1 Higher Deardengate Haslingden going to Auction

wadey · 12-02-09, 14:07

http://www.andrew-kelly.co.uk/proper...at%20Feb09.pdf
it's Lot 11, this house was for sale at £260,000 so it'll be interesting to see what it goes for.
The home of
Dr. Eugenie Cheesmond: A tribute to the life of a Grand Lady who touched so many lives

go to http://www.photoblog.com/Sevendipity/2007/10/19/ for full details

wizzbang · 12-02-09, 14:21

Awwww how sad.
Once upon a time that was the only place you could buy anything Free range. I went in a few times but was ignorant of whos house it was.
Lynne x

wadey · 12-02-09, 19:36

When we lived in Bacup Lynn used to go up there on a Sunday to buy bits and bobs

wadey · 12-02-09, 19:38

http://www.rossendalefreepress.co.uk...ul_womans_life
for the Free Press report

shifty 13 · 12-02-09, 20:33

speaking of auctions have you seen the banner on the house at crawshawbooth?? £25 a raffle ticket to win the house, garage and something else i couldnt read on the way past???? prob garden....

wadey · 12-02-09, 20:51

It'll end in tears

spooks · 13-02-09, 17:13

Eugenie was one of a kind ..... ive been in that house many many times and when she died haslingden lost one great character. She used to shout at me for smoking .... i never smoked in her house always walked down deardengate bought a packet of mints and eat them on the way back and she still knew full well where i'd been!!!! I miss her still......

vicbfc · 13-02-09, 17:37

Was she a GP ?

wadey · 18-02-09, 13:16

Here's a photo of her home

wadey · 18-02-09, 13:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by vicbfc

Was she a GP ?

Sorry vicbfc, missed the question
"Dr Eugenie Cheesmond, who has just died at the age of 88, was a remarkable woman in many ways. She qualified in medicine in South Africa but left in disgust at the apartheid regime and spent most of her life in the UK."