Volume Six - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - Select Aspects - Growth and development at Cogan . .

Later the luxury of Izal toilet roll, hard, shiny, nonabsorbent, perforated paper on a roll was perpetrated upon the the posteriors of the British population; but did we complain?

The highlight of the week was bath time. The old tin bath, hung up in the garden shed, was brought indoors (by the coal fire in Winter), and numerous kettles of boiling water emptied into the bath. Parents first, children last, then some carbolic soap and a back brush - ah heaven! Julie recalls electric light being installed and it wasn't until the 1970's that the luxury of a bathroom was enjoyed by her parents.

1955 - Houses may be seen on both sides of Cawnpore Street in this exploded view of the 1955 map. [010]

1963-66 - Site of the now demolished Cogan brickworks and that of the proposed new garden village development.