My first experience of a back to back was at the age of 26 after coming out of the RAF in 1956, because of lack of housing points (my 8 years service counted for nothing) I was offered a 2 bedroomed flat in Telford new town, take it or leave it, I had just started work with PO Telephones in Birmingham so that was no good to me. The house (?) was in Vicarage Road, Aston (1/128) with a private Landlord and what a cultural shock, NO kitchen,No bathroom, sharing an outside Toilet with 2 other families, sharing a 'brew house' with other families, rotting woodwork, damp (mainly due to gas cooking in the only downstairs room. It was an out and out broken down slum, how we stood it for so long I don't know. Its only advantage was low rent (12/6) so we could save our deposit for a house that much quicker. Those reconstructed back house on show in the City do not show the real back to back as it really was. Eric