Chapel Place
We are not sure when this lovely old photo was taken but it at least dates after 1878 since Middle Row School can be seen in the background – it was built that year.
William Miller lived at 4 South Row and kept chickens and a pig in the back.
The yard was situated behind Pollock House. Thomas (Old Tom) Sivers, who lived at 6 West Row, later had the yard for use of totters in the 1950s. A family called Newman also had horse and carts there then.
A local remembers: “I lived in Octavia House as a kid ,which was opposite West Row. The Foresters pub was on the corner where the bookmakers used to stand outside taking people’s bets . I remember these horses being taken into the pub one day as a laugh and they messed all over the floor. The landlord didn’t think it was funny!”