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Johnny39
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A bloke I worked with said he once saw a dog cocking its leg on some breadcakes standing by the doorstep. Whether it was meant to put me off them or was just a joke I don't know but it didn't work.
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Johnny39 wrote: A bloke I worked with said he once saw a dog cocking its leg on some breadcakes standing by the doorstep. Whether it was meant to put me off them or was just a joke I don't know but it didn't work. That made me laugh johnny 39.
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tilly wrote: Johnny39 wrote: A bloke I worked with said he once saw a dog cocking its leg on some breadcakes standing by the doorstep. Whether it was meant to put me off them or was just a joke I don't know but it didn't work. That made me laugh johnny 39. My pleasure Tilly.
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Hunslet Sue
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Hi Blakey - sorry I don't know your friend Jack and the only Swan I knew was the Swan Junction ( or Swan with Two necks I think it was called? -Could be wrong of course) I know there was poverty in Hunslet and overcrowding but I never realised it at the time - just thought it was a great place to be.

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Hunslet Sue wrote: Hi Blakey - sorry I don't know your friend Jack and the only Swan I knew was the Swan Junction ( or Swan with Two necks I think it was called? -Could be wrong of course) I know there was poverty in Hunslet and overcrowding but I never realised it at the time - just thought it was a great place to be. Thanks Sue - I suppose there's not a lot of chance of seeing Jack now, as we're all 77 and he may have moved away many years ago. I think that Swan Junction was the nickname for where Waterloo Road joined Hunslet Road - it was a "timing point" on the LCT services to and from Belle Isle and Middleton and seven minutes was allowed to/from Briggate or Corn Exchange - even in conductor days it was very tight indeed - and of course the bus route was via Hunslet Road (as was) direct to/from Leeds Bridge.
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Swan with Two Necks (Swan Junction as the corner was called) I have stood at that bus stop many a time waiting for the bus to Miggy Garagehttp://www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIde ... SPLAY=FULL
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the Swan Junction used to be where all the St Josephs kids caught their buses home to Belle Isle - there was a zebra crossing with a belisha beacon near so you could cross safely. With it being the only Catholic infant and junior school around kids came from all over. I was in the same class as a girl who came every day from Roundhay.

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