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Picture source: Peter Ashworth

The Doctor Syntax was situated on Fylde Road. Closed c2006, it is now used as a Chinese restaurant.

Source: Richard Richmond

My great great grandfather Christopher Gregson was landlord of the Doctor Syntax Preston from about 1875 until his death in 1902. His wife Mary nee Tuson died two weeks after giving birth to their ninth child so he must have had the enormous task of running a pub and looking after his children.  I understand that he was quite a martinet and very strict.  Further tragedy struck the family when two more of his children died and his son John died in 1902 as a result of falling into a vat of boiling beer. Truly horrendous as he lived for two days after the accident. Christopher still has one grand daughter living who will be 100 years old in January 2012.

Jennifer Battarbee (December 2011)

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