The route from 7 to 8 follows Chapel Road into the heart of "old" Penketh. Just past the sharp bend is a long white cottage on the left. This was known as Greystone Cottage, and formed the southern edge of Greystone Heath prior to it being broken up. A little further along is a Nursery, which is situated in a building called Vine House. The original Vine House was a much smaller cottage, which had a peculiar clause in its deeds which stated that if ever there was no Vine House on the site, then no new building could be put up on the land. When the cottage was condemned as unsafe for habitation, the owners had the shell of the current building erected around and over the old one, then dismantled the old cottage inside - therefore meeting the demands of the deeds.During and after the second world war, the current building was a casino, which became a popular haunt for the American airmen based at the nearby Burtonwood air base.
Next to the nursery is a large engineering premises. The site was once a factory for the Penketh Leather Manufacturing Company, owned by a Mr Lee who lived in Vine House. The factory used leather off-cuts from the nearby Penketh Tannery on Tannery Lane (locals may remember the site as Polycell) to produce high-quality leather soles for shoes, with much of their produce being exported to the American market. The advent of synthetic soles in the 1960's caused the demise of the business, which closed in 1963. The factory was bought by its current owners, but before they had a chance to move in, the factory - which was largely wooden - suffered a catastrophic fire. The only part which survived the fire was the tower which can be seen behind the cache site, which was kept and incorporated into the new building.
The cache was hidden in the only other suvivor of the fire on the site- an old tree which stood in front of the tower. Unfortunately, the tree was recently cut down, so the cache has been relocated close by. New coordinates have been posted, so you can speed across to find it..