richardnicole
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Looking for photos of witton lakes and area for a project called 217
I grew up at gypsy lane.
Thanks
I grew up at gypsy lane.
Thanks
I spent many a happy day there. Tried to walk through the tunnel to Witton park but chickened out after about 20 yards.KIds and water eh? And hardly an adult in sight. Must be around 1910/20 I think. Viv.
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That's so sad Jackie. I listen to Dean Robert from Canterbury Cathedral every morning (The Garden Congregation) and he has had to keep all the cathedral birds (chickens, ducks, turkeys, guinea fowl etc.) in large cages due to the avian flu. I wonder how many birds have been lost due to this nationwide. The swans have always been a wonderful sight on the Brookvale lake.I walk through both parks. At the moment there has been so many dead swans due to the bird flu. They have flown from one park to another, Witton, lakes, Brookvale , Sutton park and Cannock park.
Pedro, I don't know how I missed this map - it's brilliant! I have a Tomlinson map copy but it's nowhere near as detailed as this one. I will be studying this later and I'm sorry for missing it first time round. Thanks. Are they available online?
Pedro, I don't know how I missed this map - it's brilliant! I have a Tomlinson map copy but it's nowhere near as detailed as this one. I will be studying this later and I'm sorry for missing it first time round. Thanks. Are they available online?
It was a great place to visit as a youngster. My Nan's cousins lived in one of the houses that overlooked the park in George Road and they had an allotment. There was always a decent game of football (jumpers for goalposts ) to be had on the grass, between the bank and the land on which Brookvale Village was later built, and fishing with nets to be done for sticklebacks. We didn't really need amenities back then, there was always something that we could find to do, when we met up there.Tremendous pages for me moved to live at the top end of George road in 1958 and for the next few years as I was growing up Brookvale Park was my playground. The pictures of the open air swimming pool, l find fascinating because all that was there in my time, were the fenced remains, basically the foundations. I remember the park keepers patrolling on mopeds. In my time there weren’t any amenities for kids swings etc, however we could paddle a lot cycle round it play putting and even chance our arms at bowls. I remember brookvale village being built, the land previously being allotments. Great place to have experienced growing lucky me
I remember the bowling green, can`t remember those poles. Lovely bandstand with the boatkeepers `office` below. Towards the top left allotments & further up still what we called the `firefields`? probably all house on there now.An interesting planting arrangement in the foreground. There seems to be a line of poles with climbing plants/vines being trained up them. Would this have been to form a line of arches ?
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A very good question and a really nice interesting postcard Viv. Thinking back, there was always a hedge all around the bowling green in the 60's (maybe this was taken shortly after planting), it didn't seem as tall as that though, but perhaps it was later trimmed to around six feet in height, so that you would still have a view of the rest of the park, as you walked into it.An interesting planting arrangement in the foreground. There seems to be a line of poles with climbing plants/vines being trained up them. Would this have been to form a line of arches ?
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Love that car and the driver's smile says it all! Happy Days indeed.
lovely photo pedro..you look a right little cheeky chappie you were a lucky boy to have one of those pedal cars..i take it its you