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Kandor
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I was at my sister Brendas yesterday and we started talking about living in Cromwell St.
It appears our esteemed Cromwell was the best friend of my eldest brother John (small world huh?)
My sister remembers you Graham, I'm just waiting for a reply off him.
Anyway, she described our house in Cromwell St..she said it was a back house (2 back of something)
There were two toilets to serve six families..opulence indeed..
The 'Front' door opened directly into the yard with a 'Living' room of about 11ft x 10ft.
Another small room at the back (half the other size) served as a Kitchen come everything else
Upstairs you had a bedroom in which Me (aged 2) and my new born sister Rita shared with Mom and Dad.
One more flight up was the fourth room of the house..another bedroom in the attic, in there slept my Uncle Les, Sisters Norma and Brenda and my brothers John and Robert..
How on earth did Mom cope?
It must have been like mice in a cage..oh..yes, Brenda said we had those too, along with silverfish, cockroaches and blackbats..
from what she said Dad had to make a fine mesh box to keep our food in otherwise the next morning Mom found it alive with insects and mice droppings..
The good old days?
You can bloody keep them.
It appears our esteemed Cromwell was the best friend of my eldest brother John (small world huh?)
My sister remembers you Graham, I'm just waiting for a reply off him.
Anyway, she described our house in Cromwell St..she said it was a back house (2 back of something)
There were two toilets to serve six families..opulence indeed..
The 'Front' door opened directly into the yard with a 'Living' room of about 11ft x 10ft.
Another small room at the back (half the other size) served as a Kitchen come everything else
Upstairs you had a bedroom in which Me (aged 2) and my new born sister Rita shared with Mom and Dad.
One more flight up was the fourth room of the house..another bedroom in the attic, in there slept my Uncle Les, Sisters Norma and Brenda and my brothers John and Robert..
How on earth did Mom cope?
It must have been like mice in a cage..oh..yes, Brenda said we had those too, along with silverfish, cockroaches and blackbats..
from what she said Dad had to make a fine mesh box to keep our food in otherwise the next morning Mom found it alive with insects and mice droppings..
The good old days?
You can bloody keep them.