Belchers Lane playing fields ans Heartlands Hospital

[berniew]

Belchers Lane playing fields 1910

 

[berniew]

I have just spoken to a nurse who works at Heartlands and she said that the playing fields are being kept as playing fields for use by a local school or schools. Heartlands are to extend their extortion empire by building a multi story car park in Yardley Green Road, work has just begun she said .

 

[derekw]

It didn't look like that when we had sport days there Bernie....it was a big black hut.

 

[fujifreak]

If my memory is correct, the changing rooms were on the right at the top of the entrance path.
The boys used the changing room on the right, the girls used the left side.
Ray.

 

[fujifreak]

From memory, this is how I remember the lay-out of Belchers Lane playing fields.
Ray.

 

[fujifreak]

Thinking a little harder, where I have put broken yellow lines, there was a dog-leg to the right [we used to go into the furthest corner for a smoke].
Ray.

 

[berniew]

Your right Ray one of the pitches was mostly up that dogleg