THE SHOP: A memory of Preston on the Hill

The Shop

A Memory of Preston on the Hill.

The shop, owned and run by Miss Cowup, opposite our grandparent's farm, (Wilton & Annie Hewitt) Hill Top Farm. Our uncle, Ted Hewitt, would send us across the road to the shop to purchase Tizer or Dandelion n-burdock, a great treat. If we were sent to buy ice-cream on special occasions you had to get past the dog food, frozen rabbits (with fur still on) in the freezer. Don't think I will ever forget. No Health & Safety back then.

Happy memories of riding from Hatton to Preston-on-the-Hill to spend the holidays 'spud picking' for pocket money.

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Added 10 September 2012

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Dear Joan my 2g grandfather had a farm of 18 acres and was a sand and coal merchant . He married a Harriet Cowap and I am trying to find were the farm was in Preston on the Hill. His son was Bridgewater canal agent and lived at Brook House. My grandfather was born in P on H and I have a school photo of him . Joseph Cotton Priestley was born in Yorkshire 1825 and lived in Cheshire from 1850 to 1893 when he died. He is buried in Daresbury Church with his wife and son James Cowap Priestley a grocer. His other son was Thomas Henry Priestley If you can suggest where I can get any information it would be wonderful and I can email a photo. many thanks Sue Cornwall

By jimnsue on Thu May 5th 2016, at 8:08 am

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