Recycled store was Scout base

WITH reference to the wonderful photograph of Over Four Lane Ends in Bob Curzon's column in the Winsford and Middlewich Guardian last week.

I was puzzled for a while what the building was between the No 9 Branch of the Co-operative Society and Griff Roberts' white cottage.

Then it occurred to me it was a large wooden building erected to serve as a temporary store for No 9 branch while the store was being rebuilt.

We in the 2nd Over Congregational Scouts bought it for £100 (about £2,500 in today's money) after it had served its purpose.

We dismantled it piecemeal and re-erected it in the field between the Sunday school and Oak House Lane. We used it as a Scout hut but about 20 years ago, the vandals moved in and burned it down.

Reg Hulse

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