Originally Posted by
joge
Hi Phil,
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Impressive research!!!
Maybe you can shed some light on this, though I'm not sure this is the right thread to broach it.
When I was growing up in L,pool my family often referred to Carey St., in various ways, as a euphemism for extreme poverty. I assumed it was a widely held saying, but, Googling it, and down South here, no-one else seems to have heard it used that way. Is it a L,pool thing, or was it just confined to my family — a tradition founded in my Granny's early experiences having lived for some time in Carey St.?
What they would have meant was that Carey Street was an area of "court dwellings". They're clearly shown on the large-scale map you've provided. In fact 'Court number 4' is named.
Most were jerry-built and became slums and, eventually, they were all replaced.
Carey Street, as you know, went quite early.
Do a Google for "Court Dwellings", if the expression is new to you.
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