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    Lyndhurst Estate

    My mam went regularly to that hairdressers. The shop selling bay clothes sold lots of basics like adult underwear, wool, threads. I thought it was wonderful. Us kids (under 10) used to hang out sitting on the railings outside the outlicense shop sometimes in summer TIL it got dark !
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    Lyndhurst Estate

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    Lyndhurst Primary School

    There was ballroom dancing lessons in the school hall I guess in the evenings. I lived in Beechmount drive so only needed a short walk over the field to get there. There was once a competition to see who could be crowned Ballroom Princes. I won. This would have been about 1967. It was reported...
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    Lyndhurst Primary School

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    Lyndhurst Estate

    I recall every one of those playgrounds. We had a name for each one. There was the tiger, the octopus, the long slide etc. Some were more boring than others. Mostly we summersaulted on the bars forwards and backwards.
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    Lyndhurst Estate

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    Lyndhurst Estate

    I went to dancing lessons in that hall every Saturday morning for some years. It would have been 1964-68. I also remember bingo nights where everyone brought their own sandwiches etc and drink. It was a good place.
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