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Garallan RowsGARALLAN ROWS from Ayrshire Miners’ Rows 1913
Garallan Rows contain 22 houses, 4 being 2 apartments and 18 single. It is leased from Boswell of Garallan by the Carraden Coal Co. The rent for double house is 2s 1d and 1s 11d for single. The single houses are back to back, and one of these has been halved, one half each being given to tenants, thus making a small room. The double houses measure - the kitchen 14 feet by 12 feet, the room 12 feet by 12 feet. The single houses measure 15 feet by 13 feet.
All of these are in a shameful state of repair. We saw in one house a pail placed in bed to catch the water which was coming in from the roof on 4th December, 1913. All of them very damp. We saw another house the roof discoloured and the paper hanging in shreds from the walls. One woman said to us—“Ane has nae heart to clean them, for your work is never seen.” That is not difficult to believe. The floors are of brick tiles and badly broken. The rooms are wooden floored. The paths are unpaved and unspeakably dirty, and there are dirty cesspools in front of the doors. There are six dry-closets, ill-kept and dirty. We saw some of them with at least 3 inches of water lying in them, and some of the seats were covered in filth deposited by children we presume, for no self respecting adult could use them. There are no washing-houses and no coalhouses, the coals are kept below the bed. The water supply, so we were informed, was from field drains. This row is a mile from the town of Old Cumnock.
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