Pauline 7 There is probably a bit of an age gap between us. My great grandmother lived in some fairly rough housing in Leicester before slum clearance. I remember the earth closet toilet and my grandma only had an outside toilet in the early 1950s. Most of them had Allotments though.
"A little boy goes up to Old Tom the gardener and says, ‘What do you put on your rhubarb?' ‘Well, usually rotted horse manure,' replies Old Ned. ‘We have custard.' says the little boy.
I guess I am a little younger than you. .....not quite eligible for my bus pass and OH says that I am posh as we had an inside toilet and a bathroom. We also had blankets on the bed and not old coats. In the early 50s I was just a twinkle in my parent's eyes.
Getting back to the hole in the wall, it would be helpful to know where it is. If it's a field wall in sheep country, it could be a "hoggett hole", a hoggett being, I think, a two year old sheep. It allows sheep to move between fields, and can be blocked when the farmer or shepherd wants them confined. It has the advantage over a gate that townies can't leave it open.
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There is probably a bit of an age gap between us. My great grandmother lived in some fairly rough housing in Leicester before slum clearance. I remember the earth closet toilet and my grandma only had an outside toilet in the early 1950s. Most of them had Allotments though.
"A little boy goes up to Old Tom the gardener and says, ‘What do you put on your rhubarb?'
‘Well, usually rotted horse manure,' replies Old Ned.
‘We have custard.' says the little boy.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
In the early 50s I was just a twinkle in my parent's eyes.