bullerboY Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I was reminising with one of my twin sisters the other day about the places we used to play as ,kids in the 50s,she reminded me of when we used to play in the River Don,building dams,paddling and swimming.We used to go in after the weir below the stone bridge at the back of Bassets,now washed away in the last floods,the river split in two around a small island in the middle.One side flowing fast the other quite gentle,here we dammed it making a large pond,we built a den on the island.I had a large lorry innertube inflated on which we had hours of fun.The one thing we never thought about was the pollution,back then the river was running with allsorts of chemicals dumped by different firms by its banks,all fish life was extinct due to this.We were always messing in the river,its a wonder we never caught anything, cholera or something similar, we must have good constitutions or were very lucky.Happy days almost forgotten!:huh::Can you remember the tunnel just below the bridge we used to dare each other to go to the top.the only thing in there were spiders,that little stream came from the sh*tten entrey on herries Rd.Rats wouldn't bother us we were too scruffy off Shercliffe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl101 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 How Cholera works is interesting. This Bad Science article details the process (5th paragraph onwards): http://www.badscience.net/2008/11/hot-foul-air/ You may not want to be eating while reading... K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyer Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 What was The Black Plague like? Oh just normal sun morning high tem and swollowing tin tacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old tup Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Hi Karl101-I remember the tunnel well for one reason I was playing near the entrance once and the wall above fell in on me,I escaped with a severely bruised leg very lucky as it could have been a hell of a lot worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 You must be getting on old tup it was me who posted on the tunnel,int owd age great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old tup Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Bullerboy-Sorry owd **** I was posting in bed with no glasses on and trying to balance the labtop on my knees thart reat tho Im ready fo,t knackeryard it,d be a mercy if they took me art an shot mey!:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I bet me and thee used to throw stoooans at each other when we had gang feeights in't booan yard,thats when Ivan dint freetun us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old tup Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Ill show thee ar thick I wer I,d pick feeights wi Geof Gratton gravediggers son,he wer built like a brick cackyhouse,he,d got arms like legs needless to say I came a close second a few times,but I kept trying,silly billy or what!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vera parker Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Used to play in the river at what was called Frog Walk the river ran from the snuff mills, had many a happy time there with my cousin Judy Milner even though we were banned by our parents for going there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullerboY Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Used to play in the river at what was called Frog Walk the river ran from the snuff mills, had many a happy time there with my cousin Judy Milner even though we were banned by our parents for going thereYeh,but your lot were townies not like us ruffians from Shercliffe and Hillsboro, we were always one step in front of the local copper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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