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why 7½? Centre users are always asking us where we came up with the name 7 ½ John Wood Street; is it meant to sound all posh and business-like? Did we just do it to confuse the postie? Do we get cheaper rates because we're half a building? Well… The community regeneration centre was built within shop units which had been lying derelict in John Wood Street. During the refurbishment, the contractors uncovered an old number "7½" on one of the walls. Conversations with local folk gave two possible explanations… Before the buildings on John Wood Street were shops, they were the bottom half of tenement buildings. At the turn of the last century, there were a great many migrant workers settling within the Port and working in the yards. The influx of workers led to overcrowding in the Port town centre and as a result, a great many properties were split in two and renumbered. So, number 7 John Wood Street became 7 and 7½. The number found on the wall was the number of that old close. The other much more straightforward story is that 7½ was a lane that ran between 7 and 9 John Wood Street. People used to keep their bins in it. We prefer the first story… |
