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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]This article was also originally written by Mr. Philip Eggleshaw, in the Society's Newsletter of August, 1970. <center>[b]<><><>[/b]</center> <center>[b]Lodging Houses[/b]</center> Sixty years ago there were in Heanor three Lodging Houses, or, as they were sometimes called - Working Men's Homes. The first one was in the Barracks, a row of houses which stood at right angles to Sye Lane, now Ilkeston Road, where the poster hoardings now stand and was kept by a Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The largest of the houses was the Lodging House and in one of the other houses lived the last official Town Cryer, Mr. Thomas Wykes. The second Lodging House was situated on Abbot Street, at the top of Mount Street. This was the old Ray's Arms Inn, which existed before Ray Street was made, this street was developed in the 1860s. The Lodging House was owned by a Mr. and Mrs. Richards and was of a better class than the others in Heanor, a comfortable bed could be had for sixpence per night. The third Lodging House was situated in a row of houses which stood parallel to Tag Hill, or Derby Road, as it is now and the entrance was in Nook End. This one was owned by a Mr. and Mrs. Meakin and it was stated at the time that anyone who could not afford sixpence for a bed could have a 'Lean-up' for twopence, a 'Lean-up' constituting of leaning upon a rope stretched across the room from wall to wall. The building which was the Lodging House still exists, being used at the present time as a cardboard box factory. <center>[b]<><><>[/b]</center> Poster Hoarding = possibly the 'Wormwood' growing site which was once next to the old 'Machin & Hartwell's' fire-place shop. Sixty = 95 years now. Azzabuv.[/quote]
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This message was updated on 9/12/2005 1:11:22 PM by Azzabuv

The Old Heanor Lodging Houses
replied on: 9/11/2005 2:36:10 PM

This article was also originally written by Mr. Philip Eggleshaw, in the Society's Newsletter of August, 1970.

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Lodging Houses
*Sixty* years ago there were in Heanor three Lodging Houses, or, as they were sometimes called - Working Men's Homes.

The first one was in the Barracks, a row of houses which stood at right angles to Sye Lane, now Ilkeston Road, where the *poster hoardings* now stand and was kept by a Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
The largest of the houses was the Lodging House and in one of the other houses lived the last official Town Cryer, Mr. Thomas Wykes.

The second Lodging House was situated on Abbot Street, at the top of Mount Street. This was the old Ray's Arms Inn, which existed before Ray Street was made, this street was developed in the 1860s. The Lodging House was owned by a Mr. and Mrs. Richards and was of a better class than the others in Heanor, a comfortable bed could be had for sixpence per night.

The third Lodging House was situated in a row of houses which stood parallel to Tag Hill, or Derby Road, as it is now and the entrance was in Nook End.
This one was owned by a Mr. and Mrs. Meakin and it was stated at the time that anyone
who could not afford sixpence for a bed could have a 'Lean-up' for twopence, a 'Lean-up' constituting of leaning upon a rope stretched across the room from wall to wall.

The building which was the Lodging House still exists, being used at the present time as a cardboard box factory.

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*Poster Hoarding* = possibly the 'Wormwood' growing site which was once next to the old 'Machin & Hartwell's' fire-place shop.

*Sixty* = 95 years now.
Azzabuv.

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