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10 Clithe'roe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, August 6th, 2009 i i m q i ( by Faiza Afzaal


AN award-winning,village dry. cleaners is heading for its final spin.


' m i !) i In ' , ' ■ Abbey Clean of Whalley, in King


■ Street, will close for good this month as owners Ken and Elaine Readfem head into a well-deserved retirement. The friendly faihily business,


which has been awarded a string of titles by the Guild of Cleaners and Launderers, has for the past 11 years been run by. the husband-and-wife; team, along with their daughter KirstenTheaker. -


_ The trio have built up such a repu­


tation offering exclusive hand-fin­ ished dry cleaning, washing and iron­ ing, that customers have travelled from far and wide knowing that their prized garments are in safe hands, r . Ken said: “I t was quite frighten-;


■ Clean is the only dry cleaners in Whalley and within a month of tak­ ing over the business, we noticed an increased turnover.” The 63-year-old explained that,


despite the modern machinery, it was the personal touch of Ken, Elaine and Kirsten that brought customers back.


■ . “We strived to provide a firstclass


service at all times and tried to raise the standard expected from dry cleaners," he said. “With this in mind, we sometimes found ourselves working from 6 am. to 10 p.m. six days-a-week. Often I would spend.


three hours trying to get ink out of a jacket or other tough stains from ' garments.” He added: “I t was .quite


• a contrast to my previous nine to V five job. However, when I was made. redundant, we decided between us to buy Abbey Clean. We had no experi- - ence in dry cleaning and so had to


.; undergo a great deal of in-house : training before serving the customere -of the village. The hard work and ■


. dedication quickly paid off and Abbey Clean was awarded a fiv^star- ' accreditation in 2000.”


. j Outside work, Ken and Elaine


. f have played a pivotal role in village .i life.TCen is a former chairman of I ••Whalley Chamber of Trade, a First ■ Responder.for the village and a member of the Pickwick Committee. ■ . f Ken and Elaine, who have two/


- children and four grandchildren," have sold the shop, which will no


ing at first, as we were surrounded. by expensive designer clothes. Abbey


• longer, trade as a'dry cleaners. Plans / are in the pipeline for Ken aiid Kirsten to become NVQ laundry assessors in colleges, while Elaine . enjoys a well-earned rest. “We have really enjoyed our time


here. Over the years we have met some really nice people and made some goods friends through the busi­ ness. We will miss everyone.” The couple are keen to ensure that all customers who still have clothing


- on the premises can collect the items before next Friday, August 14th. Pictured are (from left) Kirsten,


Ken and Elaine leaving after run- ; ning the business for more than a decade.


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