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The sunken gardens weren’t boarded up but the land was before the sunken gardens were built. Great playground for us kids until a patrolling copper told us to clear off. You do remember what a copper was, don’t you. You know those tall guys in a navy blue uniform and that funny tall hat and a hand that couldn’t half clip you round an ear. But that same hand would stop the traffic to let you cross the road.
Thanks for reminding me of the Crocodile Darby. I knew that the culvert had a name but just couldn’t remember what it was.
Nothing like a good rant first thing in the morning tealeaf. It gets the liver working, so they tell me.
By the way we have a proper navy now and much better than it used to be. But we had a proper navy then even if some officers still imagined themselves as Bligh and tried to treat the crew (us lot) as slaves. “Hang ‘im from the yardarm Mr Christian.” No keel hauling in my time but they had the ‘swimming test’, which was almost as bad. Somewhere out in the vast ocean the ship would stop and all sailors that hadn’t passed the ‘swimming test’ had to swim once around the ship fully clothed. Glad I never served on a carrier.
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