Kidsgrove And Butlane

Mow Cop Castle c1965
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I was born in Kkidsgrove in a place called Back Heathcote Street, we lived there until I was four years old. I remember going to the shop at the top of Heathcote Sstreet with my older sisters to buy sweets. We then moved to Millstone Avenue, Butlane. As a child Dad would walk us up to Mow Cop, where we spent many happy hours. He would also take us on walks along the canel to Congleton, when we used to ask him how much further we were going he would say "Just under that next bridge", how our legs used to ache, but we dared not complain. We never had much has kids, but we were never bored. Paulie Townley