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Pair enjoy life sentence with no wish for parole!
by Faiza Afzaal
WHEN Edna married Thomas she got a life sentence - and it has been one she has been happy to serve! For it is a diamond time in the lives
of Clitheroe couple Mr and Mrs Thomas and Edna Life, pictured, who will celebrate 60 happy years of marriage on Monday. Former farm labourer Mr Life met
his wife-to-be when he was working in Chipping and she was working on her family’s farm in Goosnargh, although she was originally from Chipping. The couple were married on May
22nd, 1946 - three days after Mr Life’s 21st birthday. Mrs Life (82), who was born at Hall
Trees Farm, Chipping, recalls the days when she rose at the. crack of dawn to help her brother and a farm labourer with the milking. “I worked on the farm at Goos
nargh before my marriage, helping with the animals,” she said. “We had 50 cows and they all had
to be milked by hand - young farmers today don’t know they’re born! My father died soon after we moved to Goosnargh and life was very hard.” Mr Life (80), was born in
Christchurch, New Zealand, where his father worked in a tanning facto
ry His mother could not settle and did
not like the climate and they moved back to Bolton-By-Bowland, where Mr Life had relatives. The family moved to Ilkley, where
Mr Life spent most of his childhood, and then settled in Chipping. He followed in his father’s footsteps
and became a farm labourer and was living at Chipping House, Hesketh Lane, when he met his wife-to-be. The couple set up home in
Chaigley, where Mr Life worked for the CWS Dairy. They moved house several times as Mr Life’s job as a
farm labourer and then a driver took him to various parts of Lancashire, including Waddington and Great Harwood. Mr Life was a driver for a Lon-
gridge provender company for 22 years and Mrs Life worked as an assistant at Queen Street Day Nurs ery at Great Harwood for 23 years. It is now 60 years since the couple
walked down the aisle and to mark the milestone they are planning to enjoy a celebratory meal with family and friends at the Calf’s Head Hotel, Worston. They will be joined by their son, Ian, daughter, Mrs Ann Richard son, her husband Alan, and 15-year- old son, Oliver. Reflecting on their six decades
together, they couple said the secret to a long and happy marriage is a lot of give and take. “You just have to pull together and
keep going - anything for a quiet life!,” added Mr Life. (CR110506/1)
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RENOWNED Lancashire nursery has branched out into
Samlesbury.
Samlesbury Hall Plant Centre is an off-shoot o f the award-winning Tarleton Specimen Plants.
Run by the Aughton family, who offer experience gleaned over four decades in the industry, the new plant centre prides itself on being unique, fresh and innovative.
It is well stocked with a distingished array of plant material which will excite any green- fingered enthusiast.
Whether novice or expert, whether shopping for small sites or a large landscaped area, there are plenty o f plants to inspire at this newly-opened centre in Preston New Road, right next door to the historic Samlesbury Hall.
The focus at Samlesbury Hall Plant Centre is on plants, plants and more plants.
Although specialising in sourcing and selling semi- mature trees and
shrubs from around the world.
the centre also stocks azaleas, rhododendrons, box trees and topiary plants and
to designing a brand new look for your landscape.
If you can describe your
garden, its aspects and what you want to achieve, the team at Samlesbury Hall Plant Centre
Southport Flower Show and the coveted RHS show at Tatton Park. Previously the team has won a gold medal at Southport, as well as the Christina Hartley Trophy, the Fltchet Trophy for Best Villa Garden in Show and the Trophy for Best Craftsmanship in Show, and silver and bronze medals from RHS Tatton.
As their expertise has been used to help
judge the Lancashire Life Gardener of the Year Competition, the team at Samlesbury Hall Plant Centre is well qualified to answer any questions about the gardening world.
^ So make the most o f their expert knowledge and let the team help you create the garden of your dreams.
hedging o f all different varieties, among others.
Every budget is catered for. Among those at the top o f the price list are Japanese bonsai trees with a price tag o f £9,000, while visitors to the centre can also take away a tray o f bedding plants for less than £2.
At Samlesbury Hall Plant Centre,
^eenery dominates the landscape, interspersed with the pinks, purples and whites o f flowering plants and shrubs, but most eye-catching o f all are the trees including Japanese maples and 15ft palms which look over the landscape from their lofty positions.
The plant centre team offers a complete service, from giving guidance on buying the right plant to suit the right situation.
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BUYERS at Brockhall Village, a prestigious gated develop- . ment at Old Langho, get a lot
for their money. Number 1 The Woodlands is a five-bedroom detached family home on a large corner plot, selling for £435,000 with local agent athertons. Finished and maintained to
exactihg'standards, this prop- ■ erty has four reception rooms, a large breakfast kitchen with
. built-in appliances, a conserva-. tory and utility room. ; The master bedroom has a
. four-piece en-suite in addition to the house bathroom;
,: Large, well-kept gardens and
a detached double garage com plete the package.
For full details or, to arrange
a viewing, contact athertons Whalley office on 01254 828810 or go online at:
www.athertons-
uk.com
ALDERLEIGH, in Henthom
: Road, Clitheroe, is a tradition al four-bedroom detached ; property on the market at
. £295,000 with agents Purple Willow.
: This is a generously-propor tioned family home with good- sized gardens, ample parking
. arid spacious living accommo dation.
- - - I t comprises a breakfast
• kitchen; pantry, lounge, dining room; sitting room and study on the ground floor, with four bedrooms and the family bath room upstairs. With planning permission in place for an extension, this
property offers considerable investment potential.
, For more details or to
arrange a viewing, contact the agent on 01200 444224 or go online at the following:
www.purplewillow.co.uk
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Spotlight on this week’s hot properties ...
A. TRADITIONAL stone- built cottage in Whalley Old .Road, York Village, is for sale
• with Mortimers for offers over £199,950.
Deceptively' spacious and tastefully appointed, the
. accommodation includes a . large lounge with a feature gas :.fire and marble hearth and a . ,
r-Tseparate-dining-roomragain-^- with a featme fire and cast iron surround and parquet flooring. On the lower ground floor is an appealing kitchen with a .
. good range of units and tradi- ; tiqnal Belfast sink. Upstairs
■the'rear of the property are a flagged patio area and an elon gated g ^ e n offering delightful views. For full details or to arrange
. are two double bedrooms and a three-piece bathroom, while to ■
A PERIOD house sitting in truly outstanding gardens in a delightful village loca tion is this week’s featured property. Enjoying a highly
sought-after edge-of-village location. Old MaUeys lies in fastidiously cared for gar dens, which boast such gems as a pond and stream along with pebble water feature overlooked by one of the property’s bedrooms. The house itself mean
while, which has a quirky character all of its own, comprises entrance hall, drawing room, dining room, breakfast kitchen) utility room, three double bed rooms, one en-suite, and a house bathroom. An entrance hall with
will use their expertise to tell you what to buy.
A plant finder service is also available - i f you want it, the plant centre team will do their utmost to source it and deliver i f at all possible.
And to complement the quality plant material available, Samlesbury Hall Plant Centre also stocks original Italian terracotta pots.
Open from 8-30 a.m. until 5 p.m. seven days a week, the plant centre offers a wholesale, retail and cash and carry service. It benefits by being easily accessible from Preston New Road and boasts a large car park.
The team behind Tarleton Specimen Plants have already earned an excellent reputation, thanks to their success at the.
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Home’s fabulous gardens
Old Malleys, Straits Lane,
Read. £450,000
window from which further views over the garden can be enjoyed. Its centrepiece is an impressive Adams style fireplace with marbled hearth and inlajfs, together with open grate fire. Moving on from the
drawing room, double doors open from a good-sized din ing room into a traditional oak-fronted kitchen with tiled worktops and splash backs. It also comprises a one-and-a-half bowl sink unit with mixer tap, a Neff split level double oven with hob and extractor, plumb ing for dishwasher, integrat ed fridge, breakfast bar and halogen spotlighting. The ground floor also benefits from a porch with
ceramic tiled floor as well as a utility room with a handy washbasin and plumbing for a washing machine. Meanwhile, the property’s inner hall offers further delightful views across the garden and leads to a cloak room with wc. Upstairs there are three
good-sized bedrooms. The first, which has the advan tage of built-in wardrobes and is the largest of the three, is described as a peaceful and relaxing room with two low silled windows giving fantastic views of the garden. This bedroom also boasts a recently installed en suite shower room with its stylish suite comprising comer shower cubicle with Grohe thermostatic shower, handbasin on a maple stand, low suite w.c., ceram ic tiled walls and floor and chrome towel rail. The other two bedrooms
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also have the useful feature of fitted washbasins. The final upstairs room is
the house bathroom with its fom-piece period design suite with gold coloured fit
tings, shower cubicle, pan elled bath, handbasin, w.c. and part ceramic tiled walls. Throughout the house, there is UPVG dou ble glazing to the windows.
Viewing is by appoint
ment with anderton boson- net, at 31 King Street, Clitheroe, tel. 01200 428691, or 103 King Street, WhaUey, tel. 01254 825569.
a viewing, contact the agent’s Whalley office on 01254 825556 or go online at:
www.mor-
timers-property.co.uk
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