Smokey
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Well, I used to live at 106 Greenbank House in the mid to late 60s. The flat was haunted, there used to be all sorts of carrying on going on there.
I woke up as a child to find an old man sitting at the side of my bed wearing 1700 attire and I was petrified, to say the least, and the image of that man has stayed with me for my entire life and I'm now in my 50s although I'm not scared of ghost anymore. Birds used to appear, cats used to appear, insects. You name it, I saw it.
I used to go to St Matthews school (best school ever) and some of my childhood memories are of me roller skating in the school playground with metal skates were you joined the toe and the heel parts together with a screw and adjustable metal plate. I remember the school used to have an afterschool curriculum which we loved attending and it was here I learnt how to play the Traffic lights game (Red Amber Green).
I remember going to Brownies in a place a few yards from the Duddeston Manor School.
All church activities took place at St Matthews Church and as children, we considered the other church located at the end of St Matthews School to be haunted and me having already seen a ghost, I didn't take much convincing.
I can remember the little park with the metal slide and the wooden logs placed around the side of the slides which we used to jump from log to log. In the days the space between the logs seemed so big and difficult to jump.
Most of all I remember rolling down Greenbank Hill itself at the back of the flats until I got dizzy. We used to play hide and seek in the designated drying areas that were allocated to the houses below. The flats used to have a chute where you would throw all your rubbish down. I remember in particular this area would be covered in Daddy long legs and I was so scared I wouldn't go up the steps unless I saw another adult going the same way as me.
The place definitely needed to be knocked down. As an adult, I have had three dreams about Greenbank house. One of them, where I'm standing outside the front door and a force is trying to pull me into the flat, but, I resist with all my might and end up winning. Another one was I rescued two people from the flat and escaped in a helicopter.
Other places I remember include The Doctors Health centre underneath (still got my medical card,) the laundrette, the library, the Children's Nursery which I also attended. Have come along way since Greenbank House but, for me? It's definitely not forgotten.
I woke up as a child to find an old man sitting at the side of my bed wearing 1700 attire and I was petrified, to say the least, and the image of that man has stayed with me for my entire life and I'm now in my 50s although I'm not scared of ghost anymore. Birds used to appear, cats used to appear, insects. You name it, I saw it.
I used to go to St Matthews school (best school ever) and some of my childhood memories are of me roller skating in the school playground with metal skates were you joined the toe and the heel parts together with a screw and adjustable metal plate. I remember the school used to have an afterschool curriculum which we loved attending and it was here I learnt how to play the Traffic lights game (Red Amber Green).
I remember going to Brownies in a place a few yards from the Duddeston Manor School.
All church activities took place at St Matthews Church and as children, we considered the other church located at the end of St Matthews School to be haunted and me having already seen a ghost, I didn't take much convincing.
I can remember the little park with the metal slide and the wooden logs placed around the side of the slides which we used to jump from log to log. In the days the space between the logs seemed so big and difficult to jump.
Most of all I remember rolling down Greenbank Hill itself at the back of the flats until I got dizzy. We used to play hide and seek in the designated drying areas that were allocated to the houses below. The flats used to have a chute where you would throw all your rubbish down. I remember in particular this area would be covered in Daddy long legs and I was so scared I wouldn't go up the steps unless I saw another adult going the same way as me.
The place definitely needed to be knocked down. As an adult, I have had three dreams about Greenbank house. One of them, where I'm standing outside the front door and a force is trying to pull me into the flat, but, I resist with all my might and end up winning. Another one was I rescued two people from the flat and escaped in a helicopter.
Other places I remember include The Doctors Health centre underneath (still got my medical card,) the laundrette, the library, the Children's Nursery which I also attended. Have come along way since Greenbank House but, for me? It's definitely not forgotten.
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