Snippet and Snicket

I have just finished a book set in India and was reminded of a snippet of info about Pearl and Daisy too. Cant remember how old I was but I recall Pearl being asthmatic. I guess maybe in the late 40's or early 50's Pearl had these asthma cigarettes that were used, she also had some medication that left yellow dribble on the pillowcases. When I checked the cigarettes out they were made from Belladonna, Strontium and Atropine all supposed to help with breathng.I don't think she found one. Its funny how the memory gets jogged but I clearly recall Daisy tearing the place apart one day looking for one of theses cigarettes when she was desperate for one. I don't think she found one. Don't know what happened but suddenly Nana didn't have asthma any more. I don't recall her going to the Doctor for medication or saw her taking pills of any sort. Sutherland Road was a small white timber cottage built at the front of what I saw as a longish thin piece of land. It stepped down to a lawn with a clothes line behind the cabins then stepped down to a henhouse and vegetable garden at the very end there were dwarf fruit trees. When you stepped out the back door on to the path it took you along the lefthand side of the property to an empty piece of land that lead to the Dairy on Queens Drive. This was called the snicket not sure if it was the path or the gate. Tis word is used a lot amongst the Maddocks to mean a variety of things that are small. Anything from a gate to a sweet. A word about the neigbours, on the left hand side was a large double section that belonged to the Ravens, they ran a trucking business and had built large garages to store the trucks in. On the right was an ordinary dwelling where Elliot ran a cattery business Denyse worked there in her school holidays. According to Nana the previous owner had put her head in the gas oven and ended her life. This probabaly was result of the depression maybe. Across the road lived the Newtons thats where Harold came from beside them was Nanas friend Audrey and 'The Bull' probably called this because he drank I don't recall ever meeting any of these people.