Googling Former Homes (3)
23/10/06 18:08 Filed in: Web
OK, it’s all a bit sad, but here’s
another one.
During my childhood, we were twice based in a small German town called Iserlohn – from 1967-70 and then again from 1972-76. Unusually, the two houses we occupied during these two ‘tours’ were neighbouring ones – 49 & 51 Dürerstraße.
Perhaps
in recognition of the unifying force of my having
lived in both, the houses themselves have since
been connected, having apparently been converted
to a Kindergarten. The piece of architectural
frippery on the nearside is a later addition. In
converting the houses into one, the entrance has
been shifted from front to back – I guess
because the steps up to the houses were steep,
without space for the creation of a child- or
wheelchair-friendly slope. It’s a poor
picture, but it follows my self-imposed rules of
finding web photos of former homes.
Having lived a total of 7 years in Iserlohn, and formative ones at that, it feels like the closest to a home town that I have.
During my childhood, we were twice based in a small German town called Iserlohn – from 1967-70 and then again from 1972-76. Unusually, the two houses we occupied during these two ‘tours’ were neighbouring ones – 49 & 51 Dürerstraße.
Having lived a total of 7 years in Iserlohn, and formative ones at that, it feels like the closest to a home town that I have.
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