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Boy With Bicycle In Front Of Drying Green At Clark Buildings In Ormiston 1962

1962
Boy With Bicycle In Front Of Drying Green At Clark Buildings In Ormiston 1962
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Len Purves.

“We had a big side and front garden, drying green at back. We played football in the back drying green or on the road. We lived next door to the school and a “witch” – the ball always went into the playground or into the “witch’s” garden!” – Len Purves

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Location:
Ormiston
Categories:
Daily Life
Tags:
1960s 1962 architecture bicycle bike boy building childhood children chimney pot chimney stack clothes pole clothes post cycling drying green fashion football home housing jumper Ormiston outdoor pump saddlebag school shirt shorts standing street tenement THELMA transport washing washing line witch
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