lazyherbert Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Can you remember the gentlemans residence (Doss house) on West bar at the top of Corporation St & to the left between Ellis Son & Paramores(I think) & the paint shop.As a youngster we would look through the windows in the basement & see them on the penny lollup. What is that you may ask,well,it is a rope tied from one wall to the opposite wall which you placed your arms over & had a sleep.Sheer luxury.Poor S**s. This was in th 1940s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retep Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Probably where the saying, "I'm that tired I could sleep on a washing line" came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrodbo Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 West Bar Hostel, I believe it was called. My dad used to say for a shilling a man could get bed for the night with toast and dripping the next morning. i actually there were not many dossers in those days there are more now. The people then seemed to be war victims rather than down and outs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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