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I'd never heard of that, marking places for people down on their luck. You mom was kind to help him. Thank you for sharing that story.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on October 5, 2019 at 5:18 PM
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That was interesting Pat . There was a time when Tramps wandered around, my old Aunt
had one or two regular visitors. My dad said he had to rub a mark off the wall or she would be pestered with them. Luckily there was a Workhouse not far away one could stay the night clothes were nice and warm as they were put in a large oven on arrival to eliminate any little bugs etc. There is a place my Grampy told me the shop was a Doss house, if one had a penny or did not like the Workhouse one could sit on a bench and lean over on a rope. 
posted by
C_C_T
on October 5, 2019 at 7:00 AM
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That's interesting. I didn't know about that marking. Oh, yeah, that would've gotten very expensive.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on October 5, 2019 at 6:30 AM
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