Galgate, Post Office And Green Dragon Hotel c.1960
Photo ref:
G284019
Photo ref:
G284019
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The post office, the Green Dragon and, opposite, the New Inn, overlook the cross-roads at the centre of the village. Galgate's inns once played a part in nominating the village 'mayor'. The annual fair was inevitably accompanied by excessive drinking, and the first man found sleeping it off in the hedgerows the following morning was given the honour.
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My mother's name was Alice Margaret Ellen Davis who was born 6 January 1915. Her mother died when my mum was just three years old on Christmas Day 1918. She was buried in the churchyard in Galgate. Her father went to work in Preston and her older brother was sent to work on a farm, while my mother was brought up by a couple who lived in the village of Galgate in a lovely cottage called "Woodbine ...see more
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