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Northwich, Crooked Houses 1903
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The mining of salt led to many buildings suffering the effects of subsidence; one of the more spectacular episodes involved The Witch and Barrel pub sinking one Saturday night into a big hole.

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Memories of Northwich, Crooked Houses 1903

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Northwich, Crooked Houses 1903

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These 'crooked houses' existed until recently. A friend of mine lived in one of them. They occupied the opposite side of the road and just down from the old workhouse, and were probably shaken as much by traffic on the railway (about 100yards to the left of the picture) as anything.