Jack Knight had an aunt, Amelia Furness, who had a shop in Sopwell Lane. She was in the straw hat trade. “She was a blocker and they used to weave this straw round a block of wood of different sizes… More about ‘Memories of the Sopwell Lane area – Jack Knight’»
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Living in Nuns Lane – Jack Knight
Jack was born In Fishpool Street in 1921. He can remember before the lake in Verulamium was built. After he came out of the army he and his wife were living in the overcrowded family home. They applied to the… More about ‘Living in Nuns Lane – Jack Knight’»
Working as a postman in Sopwell – Jack Knight
Jack Knight was born in 1921. He lived in Nuns Lane after the war. Most of his working life he was a postman in the Cottonmill Lane area and describes what it was like. The main sorting office was in… More about ‘Working as a postman in Sopwell – Jack Knight’»
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