51 minutes ago, Pegwoman said:

the son of the people who owned Bertha burns hid in a tree during the 2 world war until the Japanese found him. He was never the same 

 

maybe it Bertha Burns husband who was taken prisoner of war by the Japanese not her son 

4 hours ago, Pegwoman said:

the son of the people who owned Bertha burns hid in a tree during the 2 world war until the Japanese found him. He was never the same  . re reading and checking with a friend it must have been mr Burns the husband who was a prisoner of war with the Japanese  who had hid in a tree for two days   Lots of men who were prisoners of war were castrated by the Japanese  the research I did on the subject mentioned that the aristocracy and wealthy were castrated the ordinary soldier wasn’t  

 

Did Bertha Burns also have tea-rooms on Newgate Street in an upstairs location just about where 'Made of Crumbs' cafe is today (according to Google Street view)? There was certainly a cafe there used by farm hands on market days. Farmers themselves used the cafe on Bridge Street where my sister worked but I have a vague recollection of her mentioning that she occasionally had to work somewhere else on market days.