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This 1950s view shows the back to back terraces of Wortley. Lines hung with washing extend from houses across the cobbled streets to attach with houses opposite. People are sat in the doorway of no 1 and a person stands accompanied by a door at no 11. An aerial is attached to the chimney of no 13. While further down the street on the right is the entrance to the shared toilets. Shared by several homes these toilets accomodated up to 30 people, keys were kept behind house doors with large wooden fobs to prevent theft. Scrubbing the toilet was a weekly chore for women who judged each other on how well the job was done. The spaces in the brick work were vents and outside are lined up the bins for each house. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Douro Street | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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