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echoscout said:
Heavy thunderstorms ⛈️ but no damage around these parts 🤠
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Good news 😊👍
echoscout said:
😎 Pic 👍
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Thanks buddy 👍
waynorth said:
Those huge housing projects had troubles all over the world!!:eek: Still not the most promising of habitats!!:rolleyes:
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Absolutely Charlie, designed by people who knew that they were never, ever going to be living there? 😱 The Kelvin Flats weren't even the worst in Sheffield, but by the time they were demolished, they were pretty bad 🙄 My granddad, ever the optimist, was totally oblivious, and thought they had a wonderful view from the top floor 🫣😁👍
 
Jack Black said:
It certainly was Charlie, a small dead-end street with cobbles, off a main road lined with steel and tool firms, and cutlery firms too of course, including Samuel Barlow (it was the area John Barlow lived in old age). The terraced houses were small, and backed onto communal yards, with a row of outdoor toilets opposite the houses. Everyone was like family, and as a small child I'd just wander in and out of the houses, and everyone would be pleased to see me, particularly as I was the first of my generation. Behind the yard, was a large flat field, know as The Lane, where houses had stood originally (before they were bombed), and on the small hill, know as The Tip, there were rows of 'coyts' used for racing pigeons. In truth, the houses were slums though, and they were demolished in the 1970's. People gained indoor baths and toilets, but unfortunately they lost a lot else besides. Most folks ended up living in these notorious flats, which quickly deteriorated :(

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Thank you Charlie, I don't understand why it has dragged on so long 🤷‍♂️ Maybe I have had two! 😖🫣👍
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I am certainly glad to have never had to live in an apartment building myself. Hope your malady clears up soon, Jack.
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Jack Black said:
It certainly was Charlie, a small dead-end street with cobbles, off a main road lined with steel and tool firms, and cutlery firms too of course, including Samuel Barlow (it was the area John Barlow lived in old age). The terraced houses were small, and backed onto communal yards, with a row of outdoor toilets opposite the houses. Everyone was like family, and as a small child I'd just wander in and out of the houses, and everyone would be pleased to see me, particularly as I was the first of my generation. Behind the yard, was a large flat field, know as The Lane, where houses had stood originally (before they were bombed), and on the small hill, know as The Tip, there were rows of 'coyts' used for racing pigeons. In truth, the houses were slums though, and they were demolished in the 1970's. People gained indoor baths and toilets, but unfortunately they lost a lot else besides. Most folks ended up living in these notorious flats, which quickly deteriorated :(

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Thank you Charlie, I don't understand why it has dragged on so long 🤷‍♂️ Maybe I have had two! 😖🫣👍
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Thanks for the history lesson. Unfortunately so called community housing is rarely successful. They mean well but just have too many draw backs. Hope you start to feel better mate.
 
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