Gooselea
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"Gooselea" is one of three terraced dwellings erected before 1853 (the date of the first Ordnance Survey Map) and their origins are discussed in the entry for Corner Cottage (
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It as remembered by George Wainwright who lived once at Corner Cottage and said … "There was a real character who lived next door but one to my grandma, a strange old lady called Mrs Wilks. She always wore a black frock with a lace collar and a white kerchief edged with lace on her head. I'm perfectly certain that I was once told that she had worked for the Royal Family as a bed-maker. She used to say that she ate ground nutmegs to keep herself healthy. Whether they did have this effect or not I don't know, but she persevered with them, grinding them up, soaking them in water, then dripping them. Horrible! As a lad I used to go round to see her and to have a natter for half an hour, but fortunately I never had to taste her nutmegs!"
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