On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:46:48 UTC, Mike the Unimaginative
wrote:

Where I grew up in North London, they were either immediately in front of
the front door, or in the pavement, in line with the front door. (And they
were still, by and large, in use!)

Same here (south coast, small terraced Victorian houses).

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