Cills, Jambs, Mullions, Quoins & Copins etc.
Also Large Selection of Reclaimed. pgiivcrv Scrvicg
NORTH WEST RECLAMATION T e l : 0 1 2 8 2 6 Q^ ^ mrwr—
TV AND VIDEO RENTALS, SALES AND SERVICE
T. & G . E l e c t r i c s (Ribble Teleservice)
6 2 WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE Te lep h on e 4 2 7 2 8 0 .... .. ........
K.R.S. U OPHLSTlY &
rree estimates .vide range of fabrics.
Pickup and delivery
iervice.
Reupholstery of all types of furniture including:
3 piece suites ° Antique furniture Odd chairs • Loose covers Re-dyeing of leather suites Made to measure curtains.
0 1 2 0 0 4 4 2 8 8 8 6RE6AE
BUILDERS ■MERCHANTS;
WHERE THE CUSTOMER COMES FIRST
For your building materials Trade & DIY
1 WHALLEY ROAD ACCRINGTON
Cnll'or.ring 01254 872061 ; Snmedny delivery • .
OPP K w ik - lit
C.C. PARKER PAINTER
AND
DECORATOR Tel:
Clitheroe 4 2 5 4 7 3
r e v a m p
S ER V IC E S jflp iffiTRlAL AND FARMS
Machine cleaning, machine painting steel work painting.
Tel: 01254 877678
Other forms of cleaning and painting work undertaken. FREE ESTIMATES
'BUILDING' 0. E. COLE
PLAN S Drawn for:
House Extensions
Building Regulations Planning Applications
David Bolton MBIAT
-Arcliilocttir.il Technician. Simonstono
01282 776441 d u s t e r s
DOMESTIC CLEANING AGENCY ALSO
OFFICE/SHOP CLEANING AVAILABLE Daily, weekly or monthly cleaning arranged Ironing service also available * - - Competitive rates
CALL JANET OR SARAH ON 01200 440243
FOR FURTHER details
Electrical, Plumbing & Central Heating Contractors
A MEMBER OF CORGI AND NIC EtC
Approved Contractor
Domestic • Industrial • Commercial & Agricultural Installations
FREE ESTIMATES Te l/Fax:
01200 426881
Crano off load availably GREENGATESYARD
ENTS BOWLAND
CONSTRUCTION All aspects of building
maintenance, construction and repair.
Design work undertaken, plans drawn.
All work guaranteed.
Free estimates and advice by qualified, experienced tradesman.
Tel: 01200 443893
v a iK a an n d LIGHT HAULAGE & REMOVALS & SINGLE ITEMS
Tel: 01200 426809 or 0976 303766
b l u e s l a t e NEW & SECONDHAND
Most Types and Sizes in Stock SPECIAL OFFER
BRAND NEW 20” x 10" AT 65p E ACH & VAT.
DISCOUNT FOR LARGE ORDERS peiiverv Sgivkg
Tel: NORTH WEST RECLAMATION T e l : 0 1 2 8 2 6 0 3 1 0 8
MICROWAVE OVEN
REPAIRS (All makes) Repairs and servicing by qualified staff
• Leakage chocks • Fast free estimates
• Low rates • No “call-out” charge A4 onn A07Q73 COLCARE F IT T E D b e d r o o m s
Furniture Refurbisher J oh n S ch o f ie ld
Tel: Clitheroe 429217 Mobile: 07970 154917
Many designs and many colours.
An y shape o r stac. Free ptanning and quotes.
Call T e r ry o n 0 1 2 0 0 44-2898
e u t e c l e a n in g SERVICES
Do you need a local reliable fully insured professional cleaning service?
free quotation no obligation competitive rates
weekly - fortnightly - monthly
Telephone 01200 444887 or 0958 746399___________
E&D
PLANT HIRE Agents for
Acewell Bottled G a s Tel: 01200 441511
HOLROYD Furniture Restorer
MICHAEL
• Repairs • Stripping • French Polishing
No obligation quotes Tel: Sabden
01282 771112
f E ID Plant Hire ltd t
rO R s .
G VIBRATOR PLATES * < £ °
CEMENT MIXERS
£&*** M1* I DIGGERS
PENDLE TRADING EST, CHATBUHN F O R S A T .F O R H I R E .
monthly s p ec ia l o f fe r s 01200 441511
i7T 5 i r irnw » i» i i ia 4 iM L E E
QUALIFIED HOTPOINT/CREDA SERVICE ENGINEERS ~
EFFICIENT FRIENDLY SERVICE
CLITHEROE 01200 443340 MOBILE 0973 358778
1/3 THE ARCADE, KING LANE, CLITHEROE TOPTICAL. SELECT) & M GATE. 1 2 4 PIMLICO ROAD
For all your spectacle requirements, caring and personal service.
No gimmicks, just honest low prices. niiiAi 1 tv amh Valu e AT UUBEAIAPLE PRICES
DJ.P- Domestics SPARES, REPAIRS, SALES /|
AND SERVICE TO ALL MAKES JJ OF DOMESTIC APPLIANCES ^
their animal attraction one s tep fu r th e r - in fa c t, you could quite safely say they are ani
M
mal crackers. This is a hotel register
of the furry, scaly and hard-shelled guests stay ing a t Maria Ingham and Neil Cheshire's Chatbum Road area res
idence: 6 Nine cats (Custard,
Apple, Betty, Spice, Olive, Koochi, Leon, Rosemarie
and Lily) • Two b o rd e r co l l ie s
(Rhubarb an d Penny) • Eight snakes (sssssss,
don't tell anyone) • Five box turtles (won t
say their names—a bit shy —. won't come out of their
shells) 0 Over 40 rats (don t tell
the snakes) • A most marvellous
marmoset monkey called
Malcolm Other notable patrons of
the DIY zoo have included such charming characters as chameleons, iguanas, tor toises and those sociable fel
lows - hermit crabs. This madcap menagerie
came to light to us, here at the Advertiser and Times, when we learned of an act of animal compassion per formed by th e couple of which St Francis of Assissi
would have been proud. A very out-of-sorts
female cat had been found on the Tesco car park one Sunday afternoon. The RSPCA were unable to get there, it being a Sunday/so, with a reputation for caring for sickly and abandoned animals, paralleled only by the likes of Rolf Harris, Maria and Neil were swiftly
contacted. They immediately took ■■ ■
the bedraggled feline to the vet, who gave her a shot of penicillin, but held out little chance of survival for the poor puss. Two days later, there was no word from the mog's owners, but the little blighter had shown signs of improvement in the care of the two would-be Dr Doolittles. When they took the newly- named "Lily” back to the astounded vet, he asked "How can this cat still be alive?" A fortnight later, and Lily is still weak, but making slow progress. They do not know what is wrong with her, b u t one thing is certain, she would not be alive today were it
their home into a menagerie
ost people are fond of pets, b u t a C l i th
n o t fo r th e T L C lav ish e d upon her.
eroe couple have taken
Tesco staff had a whip- round to cover most of the £70 v terinary bill and were so touched, they phoned us
’
to tell us about it. So, I ventured round to
Maria and Neil's house to
pay a vis it on them and their multifarious myriad of barking, crawling, hissing, squeaking and squealing tenants. I knew I had got the right house, as a collie, by the name of Custard, stuck his head out of the cat flap to welcome me, while a tortoiseshell cat fled around the back, no doubt to tell the others. Instead of being greeted by Noah, I was wel- corned in by friendly Maria (23), who managed to stop Custard from playfully knocking me over in the cor
ridor. And I was pleasantly sur ■■ ■
prised to be ushered into an immaculately clean and well-furnished house, rather than the in-house farmyard I had expected. "I have to vacuum twice a
day to keep the hairs from choking up the place," explained Maria. I took my coat off, which immediately became a bed for a catnap ping bundle of fur, demon strating Maria's need for
domestic zeal. So why on earth and how
could they jus tify and explain their outsized pet food bill? £130 a month it costs them to feed the cats, dogs and turtles, alone, not to mention the snakes, mon key, rats and an electricity bill to make your hair stand
on end. "It's cheaper than having
kids," suggested Maria, not too convincingly. "It's just a hobby that's a bit different I suppose," hypothesised Neil (24), a master of
understatement. Neil has had pets m his
family since he can remem ber, b u t i t was when he acquired a couple of iguanas th a t his love of all things wild and wonderful really took off. He found his love for the female of the human species in Maria six-and-a- half years ago. Lucky for him she shares in his hobby. Most romantic men try to woo their ladies with flowers and chocolates, Neil, on the other hand, twanged Maria's heartstrings with gifts of turtles and rabbits. N o t to p u t too fine a
point on i t , surely their friends, the human ones that is, think they are bark ing mad? Said Neil: "I don't think anyone even tries to u nders tand. We used to have all the snakes, rats and
turtles down here m tanks. But people stopped coming around because they were scared by the snakes, so we moved them upstairs." The scaly beasts' food, however, st il l remains downstairs they told me - in the freezer - frozen ratsl "We keep them well wrapped up and away from the other food , Maria attempted to reas sure me. Before I was offered "rodent on the rocks" by my generous hosts, I thought it would be a good idea to go upstairs and meet the res t of the
"gang-" So, they ushered me into ,
Camera club is delighted as magazine focuses on
underground photographer
a MfYTHFR accolade h a s b een won Summit Tunnel, Littleborough, is fol- C n e n ,
= C Abw id e v a r i e ty of c o lo u r s l id e s voir cu lve r t w ith a co u n try scene a t . .
the spare bedroom, which housed tanks, cages and a sizeable pen, where the star of the show- the delightful Malcolm the monkey - lives. About sue inches, tall with tiny little inquisitive
eyes and tufts of white hair delightfully protruding
from his cheeks, Malcolm was nothing like his te a slurping chimpanzee brethren. In fact, Maria and Neil told me his favoured tipple was Vimto and his favourite food was waffles. When they let him out of his pen, he started running around gleefully and kept jumping up on to
the door of the pen to get a look a t yours truly, before jumping on myjtiead -
the
cheeky monkey! Much as I had a n o t
hanging around with my new found friends, I had to get back to the office and, besides, th e way one of Neil's boas was eyeing me tip was making me nervous. But before I went, it seemed that every old cat and dog in the house wanted to come and bid me goodbye - "Must be my animal magnetism" I thought, as I tro t te d off
into the sunset scratching my head with my foot!
IT'S A RUM BO. . . a quirky" look at local Happenings
TT nw o n e lo c a l freshness poser
REGULAR diners a t York's cosy and quaint Lord Nelson Inn, overlooking Langho, am be assured of fresh eggs, as my wife and I recently found out on a
_ .
be reading th e article, under th e head- assume th a t th e audience is unfam ^ P r e s e n t i n g Your Photographs, to ja r w i th th e s u b je c t a n d a s im p le a Wider Audience" accompanying the introduction is a big help.
spread, with great interest. Apart from his camera club connec
tion, Mr Geddes is well-known locally for his lectures about Stocks Reser voir, which he has given many times to a wide variety of local organisa-
tUThe prominence given by the maga zine reflects his status in the caving world, where he presents more spe cialised talks to expert audiences. Mr Geddes has been a keen caver all his
adult life.; caves. 3 x 1
For as little as £ 6 . 0 0 + V A T
5x1
For as little as
£ 1 0 .0 0 + VAT
5 x 2 For as little as
£20.00 + VAT
,n d fo r « v « n l 6 »<is vou *a k e , VOU s « t one F o r help an d advtoo to promote p o o r b « l n « » «•'* 01200422323 o
everday things of life. When I see a sparrow, I am apt to
O
be reminded of Ilis words to one who was unduly concerned with coping with the needs of future
Jesus drew their attention to the fact that God cared for the birds of
u r Lord Jesus often drew his illustrations from th e common,
■ downcast at his remarks, Jesus has tened to say: "Even if your faith is a small as a mustard seed, that faith
pointing out th a t God cared for them enough to supply their needs, though they were there for so short a time, and as He cared so much for them how much more they, could depend on Him to supply the needs of those He cared for so deeply.. : . He told them th a t they lacked faith in Him; Seeing them become
I wonder if you have been trou
bled about your own lack of faith? Do you pray regularly? I t takes faith to establish an
ongoing communion with God. Did you pray and then despair to find, that nothing happened?
.
happenings every day. God answers our prayers in his own.way and denies our pleas a t times for our.
We should not expect spectacular
■ own good - we may not think so at the time.
Those who prevail in prayer are
the ones who have a blessed assur-. ance and confidence in adding God to their everyday living. He knows our need before we ask and also
what is best for us under our cir cumstances. So let us have enough
trust and optimism to go hopefully into our future days. I t isn't an unknown tomorrow to Him in Whom we have put our faith and
trust. Joe Stonsficld But as the magazine itself points . ,
out in introducing the selection, not all underground pictures are taken in
A remarkable long view inside the • . n,„ 1 f T 1 ,_ .. J mimnf T 1 M Y
quest for fine loail hostelry fare there. I ordered a rath er sumptuous home-made moussaka,
iruuuci-iuii 10 ** Mr Geddes reveals th a t tne best
response to his underground pictures come from Women's Institute mem bers. "Far from being uninterested, they love the possibility of seeing places they are unlikely to experience first hand," is his psychological analy-
sis* And another point he makes is •
"Bear in mind th a t the idea of the underground is strange and even fear ful to some. . . to show that the.speak- er is a (fairly) ordinary person and not a bionic superhuman will create the warmth and rapport which ensures a
successful show." • See picture special on page 7
fit for Grecian gods, whereas my wife was tempted by the altogether more English dish - Cumberland
sausage, mash and egg. When Bill, the friendly landlord, asked us to bear with him ... . .
as he dashed off with a basket "to fetch the eggs," we prepared ourselves for a long wait, assuming he was nipping down to Whalley to get them from the local Spa. ■ .
We were astonished when he returned within a matter ot .
minutes, clutching a handful of fine looking eggs and said: "You’re in luck, they’ve laid six between them.' 1 hus, we learned the Lord Nelson is one of the few pubs we have been to with six chickens on the staff. The egg that arrived onmy wife's plate was as golden as the sun and I believe it tasted out of this world - needless to say she wouldn't let me near it. As for me, I would have ordered the steak, but I was worried it would have run off down the road as soon as I poked it with
my forkl
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36
