Lower Whitelands by Andy Mitchell

 This is where we lived for 25 years. Old miners' dwellings. My Great Grandfather brought up his family there in the early 1900s. We lived in the bottom rank which originally had a railway line running along.

When miners lived there the gardens were immaculate not an inch wasted. Some would keep pigs. Growing food was a matter of survival especially during strikes like the one of 100 years ago. I have created a label Whitelands.