Just one fire, in the lounge

I was born at Halsbury Grove, Kingstanding, in 1942.I had a very hard life like so many others.going to school in shorts no matter how cold ….I had to go to fetch coal for my dad from the coal yard in Aylesbury Crescent I remember going in the winter and being so cold,getting back my dad put my feet in warm water to get them warmed up.My mum used to take a hot plate out of the old black lead oven and putting it in my bed to get it warm.We had just one fire and that was in the lounge.Outside toilet.I used to play in the street with my mates Graham Stevens and Alan Brookshaw…