i used to belive that the 'to let' signs on houses used to say 'toilet' and that ppl were letting ppl use the toilets in there houses.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- As a kid, I thought "No Outlet" signs meant the houses past that point didn't have any electrical outlets.— Julie
- i used to believe that public houses were just houses were the public could go and liveAnon
- when I was 8 or9 I thought that you could only move to 3 houses or then you would get in big truble!!!— 3 houses
- I used to believed that the sign on houses 'to let' was a toliet and that there was lots of them!— Grace Lyon New Addington
- I used to believe green houses were made of icicles, because that is what they looked like from the road. Anon
- My sister used to tell me that Victorian houses were shiped from Victoria after they were built.Anon