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Thanks Carolina :)

Thanks for the info :)

Thanks Astonian :). I'm sure a lot of the stories were made to seem worse to us kids to stop us going too far, but it usually never worked :).

Moved to Warston Avenue, Woodgate Valley in about 1975 at aged 3, had a great few years in the area, went to Nonsuch primary school had grandparents in Northfield. Moved to Aus in Dec 82. Loved catching butterflies and tadpoles in Woodgate valley park, loved playing on 'the spider' including...

I also remember the spider gang, don't know how well known they were, maybe just to the locals. I did have an older brother so heard a lot about this stuff :)

I remember talk of the Quinton mob. A group of us kids aged around 6 to 8 would regularly play in woodgate valley fields and were told never to go too far across as you reach Quinton, but we never listened. One day my mom told me of a house fire supposedly by the quinton mob where some...

Thanks David, I do think I have those memories so maybe we did jump the fence :) we did get up to some mischief.

I am trying to document my childhood but have problems with remembering some things. Does anyone who lived in the area around the mid to late 70's remember if you were allowed to play on the ruins. I have memories of playing dungeons and playing in the area, I see now it is fenced but was it...