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My parents owned the nursery at Spurstow, (I remember the big oak tree in front of the petrol front on the A49). They were there from 1943 to my father's death in 1951.  Was there a family called 'Prier' (soliciter, doctor) in the area? Dad use to go shooting with someone of that name or similar in the area. I have very fond memories of the area, the small farm behind us where we got our milk, the local bakery in the village, the pictures in Bunbury. The flowers and the vegetables Dad used to grow, the glass houses and the boiler Dad used to stoke every day to keep the heat into those green houses. Dad used to have a fun day and bonfire on Guy Fawkes Day at the top end of the nursery.   The  hotel next door where I learnt how to behave at a function table, there was a big hill on the road behind us somewhere, where we used to ride our box carts and loose a few teeth. I will have to test my memory to put more on this page, so if anyone has any more memories to add, please do so.

Robin

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A memory of Spurstow in Cheshire shared on Tuesday, 16th June 2009.

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RE: RE: Spurstow Nursary

Hi there Robin, I don't know if you remember me and my brother John, we used to play at your place in the greenhouses, eating the toms. Jim Priar was the man your dad went shooting with, I remember my mum and dad telling me,he had a son (David) and had a house built in Tiverton. The Jones lived at the back of you, Gordon and Vincent, we lived by the crossroads on the A49. I know you moved but did not know where to. David Stockton.

Comment from David Stockton on Thursday, 3rd February 2011.

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