Going Back in Time

Home , Toilet (room)

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The house that he lived in was a very Grandpa Derrick’s mum and dad used When they went in through the front Behind the front room there was a old terraced house. It had two the front door to go into their house. door they went straight into the front back room with a window that looked bedrooms upstairs. Downstairs it had They didn’t have a front garden. room. It was their best room and to out onto the yard at the back. The a front room, a back room and a room There was only the pavement and the keep it looking nice they only ever used yard was covered with paving stones Lizzie called the scullery. Doe you know road outside their front door. e it for very special occasions. e and all the neighbours shared the yard. e what kind of room al sculleryid was? lid lid lid S S S S Those fivel roomse were the only rooms le le le theym had.p mp mp mp SaWhich rooms do you think were missing? Sa Sa Sa Did you guess that there was no bathroom and no inside toilet?

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