John Street

My grandfather lived in John Street and kept lots of chickens. As everything was rationed during my childhood we were very lucky to have eggs from him. I remember calling in with my dad to collect eggs and to see a wire mesh area besides the fire in the kitchen which was fenced off and lots of little baby yellow chickens running around. My mother was  never happy at seeing this done as she was a little fanatical about housework, but us kids thought  it great fun.