Plump Hill sheep arches and King smallholding in 1930s (General)

by EileenR, Monday, April 28, 2014, 11:10 (3858 days ago) @ amaska

I have just seen your message of a year ago. I knew Sidney and Edith King and they had two daughters, Evelyn and Dolly (there may have been more children. Edith King was my grandfather's sister.

They lived in "The Rocks". There was on the right hand side of the road a Methodist Chapel and a little further up the hill (about 50 yards) Gibbs shop. On the left hand side of the road down a steep hill there was a lane known as "The Slip". It was named because in the 20s a house slipped partly into some old mine workings. At the end of this lane on the left were a pair of semi detached houses. The next house on the left down The Rocks was where the Kings lived. As far as I am aware they did not have a small holding.

Regarding the lime kilns I can remember them being used by Ivor Bennett until they were closed probably in the 1940s.

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