East Lothian Peeps into the Past: January 5-8, 1996, 1971 and 1921
‘CLOSE call for pensioners as ceiling crashes’ was a headline in the East Lothian Courier of January 5, 1996. The big freeze brought disaster for an elderly Macmerry couple when a burst pipe in their loft caused their living room ceiling to cave in. George and Gabrielle Gibb, both 77, couldn’t believe their eyes when a torrent of water and plaster came crashing to the floor of their Station Row cottage last Wednesday afternoon. George had just turned off the mains after ...
Source: eastlothiancourier.com