My mother aged 8years, her sister 6years, and two brothers aged 4 and 2 years, were put into the cottage homes in 1923 when their mother died in child birth, my mother didn't talk much about it, other than they had to walk 2 miles to church twice on a Sunday, the girls had to work in the houses usually the kitchen and the boys the garden. At the age of 14 years the girls were sent into service and the boys to the shoe factories in Northampton. The children were fed quite well and were clean, but life was rather hard. If anyone has any further information as life there I would love to hear it.
