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Mrs Ismay
Mrs. Ismay lived in Woodhouse Lane, Clockburn, Whickham, it was an ash track at the bottom end of what is now Whickham Golf Course near the Holmside Abbey ruins. She had a sweet shop in her front room and a vegetable stall in the garden. She was taken to court and fined for not having a licence to sell, she told the Magistrates she had never had a licence and was doing a good trade and didn't see why she needed one. There was no water or electricity in the cottage and water was drawn from a well.