I was taken with this brick building on the main road in North Kilworth, and a helpful web page explains its history:
The Ball family has worked in the village for nearly two centuries and in the 19th century set up the Royal Implement Works. This was a hive of industry employing over 50 people making carriages, carts, wagons, specialist vans and agricultural implements. Many of their goods went to the Royal estates at Sandringham and Windsor.That doesn't explain the sign for The House of Pain though.
This house belongs (and did when you wrote this) to my Uncle and Aunt, sadly my uncle is no longer with us but my aunt and some of my cousins still live there to this day. The old business has sadly gone too.
ReplyDeleteThe house of pain sign is a simple reminder of days gone by, they had always been a hardworking but fun loving couple and years ago they would dress up the workshop for Halloween to scare not only their own kids but also the village kids, the house of pain sign I think simply got missed one year and has remained there since, but in that time has become somewhat of a landmark, everyone in the local area knows where the house of pain is.