Poor Dereck,I remember the lad well. I remember working in Hanlons greenhouses for the summer planting seeds.. (mind numbingly boring stuff) and raiding the bin at King crisps and Ritchie's sweets.
Where the cottage is now we knew it as "jellyland" as it was a swamp.
Interesting fact. McDonalds was built on the old Smithfield motors site and it was the first suburban Maccers.
It was a nice place to live.