0850.  Inside the cottage next to Dickman's cottage in Dickman's Lane in 1950. For another photograph see  0854. Mr Reeves with a  candle to light him to bed. Mr. Reeves' cottage was not equipped with electricity. He had lived in Harby for 60 years. The rent of the cottage, 3s. 3d. per week, had not changed for 25 years. The cottage used to be two homes. From The Illustrated Leicester Chronicle of August 19 1950, page 10

 

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