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14 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, June 28th, 2001


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coffee shop, a favourite day and evening-time meeting place, has become the Emporium interiors store, packed with furniture, ornaments, photograph ' frames and other home


CHANGING rooms might be one thing, but turning a business upside down is quite another, as Mr James Warburton, of Clitheroe’s Emporium, would acknow­ ledge.For while working to keep the relaxing character and quality of interior design that has earned his Moor Lane Emporium home-style store and coffee shop a loyal clientele, Mr Warburton has been presiding over a major change that he hopes will be welcomed when the doors reopen today. What was the ground floor


the kitchen. Enlarging one would have shrunk the other. “Many of our regular


same time as they are effectively looking round.” The new coffee shop and


customers visit both during the day and in the evening and have long suggested that we should expand our menu to more than our current


time as they are effectively looking round.”


Emporium they can enjoy a good dinner at the same


“At least at the coffee, Continental sandwich


and snack menu. “So that is what we have


accessories. Meanwhile the first and


done. We have created a brand new brasserie menu for lunch and dinner. It’s hard to pigeon hole the menu. It’s a bit Mediterranean, a bit modern English and a bit Pacific. In fact, it’s truly inter­ continental with influences from all over the world. Added James: “We are


second floor space vacated by this move has been transformed into a much


larger cafe venue. The extra space has allowed


brasserie will be open Monday to Saturday from 9- 30 a.m. to 11 p.m. and on Sunday, from 10-30 a.m. to 4- 30 p.m. The accessories store will keep the same Sunday hours, but close at 5-30 p.m. on the other six days. Popular coffee shop


introduced, along with the promise that coffee shop food and drink orders will be served within 15 minutes — even at the lunch-time peak. Bookings and reservations


jazz evenings and wine- tastings are to continue and a loyalty card scheme will be


are being taken for the brasserie, although a number of tables will always be kept free for spontaneous diners.


starting with a two-course lunch menu priced at £8.50 and three courses at £11.50, and a full dinner menu.” “The loss of floor space for


the long-awaited introduction of more serious food to the menu. Hence the launch of the Emporium as a coffee shop, wine bar and brasserie. Explains Mr Warburton:


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“We have literally turned the Emporium upside down, but at the same time we have tried very hard to change little. Decoratively, we have kept to the same style. “We believe people come to


eat and shop at the Emporium for


entertainment experience created by the decor, relaxed atmosphere and character and we certainly don’t want to change that. “The decision to re-locate


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the interior design aspect of the Emporium' has been addressed in a typically unusual fashion. The first floor of the shop was where we displayed settees, mirrors, pictures, dinning suites and coffee tables - all the furniture we needed ourselves to expand the coffee shop — so we decided that all pieces should be for sale.” Continued Janies: “If someone particularly likes a table they are sitting at, or any other piece, they can negotiate an ‘as worn’ price with us or we can-order and supply them with the same piece of furniture only new . “Ladies are usually the


the coffee shop and create the brasserie was largely based on customer demand. At ground floor level, we were unable to make the coffee shop any bigger, although its popularity required we expanded both seating and


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by Noreen Barr


GLUGGING lots of be tied water and taking la: ings of extra vitami sounds like the perfe recipe for looking good a staying youthful looking. I t is commonly thoug


. ions and make the h; ! shine. I But now a leading nut | tionist has suggested tl " the health-giving propert ; of “pure” water have be ; greatly overemphasised, j Dr Gail Goldberg, of t ' British Nutrition Foune I tion, took legions of duti j bottled water drinki ■ aback recently when e ; announced that a cup of • or coffee, - or even a pint | beer - will provide just ■ much goodness. i She says: “This comir i acceptance that we ne i eight glasses of water a ( j - where does this co j from? j


th a t we need to drink least eight glasses of wa a day to glow with hea: and that plentiful vitam will pep up jaded compli


> much liquid the body ne ! on a normal day-and m [ in hot weather or after e: I cise-but we get liquid fi ! all sources. i “It is in our food, cup : tea, coffee, milk, fruit jt ; and even a pint of milk.’ ; Dr Goldberg also tael ; the widespread belief t i caffeine and alcohol-ba j drinks are dehydrat • because they are diuret | stimulating the bodj ■ pass urine. ; She says: “Although t ■. is some effect, you are ; going to lose more lie • than you gain by havi j cup of coffee or a pin : beer.” On top of this, ano


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| nutrition expert, Profe \ Tom Sanders of King’s ■ lege London, has dis •. aged the idea that the i ! vitamins you take the


! ter. 1 He was concerned b; ‘ revelation that the pop


' Geri Halliwell has : having injections of : mins to help her cope ■ her busy schedule. ; Prof. Sanders disml


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more enthusiastic shoppers, but often larger items require a joint decision and, unfortunately, most men usually have to be dragged to furniture showrooms. At least at the Emporium they can enjoy a good dinner at the


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A bio, D 1 Oj thank you to everyone included in the ^ latest transformation of The Emporium.


To family and friends, to customers and staff, thank you all,tor your patience and understanding.


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Building Contractor: Plumbing: Electrical::


Joinery: Signage: ( Carpet fitting: Tiling:


David Hartshorn , David Mills, John Marsden ;


MH Electrical, ' Matt Howarth and Nigel Andy Riley, Chris and Mark Signtec Chris Silverwood Valley Tiling


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To the builders and craftsmen who have brought my ideas to lire through hard work, long hours,.and real endeavour.


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Emporium


interior design for


living rooms


sofas, tables, chairs, mirrrors, pictures, frames, candles, cards, lamps, rugs, trunks, cushions, antiques, pine old & new


Monday-Saturday 9.30 - 5.30 Sunday - Bank Hols 10.30 -4.30


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