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Scrubbed Doorsteps and the Smell of Carbolic
As today is a Saturday …a day of football and rugby on the ‘tele’ …. I thought I would reblog this piece. Food for thought, perhaps …… SCRUBBED DOORSTEPS AND THE SMELL OF CARBOLIC I can … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, families, family, life, memories, Uncategorized
Tagged customs, football, homelessness, Houses, housing, housing shortage, life, memories, olden-times, poverty, streets, terraced houses, town planning, traditions, waste
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Scrubbed Doorsteps and The Smell of Carbolic
I can see them now, the narrow rows of terraced houses. One row backed onto another. The tiny, single fronted, two up, two down cottages in grey, grimy streets. One street looked identical to the next, the white net curtains … Continue reading
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Tagged fiction, football, history, inner cities, regeneration, the past
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