So who was the family that you have living there and at what time did they live there?
They were one of my Burgess families and the children were born there between 1919 and 1930.
You wouldn't by chance know how big the flats were, like how many rooms or was it just one big open space?
It has since occurred to me that they were probably not flats, in fact.
The central street layout of Elgin is mediaeval, that is, the street widens in the middle to accommodate the kirk and market, and on either side of the street there are lots of narrow lanes (closes) at right angles to the High Street, many lined with houses. On reflection it is more likely that 185 is a close, and that there were several houses in the close, all numbered 185, with a letter to distinguish them.
The post code of 185 High Street is IV30 1DW. I searched for this on
www.findpeoplefree.co.uk and it produced a listing with one business at 185, one at 185c and one at 185g High Street; the one at 185 is the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, which has the High Street frontage. The other two will be down the close behind.
And no, the house or flat would not have been just one open space - there would have been separate rooms.
HTH
Forfarian
