Pott Shrigley, The Village And Church c.1955
Photo ref: P395025
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Photo ref: P395025
Photo of Pott Shrigley, The Village And Church c.1955

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Through the trees on the right (although almost completely hidden now) the tower of St Christopher's Church can be seen. The church was once home to what must have been one of the earliest lending libraries in England: in 1492 Geoffrey Downes lent his books to the church, with specific intstructions that gentlemen should be allowed to borrow them for up to 13 weeks at a time.

Memories of Pott Shrigley, the Village and Church c1955

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The ship had struck an iceberg a hole yawned in its side. In came the water racing fast - a swirling rushing tide. Then up came Jack the captain, He cried "put fear to rout - I've blown a hole in the other side to let the water out".
Our family lived at Jackson Brow in Pott Shrigley. We were living in No. 2 when the war was declared in 1939 and we listened to this on an old Lissen radio which required two dry batteries and one wet accumulator to run. A year later we moved to No. 1 which was the house at the front. (It has been modernized from our days when it was a 2up/2down with no running water, no electricity and the 'petty', a good old ...see more