can i join your chat .i must be one of the original neigbours from that area
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Hiya Marie ,
Welcome to Yo. Hope you enjoy it .
I think most people are in the land of nod ,but please post /check in tomorrow , I know you'll receive a warm welcome .
Love Karen x

Hi Marie

Where in Soho St did you live? Most of my relatives were from the Four Squares. See post entitled 'Gardens, Tenements, Courts' for a pic of Soho Street (last page).

My Mam and Dad originated from Queen Anne Place.

Marie1 - just replied to you on the intro thread. I hung around the 4 squares now and then. Yes, lots of characters - also from around Jenky and Langy.

For pics of the tennies, see my website mentioned below.

Watch it Marie, Ged hung around anywhere, he,s famous for it. ha ha

Welcome to Yo :PDT_Aliboronz_11:

Yes, well hung ;)

My grandad, William Cross and his brothers Bert and George had a carpentry business in Soho Street. Until the kids burnt it down that is. It would have broken all contemporary health and safety rules- open fireplaces, piles of sawdust everywhere, machinery and band saws without guards, cats all over the place... Bert lost most of his fingers in the machines as a kid but could still pick up panel pins with the stumps that remained. They produced marvellous work. I loved visiting the place as a kid! Anyone remember them? They're all dead now of course.

The business was called Excelsior Sawmills by the way.