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The opening was by BBC. I v s v-oiu • ecu j everyone on a memorable night for a ey.
James Nesbitt - who endeared himself to t^e celebrations went on for some time.
Numerous local people were am°HS . ® founded the practice at the side of the pub |ust Land management expert Mr Jo
directors Martin McShane and Gary Hoerty.
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inmxJuctitTn^of Sa^d^^nd'su^day°op^ening T h T f ^ r ^ g ^ n d t ^ r c o n s o l i d a t i ^ has been sup planted in recent t,mas by
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T if o n f^ b t end right by the mini-roundabout in King Street, having previously fronted the Whalley Arms car park.
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gm 1 if e s h:w n°Gtrnage Band played Irish music in the run-up to the opening and there was a remarkable atmosphere.
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surpr.se that and listened with rapt attention to the top srars
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_ _ Athertons pulled off the coup of getting such a famous name, face and accent becaus; the star was at drama college with a friend of Mr Atherton from his boyhood days , i k Blackburn, "Peak Practice star Carol Stark .
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"Through Carol I have met James a number of times when I have been down in London
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opening ceremony and party to launch our new office and we certainly got one.
Unlike many celebrities, Mr Nesbitt was
happy to be among the crowds. He chatted to everyone, signed autographs.and stayed until very late before setting off back to Manchester, where he is filming, by tax,.
J J m S i M ohn Atherton started work at North West
Water and assisted with the ma^gem their agricultural estates throughout East Lancashire.,
After two years travelling abroad Mr Ather^°n
returned and soon set UP ^ “ ^ ^ n o t office in Whalley seven years ago. He has not
looked back since. A Blackburn man, Mr Atherton graduate:hn
land and rural estate management from the highly-regarded Royal Agricultural College,
Cirencester. . , ■ This gave him expertise in small as well as larg
estate^and has s Jo d him in good stead over the years.
M^Sh^n^an^Gary Hoerty a^live In tti'eWhalley S i o n
Hckwick Ni^hb M«Wns°A *erton a? nd McShane also'turn o^ for the Dog Inn football team. $ m r
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