Hi Audrey, outside khazi's were all the rage once
I used to live on a farm in the middle of nowhere and had a green shack in the field, with a bucket and cut out hole on a wooden plank that covered it! used to get emptied by the council once every 2 weeks
Bleedin freezin in winter - and the flies in summer!!!!
Our house in Maryport still had the old coal range in the kitchen, the hub of all activity.
Herbert and mary, I think they were the towns newsagents, he also had a secondhand book store next to the newsagents, they used to live next door to us at no 9 High street, doubtful if either of them are still alive as they were pretty old when i lived there. He wanted to be either the local mayor or council rep always walked his dog on the streets and when it answered the call of nature, he would pull out a pack of tissues and wipe its bum for it
Quite an eccentric man, but heart of gold and part of the much needed breed of historians that Maryport really could have prospered from, had there been more around who shared his passion I think the hall would still be standing now and would have gone through a state of rejuvenation..
I have the history of Maryport ad78 - 1900, think that was his first book, are the others back in print? could possibly benefit from getting hold of some, tried Amazon but nothing available...... they were printed and self published and sold locally, so can't imagine too many people having them.
Cheers
Steve
