The Green House (Ruskington)

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A house clad in corrugated iron and painted in dark green. It was ramshackle and was the subject of numerous urman myths amongst the local children in the 1970's and 80's. Was inhabited by a lonely old man who never came out, the curtains were always drawn and the windows were filthy. Only the bravest children dared explore the numerous sheds at the rear, but those that did uncovered every little boys dream.... Boxes and boxes of metal things, most of which were unidentifyable but fantastic none the less. Amongst the clutter there were real gems including axes, knives and scythes. The paddock to the west of the property had old chicken coups in it which too were ramshackle but presumably had been active as late as the 1960's. Sadly the old man obviously died and so it was flattened and redeveloped in the 1990's.