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Northumberland / Re: Double Row
« on: Thursday 28 May 09 19:49 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that Michael, really interesting.
What, I wonder is an ash pit?
I've looked at the map and where I lived after Double Row was in one of the two houses in line with 6th Row but separated from it. I wonder if those two houses constituted New Row, and I've just forgotten about the name 6th Row?
The privies were still in use until the end, though of course we called them netties. They were separated from the back yard by a lane which seemed to be made of coal dust and crossed by walking on lengths of worn out conveyor belt to avoid the worst of the grime, especially in the wet.
Little wonder that Cowpen Estate seemed so superior when we moved there.
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Regards, George
What, I wonder is an ash pit?
I've looked at the map and where I lived after Double Row was in one of the two houses in line with 6th Row but separated from it. I wonder if those two houses constituted New Row, and I've just forgotten about the name 6th Row?
The privies were still in use until the end, though of course we called them netties. They were separated from the back yard by a lane which seemed to be made of coal dust and crossed by walking on lengths of worn out conveyor belt to avoid the worst of the grime, especially in the wet.
Little wonder that Cowpen Estate seemed so superior when we moved there.
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Regards, George