From ratcatchers to frozen loos what the 1950s were really like in the north – Artofit

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From ratcatchers to frozen loos - What the 1950s were really like in the north

Writer Yvonne Young tells of chimney sweeps, Geordie humour in hard times and families pulling together through poverty
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