>From the Cheshire list Jean in NS > Little George went to visit his grandparents who had a spinning wheel in > their parlour. Grandma said that she was sorry but Granddad was out, he had > gone for cotton. > George returned the following week but again Granddad had gone for cotton. > The third week George was dismayed to learn that Granddad had died but his > grave was just around the corner in the churchyard. Little George found the > grave with an inscribed stone which said "Gone, but not for Cotton". > Regards, > Eric MILLWARD of Marple, Cheshire > eric@genman.worldonline.co.uk > Interests in Cheshire,....... BRUCKSHAW (Stockport), > CHARLESWORTH(Stockport), DALE (Congleton), HANSON (Stockport),HO(U)DSON > (Audlem), JOHNSON(Audlem), LEA (Sandbach), LEIGH (Stockport), LEWIS > (Warmingham), LITTLER (Stockport), MILLWARD (Stockport), MOORES > (Northwich), MOSES (Crewe), NIELD (Macclesfield), PODMORE (Congleton) , > SIMCOCK (Audlem), STREET (Nantwich), WASHINGTON (Stockport), WILLIAMSON > Stockport) > in Derbyshire,....... HEEDS (Chesterfield), MILLWARD and RADFORD (Ashbourne > area), > in Lancashire, .......GROOM and HEEDS and MORGAN and MURPHY and ROBERTS > (all Manchester), MORGAN (Liverpool) > in Staffordshire, .....DALE (Audley), HO(U)DSON (Audley), JOHNSON > (Mucklestone) > in Shropshire,.........JOHNSON (Mucklestone) > in WR Yorkshire, ...WHITEHEAD (Saddleworth) > and coming to Manchester, UK from America before 1820, ......HOLDEN. > > > ==== CHESHIRE Mailing List ==== > Cheshire County Record Office: > http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/recoff/home.htm > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.227 / Virus Database: 109 - Release Date: 1/17/01