Lady Penelope
master brummie
The last time I remember people on Blackroot would have been in the mid 1970's (can't remember exact date).
I never skated on Blackroot but skated often on Wyndley and notice I had posted earlier #698 about falling through the ice ...The last time I remember people on Blackroot would have been in the mid 1970's (can't remember exact date).
I never skated on Blackroot because the water looked deep. I skated several times on Wyndley Pool which wasn't so deep and one time when the ice gave way I was only in up to my chest in 3 foot of water and 1 foot of the blackest mud I'd ever seen. I think 6 others went through with me and after wringing out our clothes we stood, drinking 'hot Bovril' in front of an open fire in a cafe that used to be there. There are a few pics in the Ice Rink thread of skating on Wyndley Pool.
Where was Boldmere Girls School? My sister went to Boldmere Secondary however on Thursday about two weeks time Great Torrington in North Devon goes maze with Mayday celebrations which always starts with both boys and girls from the local primary school performing a Maypole dance in the town square ........after that it's off to the pubs.A Maypole Fete in the park and some nice dresses and hats worn by ladies in the watching crowd. Hopefully the girls knew exactly what they had to do because it probably became a little crowded as they closed in on the pole.
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Your pics do show Sutton Park. In the first pic the railway track can be seen crossing under Thornhill Road and then across the park. Bracebridge Pool to the left of the track and Blackroot Pool just visible further on to the right.Saw Sutton Park from the plane window (Flybe) returning from Lyon to Birmingham on the afternoon of Friday 9th June 2017. (at least I think it's Sutton Park).
Those uniforms look like the old Civil Defence Corps uniforms, but what a super picture, was it a photo or a postcard?A field kitchen in Sutton Park for the Scouts Jamboree 1957.
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Indeed it is, it is just that the pic shows a different angle to a map.Your pics do show Sutton Park. In the first pic the railway track can be seen crossing under Thornhill Road and then across the park. Bracebridge Pool to the left of the track and Blackroot Pool just visible further on to the right.
ThanksHi Bob, you are spot on about the uniforms, they are Civil Defence Corps. The image was a photo.
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ps: I remember now we have a thread about Civil Defence but it's not called that !
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/prepared.27543/page-2#post-575672