edmund st swingpark
jeanette posted on the 4/09/2013 11:10:26 AM
Does anyone know when the swingpark in Edmund St where I used to play in the 1950's was erected.
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#1 - Beth replied on the 25/09/2013 10:20:03 AM
Nope but we lived just down from it in 1969. Allan was born in 1947 and always remembers it being there. Allan says a bamb landed there during the war, at least that is what he was told LOL
#2 - The Mentalist replied on the 25/09/2013 11:42:36 AM
There is a picture of this swingpark on the Britain From Above Website.
#3 - jeanette replied on the 26/09/2013 9:18:14 AM
Thanks for  the info Mentalist. I'll have a look.
Beth, I've heard a story about a bomb too but I think it must have been on the other side of the road from the park. There was always a piece of spare ground there when I was growing up so I assume that's where it was. My grandmother was born in Fisher St and subsequently moved to Edmund St. Her name is on the 1911 census at Edmund St and I was wondering how old the swingpark was---if it was old enough for her to have played there. I somehow doubt it. I think she would have lived in the block which became spare ground. I take it that we're speaking of the second world war when we speak of bombing in that area.
#4 - Duncan Campbell replied on the 26/09/2013 10:04:13 AM
I don't know when it was built but I played there in the '30s when I was a boy,and the bomb was in Eveline Street midway up the hill on the right side.the only injuries I know of was to a boy that my brother knew,and he lost part f a foot in the blast.
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