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Gordon Booth · 05-02-2014, 19:41

My father deciding I should have a proper sledge. I don't know how he got away with it but he was working at Howard and Bulloughs then and made one from welded one inch angle iron. It seated three, weighed about the same as a Ford Popular and was just as hard to pull to the top of Steiner Street.
BUT- with that weight and three of us on it was the Ferrari of sledges!
Two problems- at that speed it was hard to stop and at the bottom of the street was the River Hyndburn wall. Still, one inch angle iron and my hard head could handle that.
Second problem was the milkmans' horse. After a few days sledging it was taking one step forward and two slips back going up the street. Don't even remember seeing a car try to get up the street, not many about then so sledging was safe(except for the wall!).

05-02-2014, 19:41	#52
Gordon Booth Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,402 Liked: 715 times Rep Power: 46614	Re: What memories would you liked to of shared?? My father deciding I should have a proper sledge. I don't know how he got away with it but he was working at Howard and Bulloughs then and made one from welded one inch angle iron. It seated three, weighed about the same as a Ford Popular and was just as hard to pull to the top of Steiner Street. BUT- with that weight and three of us on it was the Ferrari of sledges! Two problems- at that speed it was hard to stop and at the bottom of the street was the River Hyndburn wall. Still, one inch angle iron and my hard head could handle that. Second problem was the milkmans' horse. After a few days sledging it was taking one step forward and two slips back going up the street. Don't even remember seeing a car try to get up the street, not many about then so sledging was safe(except for the wall!).