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Sundays in the park

jukebox

jukebox

Engineer Brummie
During a discussion yesterday my wife commented that every Sunday when she was little the swings were locked together and chains put round the slides so they couldn't be used (this was in Cheshire). This was also the case where my Gran lived in Radnorshire (as it was then). Can anyone remember if this was done in Brum?
 
Our park, King George V Playing fields, never had any static play equipment when we were growing up. Our swings were those that we made ourselves from ropes tied to tree branches. It was a constant running battle between the Park Keeper (Smithy we called him) whose sole purpose in life was to cut them down as fast as we put them up. We had one particular tree we used (Called the "Umbrella Tree" due to it's shape) and every night after playing on the swing someone would haul it up into the branches knowing that Smithy wouldn't climb up to cut it down. In the end I think he just gave up trying.
Happy days.
 
jukebox said:
During a discussion yesterday my wife commented that every Sunday when she was little the swings were locked together and chains put round the slides so they couldn't be used (this was in Cheshire). This was also the case where my Gran lived in Radnorshire (as it was then). Can anyone remember if this was done in Brum?
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in brum Swings in public parks were tied up and padlocked so that they would not be used on the Sabbath, day of rest and worship.
 
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