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Cowper Street

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Pauline floyd said:
Im looking for information about a fire/explosion on cowper street i have searched the web high and low on and off for around 3 years now and can't find anything. My nan was caught up in this explosion she said she was 11 at the time so that would make it 1962 i beleive it was an old coal yard a lady sent her daughter to the shop for some petroleum jelly covered my nans leg in it as it was burned dont have much more info than that
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Hi Pauline, l‘m so thrilled to see these posts. For years I have also wanted proof about my explosion story ! I am one of the children mentioned in the newspaper report.(although they got our ages the wrong way round) I’m Linda and was 9 at the time. I remember car tyres flying around.We were thrown off our feet. We had cuts & grazes to our hands and legs and my mom was hit by a tyre, luckily not seriously hurt. I remember coming home from hospital covered in brown iodine.
I also went to William Cowper School. Absolutely loved it. The teachers were wonderful !
 
Linda Davies / Hudson said:
Hi Pauline, l‘m so thrilled to see these posts. For years I have also wanted proof about my explosion story ! I am one of the children mentioned in the newspaper report.(although they got our ages the wrong way round) I’m Linda and was 9 at the time. I remember car tyres flying around.We were thrown off our feet. We had cuts & grazes to our hands and legs and my mom was hit by a tyre, luckily not seriously hurt. I remember coming home from hospital covered in brown iodine.
I also went to William Cowper School. Absolutely loved it. The teachers were wonderful !
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Hi Linda Pauline is my grandmother I set this up to get answers for her I'm as my childhood was filled with so many questions thank you for reaching out
 
sylviasayers said:
On the 1911 census my grandparents and six of their children including my mother were living at 10 Burton Place, Cowper Street, which I can see on the map, thank you.
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My grandmother lived (next door?) at number 8 Burton Place at that time, with her grandmother and aunt, both her parents had died. Just found this out from the 1911 census. Thank you for posting the map.
 
cowperkid said:
I don't think the lady in the shop was a causer , the Causer family lived on the other side of the street as in me and my family lived almost opposite the shop , think her last name was Falkner ass kids we called her fanny Falkner not sure iff fanny was her real name or just a nickname, hope I don't offend any one used to buy pear drops or pineapple chunks from her great memories there is a picture of the shop on this site lovely picture
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HI Where's Cowper St in relation to Manor Farm Rd, I have lots of Faulkners ( your spelling falkner?) , Causer is my Grans Great Grandmother. Picture of the sweet shop would be fab. Whereabouts is it please?
 
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