> Hi have sent you a photo via my mobile yesterday waiting to borrow camera
> for better views.
> 
> By the way you were mentioned in period magazine my favourite magazine. I
> was so excited when I finally found a picture of the 1900 milkmaid sign in
> your gallery, I had been trying to find out about the sign for a while is it
> for milk or condensed milk? Any thoughts on the sign?
>
> Thought you might be interested:-
> Our house was built in 1900-1905. We were the first new family in it since
> 1923 as the house had been in the same family since then. The previous
> family were self-sufficient and left a goat behind when we moved in, July
> 2000, due to foot and mouth restrictions. Once the goat died we took her
> shelter down before it fell down and the sign was holding one bit up. The
> shelter was made up of old air-raid shelters bolted together. When we had
> our sash windows unsealed the contractors were amazed as the original leads
> did not have to be altered. We have the first garage in the road built 1923
> too small to get a car in now. We have been slowly trying to do our house up
> and try to maintain the features as and when can afford to. The house offers
> up original bits, help and pieces when trying to repair it. Spookerly when
> decorating we find that the paint colours we have choosen prior, appear to
> match what we find under the paint or wall paper when stripped off. We found
> the original wooden blinds in the loft and have tried to repair and put up
> the front ones. We still have an air-raid shelter.
>
> The first resident was a journeyman. I've found out that the house a few
> doors down the road was a dairy, the horses for carrying the milk were kept
> in the back gardens. Next door was a chimney sweep. Up the road was the poor
> house on the creek where the water babies story originated from.
>
> Many thanks
> Sharon
>