The Coal-yard

The Coal-yard That Became Housing





Restharrow - Ononis repens (Photo: Public Domain)



Today, I am going to write about somewhere my family called “The Coal-yard.” It was on the other side of the railway line and railway bank behind where we lived. As a child fascinated by nature, I used to go there to look for wildflowers, butterflies, moths and once common reptiles. The coal-yard was a