2:47pm Thursday 18th March 2010
By David Watkinson
FIVE East Lancashire Ethel Austin stores are set to close, it has been announced.
MCR, the administrators of the value clothing retailer, confirmed that a further 81 stores will cease to trade in the next three to four weeks.
This includes branches in Accrington, Blackburn, Darwen, Nelson and Rawtenstall.
Across Lancashire, stores in Chorley, Leyland, Preston, St Annes and Lancaster will also shut.
The move follows the closure of 124 stores last month.
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