Hi John, Thanks for enlightening me with your reply on the back to back housing - I found that very interesting having been used to what we Australians refer to as our "own quarter acre block". The mention of Saltaire on the list was what made me wonder about housing for mill workers but as usual with my ancestors they won't make it easy for me <grin>. Thanks again for your help. Jennie Fairs. -----Original Message----- From: John Spencer Wilkinson [mailto:jswilks@lineone.net] Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2003 4:52 PM To: Jennie Fairs; ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ BRAD] Wapping Street Hi Jenny It's very unlikely that you will be able to identify which mill someone worked at. For those who are lucky to have ancestors who lived in areas such as Queensbury or Saltaire there is a very good chance that they worked in the local mill. I lived in an area known as the Millfield, which is still there. The houses are back to backs built in stone with slate roofs. Originally the loos were in a block at the end of the street, but most houses now have inside facilities. The houses are adjacent to Perseverance Mills at Slack Side, and some of the houses have much larger rooms than the others, with a strip of garden, which I was told were originally for the managers and overlookers. The houses above are in streets, but a large number of those near to the city centre, were built as two rows of back to backs about 12 feet apart with houses built across the ends to form an internal courtyard, with a street between these blocks of houses. I don't think any of these courts have survived as a complete entity, but there is the odd remnant remaining, which gives some idea of the dire environment in which some of the people lived. Regards John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennie Fairs" <jennief@cherry.com.au> To: <ENG-YKS-BRADFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 13 February 2003 07:07 Subject: [ BRAD] Wapping Street > Hi List, > > I may have asked this question before but because I still don't know I'll > ask again. > > If a worsted weaver lived in Wapping Street Bradford c1870s is it possible > to advise which woollen mill he would probably have worked at? > > Thanks, Jennie Fairs, Sydney Australia. > > > ==== ENG-YKS-BRADFORD Mailing List ==== > Please do not just click on 'reply' - Change the subject line to describe more accurately the subject of *your* message. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >