Longhope Bakery, the Green's Bakery at Huntley and Ivy Cotta (General)

by hawkyboy, Sunday, July 26, 2015, 10:49 (3409 days ago) @ Mike Pinchin

Hello Mike.

I do not recall what the shops looked like. We lived in Huntley 30 years ago but I cannot recall the arrangement of the buildings. When you refer to the 1925 photo are you saying that it is an ivy clad house located between Greens on the left and the Post Office on the right?

If so, my recollection is that this house belonged to the Greens. I am suggesting it functioned as the farm house for land down Grange Court Lane. I am told this was 49 acres and this is where the horses were kept, and later pigs and sheep. There was no farm house on the land, so I assume this was a number of adjacent, or nearby, fields purchased by Joseph. Why he moved into farming in addition to the bakery and grocery is a mystery to me. They are totally different lines of work.

Thank you for persisting with your research. The more the merrier!