The smallpox house
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The smallpox house
Image: © philandju Taken: 11 Feb 2014
When I was a lad back in the 1950s, this house, at 733, Blackburn Road, was called the smallpox house and the story was that a resident of the house had contracted the disease and so all residents were quarantined within. Despite researching the story I have not been able to verify the truth of the legend. The house is Grade 2 listed.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.605939
Longitude
-2.431888