Well, the Young involvement was before my time. Thanks for the link to the earlier posts by Drogo, yourself, and. surprise,,,,,,,,,,,,myself. I must be as old as dirt because I am repeating myself. The story by Drogo is a very good recounting of the history. As to the lane you describe between Pemberton's and Ryan's, I remember it well and used it often. There was also another lane on the other side of Pemberton's house which led to three cottages right by the tracks. The most northerly was occupied by the Hanna family, next to it was the Young family (not the one in business with the Christians) and the other one by a couple whose name I can't recall. The Youngs were not there very long but the father was a Scot who had served in the British army and was leading the cub scout pack (which met in the basement of the Beach Bungalow School). The night of our last meeting the building caught fire after we left and I was always suspicious that a forgotten cigarette was the cause. I hope I don't get into trouble with this revelation because I don't think I have ever told this story before. Mr. Young was a chain smoker.
One of Mr. Young's enterprises was a fish and chip shop which he opened right beside the house and could be accessed from the tracks. It didn't last very long. He also tried to organize a pipe band and enlisted a few of us to learn the chanter and drums. Again, lack of funding caused that to fail but I still remember trying to learn the drum strokes by saying "momma, dadda" along with the drumsticks on a piece of oak.
