Cost of repair work query

Can anyone give me some rough prices I should expect for some work - 
I've tried my local Peugeot garage, but not quite sure of the figures as 
the person didn't seem too clued in (lots of maybes and stuff - and the 
figures seem high).

Peugeot 306, 1.4l petrol, 1998 5 door hatchback, no ABS.

Replace rear shoes (Peugeot said approx £200)
Replace handbrake cable(s) (Peugeot said parts were £15 a cable (2 
apparently, but I'm not certain from memory of what I saw underneath) 
but that it would be about £200 to get it done).
Replace nearside CV joint (knocking on left turns from front left side 
of car - would this be worn CV joint?  Gaiter had leak for a while and 
was replaced last year - can't say for certain if knocking wasn't 
present before that) - Peugeot said £280 for new driveshaft (I think, 
wanting old one for refurb).

These figures seem much higher than what I was expecting - particularly 
the shoes and handbrake cables.  I was prepared to do the shoes myself, 
but was physically unable to remove the hub nut's locking indentation - 
and as the handbrake cable needs replacing (MOT advisory about exposure 
of the inner cable, just forward of the rear wheels - outer part seems 
fine, but looks like 2 cables run into 1 outer at this point, and it's 
at this point that apparently they don't look right) I thought it might 
be worth getting both bits done at a garage.

Thanks

David