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Originally Posted by cashman
one that really stands out,was sledging down dowry st from addison st, going really fast n a dray wagon came from the st johns pub going to great eastern, luckily it was only going slowly, due to the short distance, just closed me eyes n went right under it n out the other side n continued down dowry st.  ya don't get much luckier n that i reckon.  |
Pleased you told that story Cashy ... seem to remember someone wasn't that lucky down Dowry Street, and cracked his skull... whoops sorry ... supposed to be happy memories.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Sometime in the late seventies.....Blackburn and it not being able to get up the other side of the papermill brew in Rishton.......I walked the rest of the way to Queen's Park......that wasn't exactly a favourite memory, but it was memorable.
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Well, my daughter has just walked the 3 mile into work today and son decided that for once the elements had beaten him cycling to work .. so walked/ran the six miles home. Proud of 'em .. not all will be beaten, as you were not Margaret.
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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates
My own Granny ruined it - she lived across the road and put ashes across the sledge run - the sledge stopped I didn't and went all the way down on my belly. Sledging down the face of the Coppice - absolute nutters, but did we have fun
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Eeew yeh ... those ashes certainly halted the run didn't they ..
I did the Coppice run too, and still have a spell embedded in my hand after grabbing a tree 'cause I was going too fast..
I have just normal good memories of snow. Sledging down Dowry Street .. although didn't have one of my own .. had to wait until my best mate would allow me a 'turn'.
We do not appear to have had any drifts for years (no wind) .. loved jumping over those. Don't see kids making slides any more (Health and Safety ?) ... even in Peel Park yard remember the queue for these ... long strip of ice ... great. Snowballing was great, until some idiot decided to put a stone in the middle of it ... yobs of the 50's I guess.