A Little Folklore-ish Tale.

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I remember those things. Some folks called them "strollers" or "baby carriages",
but we simply called them "baby buggies"...

Did yours have leather straps that connected the 'baby bed'-part to the curled arms
of the chassis or were they metal springs?

And outdoor toilets! We called that the "out-house...

Here's an image of the sort I had to use as a child. A building of a similar size was connected
to it for deliveries of coal. Lawks, it was cold sitting in that loo, we had a small storm lantern
set next to the water-pipe to stop it freezing in the winter!

Many neighbours used square-torn newspaper on a hook as loo roll!!


Directly behind the wall where the flush-box is set was an unlit alleyway and all the yards where
these toilets and coal-housed were situated were connected with that wall. It's this wall where
I had my very young scare!!

Is Myers Flat still swampy, or has it been drained/filled in the interim?

I believe sheep may occasionally be allowed on there in drier months, but the soft-rush reeds
still indicates it can be boggy.