Peter, Thank you for that photo! Hope the dentist trip wasn't too bad! I have very vague memories of this particular shop, but my memories are mainly of the shop further along Smedley Street. It was more or less opposite the footpath coming down from Wellington Street, my route to Matlock County Junior School! I could never understand why my Grandad put the word WASH on his shoe shop window! This was when I was about 7 or 8 years old! (Of course it was W. ASH for Walter Ash!) Glad you got some more snippets on your own family! It's always worth having a chat to someone - they might just be related!!! As I think I may have said before, it was on an occasional visit to a church in London, that I got talking to the chap sitting next to me who said his mother was from near Matlock and she was visiting him in London that weekend, and sitting next to him! She was the one who told me that a butcher had taken over the ASH shoe shop, and the rest is history already!! Hoping that your Derbyshire day is more sunny today! Thank you for the photo! Regards Rose Kelland (nee Street) On 18 April 2013 10:37, Rose Kelland <rekelland@gmail.com> wrote: > Peter, > > Thank you for that photo! Hope the dentist trip wasn't too bad! I have very > vague memories of this particular shop, but my memories are mainly of the > shop further along Smedley Street. It was more or less opposite the footpath > coming down from Wellington Street, my route to Matlock County Junior > School! I could never understand why my Grandad put the word WASH on his > shoe shop window! This was when I was about 7 or 8 years old! (Of course it > was W. ASH for Walter Ash!) > > Glad you got some more snippets on your own family! It's always worth having > a chat to someone - they might just be related!!! As I think I may have said > before, it was on an occasional visit to a church in London, that I got > talking to the chap sitting next to me who said his mother was from near > Matlock and she was visiting him in London that weekend, and sitting next to > him! She was the one who told me that a butcher had taken over the ASH shoe > shop, and the rest is history already!! > > Hoping that your Derbyshire day is more sunny today! Thank you for the > photo! > > Regards > > Rose Kelland (nee Street) > > On 18 April 2013 10:18, Peter Patilla <ppatilla@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Rose >> A copy of the photo has been sent off-list. >> Took it early this morning on way to the dentist. >> The lollipop lady was intrigued at someone taking a photo of a closed shop >> in the rain quite early in the morning >> We got talking and found out she used to work with my mother and sister at >> Tor Hosiery in Matlock in the 1970s >> She also told me (you may know this) that the Ash family also had a shop >> further along Smedley Street just past Walls shoe shop, before the gardens >> Regards >> Peter >> >> >> On 9 Mar 2013, at 22:39, Rose Kelland wrote: >> >> > I wonder if I could ask someone living in Matlock to send me a photo >> > of the White Peak Farm Butchery on Smedley Street in Matlock?! I >> > can't find a picture online and would like to put it alongside the >> > story of the shop which used to be my Grandfather WALTER ASH's shoe >> > shop. >> > >> > Unfortunately I don't have a picture of when it was his shop, just the >> > empty shop as it was for a number of years after my Uncle RAY ASH left >> > it. >> > >> > Google maps still has the image with the empty shop and clearly shows >> > the W.ASH & SONS old wooden sign above the door. A few years back >> > when we took my mother to see the butcher's shop, and we asked what >> > happened to the sign, I think the gentleman said his wife was keeping >> > it!!! >> > >> > If someone wouldn't mind, perhaps when they next go to buy their >> > sausages, I'd really appreciate it!!! >> > >> > And if anyone knows where I can find a photo of the shoe shop, I'd >> > really love that! >> > >> > Many thanks >> > >> > -- >> > Rose Kelland (nee Street) >> > www.rosescountryrose.blogspot.com >> > www.livesandtimesofbella.blogspot.com >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > -- > Rose Kelland > www.rosescountryrose.blogspot.com > www.livesandtimesofbella.blogspot.com > -- Rose Kelland www.rosescountryrose.blogspot.com www.livesandtimesofbella.blogspot.com

I'd just like to thank Rose and Peter for a very engaging exchange,  particularly the WASH anecdote. Kind regards Joy Rose wrote:- > Thank you for that photo! Hope the dentist trip wasn't too bad! I > have very vague memories of this particular shop, but my memories are > mainly of the shop further along Smedley Street. It was more or less > opposite the footpath coming down from Wellington Street, my route to > Matlock County Junior School! I could never understand why my Grandad > put the word WASH on his shoe shop window! This was when I was about 7 > or 8 years old! (Of course it was W. ASH for Walter Ash!)