LOCAL BUSINESS
He’ll be missed by Lee Quinn
years have been Radley’s friends. So, from what was ‘Phone Call Mobile Carpets’ that Terry set up in 1985 from home, to the Arches Carpet Centre and Flooring Centre showrooms on three levels at Hartness Road, we thought we would keep this month simple. Please drop in like many have, many do and many will, as bookings are now already being taken for pre-Christmas fittings. I wrote my first article with The Arches Carpet Centre in November 2012 for the December Eden Local, issue No 26. It was when they were preparing for the move to their new premises, from 1 Victoria Road in Penrith, to the showroom they have today at Hartness Road on the Gilwilly Industrial Estate in Penrith. It is strange when you look back at these things. I couldn’t guess how many hours I have spent with Terry Oliver this past seven years. This short advertorial simply refreshes our minds on just how long Terry has been working in the business of carpeting and flooring almost 35 years. On average I’ll spend at least one hour a month with Terry, sometimes 2 hours or longer, and on the phone, well if we start talking football, it takes us a while to get back to why we’re on the phone! On the days when Terry’s had to break away from our meetings to take a call or advise a customer coming into the showroom, I’ve always had someone to keep me busy. That someone being Radley the dog, who for 11 years has probably tested more carpets than any dog.
And whilst we can’t fit a picture of every sample of carpet and flooring stocked by Terry on this page, one thing we did was actually count for the first time just how many samples and choices there are available for you to select for your home or business at The Arches Carpet and Flooring Centre. Over 12,000 samples of Carpets on over 60 displays Over 200 Rugs in stock and over 400 Roll Ends in stock from £1 per Square metre But it’s not just carpet with nine Vinyl supplier brands and eleven LVT Supplier brands on display
Bespoke to Budget Flooring
Normally Terry would come in with his coat pocket full of biscuits, and whether he was in the shop or out at a meeting and measuring, Radley wouldn’t be far away. By the end of the day, the pocket would be empty, they would lock up and home they would go. My recent visit was quite different. There was no Radley to greet me. Unfortunately, quite unexpectedly he fell ill and passed away soon after at the start of this month. As many of you probably know Terry as a man of routine, he still had the dog biscuits in his pocket the day we met a week later. As a dog owner, with our mad Springer Spaniel who is now 12 ½ and the fifth member of our family, when asked if I could just let people know that the ‘Icon of The Arches’ has gone, why would I not take this opportunity to share this loss of his best friend with you all, and all those customers who, for so many
Unit 1-2 Hartness Road, Gilwilly Ind Est, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 9BD thearchescarpetcentre@hotmail.co.uk Open Times: Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30 pm Saturday 9am to 4pm
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