eric
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Post by eric on Jan 12, 2012 19:46:01 GMT
I was talking to a lady called Jean, who was brought up in the Bradford St area during the 50's, and she remarked that as kids they would often go play on the 'oller (which I guess was the Hollow) which was a piece of waste ground between 2 rows of terraces where bonfires were held, but Jean is curious if anyone else remembers the 'oller and what actually stood there originally?
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Post by Andy Wade on Jan 12, 2012 22:44:16 GMT
A wash house perhaps?
There's a square on Caroline Street right in the middle of Saltaire which is used for recreation now, but used to have a wash/bath house on it. Now every house in Saltaire has its own bathroom of course.
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Post by lawkholmelaner on Jan 14, 2012 8:06:33 GMT
There were very few bathrooms in the '40s/'50s in that area even though the 'oller had been clear for a long time. If it was a wash house it was removed long before homes had their own bathrooms.
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Gaffa
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Post by Gaffa on Apr 29, 2014 21:56:27 GMT
I grew up in the 60's on Beeches Terrace, just across Bradford Road and down a bit from Bradford Street.
We had our 'oller at the back of our house next to t'allotments.
I should imagine any bit of spare ground where kids would play was called something similar.
Gaffa
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