on the roof

A BUTCHER'S #14

A BUTCHER’S hook/look (Cockney rhyming slang)

Ludlow living

The door is locked now with a loud obnoxious alarm, but the roof used to be accessible and it was always good just to go up and hang out for a bit. At the turn of the last century, visiting nurses used to move from building to building across the roofs to save time and effort going up and down t…