Lolly Sticks and Stink Bombs

Lolly Sticks and Stink Bombs

Everywhere you looked in the middle decades of the 20^th century on the West Marsh there were children. Many people had large families and children could be seen swarming in and out of houses, doing part time jobs, playing on the Boulevard, swimming and fishing in the Freshney, building houses in Shanty Town….and occasionally getting into mischief. Like Steve Francis and Karl Zwart….