Joseph Lawende's home

[moonbegger]

Booth's man gets a little lyrical when describing Norfolk Road saying 'Its houses have small back gardens in which newly washed clothes were drying. Over the walls you caught sight of the heads of sunflowers and hollyhocks'.

Ha , Ha , it is still the same today .. apart from the outside loo

moonbegger

[evertonmarc]

Hello Robert , i am just picking the bones out of my own family history regarding Norfolk/Mitchison rd .. and it turns out , my Great Great Nan & Grandad ( Jack & Jess ) lived next door to #45 at #43 my Granddad owned quite a few houses in the street . My uncle and Aunt lived a #45 for a while ..
Holy cow ! this is like Pandora's box !

cheers

moonbegger

Grandad JACK?

[moonbegger]

Grandad JACK?

Hello Marc , His name was actually Albert .. But he happened to be a bare knuckle boxing champion and was given the nickname "jack" ( go figure

moonbegger

[moonbegger]

Hello all , I have just stumbled upon another photograph of Norfolk Rd ( Lawande's home ) This photo was taken almost directly opposite #45 .. This is my home street quite a few years before I was born .. hope you find it of interest ..

[Sam Flynn]

Trivia

In case anyone was wondering, "Lawende" was pronounced something like "lavender", with the emphasis on the underlined midsection - a bit like "East Ender", oddly enough.

[GUT]

Thanks for the photo moonbegger.

[moonbegger]

I think it may be mid 50's ? ?