An interesting view of Skelton Cross Green, without the small park with War Memorial now situated beside the modern day traffic lights. Interestingly the large double-fronted shop stood until the end of the last century, when demolition created the space we now see next to the Duke William pub! It is remembered by Roger Barwick: “I can remember going in the shop shown it was called “West End Corn Store” and was a general dealers. I don’t really remember who owned or ran the shop.” Ailsa MacKenzie assisted with: “When I was a child it was run by Mrs Moreland, a widow from Warcop, Cumbria. She had a daughter Angela and son Hebron who lived, I think, in Australia. Also living at the shop was Mrs Moreland ‘s unmarried sister Daisy. This was in the 1959s / early 1960s.” This assisted memories for Bryan Young with: “With Roderick MacKenzie, we used to buy “cannon” bangers and go down the fields. Past Crow Wood and light them in cow pats! I always thought that a fire caused the demolition of the store.”
Image courtesy of several sources, thanks to Roger Barwick, Ailsa MacKenzie and Bryan Young for the memories.
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