Timbersbrook Smithy
A Memory of Congleton.
Just to the right of where this photo has been taken was the village smithy, it was built in 1947 by my grandfather Harold Cottrell and my father Reg Cottrell. They continued the business started by my Gt Gd Father Fred Cottrell who had a smithy at Dane in Shaw. Unfortunately the smithy closed on my father's death in 1981.
This was a good time to live in the village, the Silver Springs factory you can see in the picture employed many of the villagers and there was a real community spirit. The smithy, the local shop and the pub being the focal points to get the latest gossip, a very happy time.
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