This is number 13 in the centre. Outwardly the basic building is much the same. The walls are original although they used to be higher and the outside toilet was built on the inside of the wall. It consisted of a huge wooden "thunderbox" with steps to climb to get on to it. No toilet roll, just squares of newspaper. No flush of course, there was a small door in the outside wall of each of the houses so that each night the workers could shovel out what was called "Night Soil", what a job, can you imagine, and this was in my lifetime.
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