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February 27, 2010
Pioneers of House Renovation
Back in the early 80s, when the property boom was at its height and renovation-fever gripped the land, men would come from Far and Wide to seek their fortunes amongst the cracked plaster, dark dusty beams and wet floors of long abandoned dwellings.
Rough shanty towns would spring up alongside rows of derelict cottages and rough men with rough hands would drink hard liquor long into the night in a vain attempt to wash the choking soot and dust of another lath and horsehair-plaster ceiling from their rasping throats.
Posted by john at February 27, 2010 08:35 AM