Park off hartley brook avenue

[spudgun]

Can anyone remember the park that was through a gennell off hartly brook avenue. It was on 2 levels with a slide that went from top to bottom.

[denlin]

Yes, I used to take my niece there in the early 80s when she was a youngster- she used to love it. When I was young we all used to take old tea trays and slide down the hill on them. Wouldn't like to think of children doing that now.

[spudgun]

I can`t remember what was at the top but i think there were swings and a roundabout at the bottom. You can just about see where it was now under all the undergrowth

[lisaem]

OOOOO I can. the slide was fab even better when the big kids had waxed it!! The top bit had a set of swings, a roundabout and a round dome climing frame that spun round. Shame the brook has gone to rack and ruin, we used to have such fun on there.

The cardboard slides were great and when winter came round the sledging was ace!

[spudgun]

they still slide on crdboard these days

[jessiet]

i remember the park,i used to play there in the late 80s i remember the slide,but thinking back now the park wasnt very safe for kids because it was so out of the way ,i used to love playing on the brook we used to spend hours playing there,happy days x

[lisaem]

Hi Jessiet

it was out of the way i agree (i could see our house on Godric from the park though) but in the 80's i can't remember having any of the cares or worries that we do now and also spent hours on the brook making dens. river jumping, tarzan swings and horse riding. x

[spudgun]

I said that

[jessiet]

well i never worried about it been out of the way,but looking back it was,why did they ever take it down i wonder ? x

[Tigersoul]

I used to play there in the 70's, lived on Hartley Brook Road and Godric. Spent many a happy school holiday down there and grass sliding down the hill. God, I feel old now!