What also interested me was that Penelope`s husband had also lived in Crompton St. William was only 7 when his parents split and his mother and new man moved to a lodging house in Crompton St. There she married and had 3 more children, so there must have been aplace for unfortunates there. Although William and his mother were at crompton st long before Mary Ann I wonder if they shared stories. The Old Fourpenny Hotel is 27-29 Crompton St and I intend to visit one day as I am sure my ancesters were ther or close.
Rose
