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Mr And Mrs Slaymaker

My dad used to have a stall in the Market Hall in Wolverton selling groceries. I remember going with him in the van on Fridays and on the way back we would  call into to visit old family friends who lived in Cosgrove ' the slaymakers'. Not sure exactly where they lived but seem to think it was on a corner in the village and remember a yellow stone wall and a lovely garden. I was fascinated to learn that he grew something called logan berries, which looked like big raspberries and tasted good anyway! Don't think that they had any family, I never met any children at their home. Cosgrove was a quiet pretty little village and as I have never visited in over 40 years it will stay that way in my memory!

A memory of Cosgrove in Buckinghamshire shared on Thursday, 28th May 2009.

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RE: RE: Mr And Mrs Slaymaker

Hi,

My wife's family on her mothers side were Norths, and I believe that Edward North bought the farm known as the Dogs Mouth Farm in 1963 from Mr Slaymaker. ( Who was a youngish man at the time)

It was located between Old Stratford and Cosgrove on a corner as you said with the whole being surrounded by a wall of light colour.

The name originated from a spring nearby where the opening where the water came out was a cast metal head of a dog.

It was sold again out of the family in about 1995.

Comment from Clive Burgess on Saturday, 6th February 2010.

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