11-12-2017, 17:41
Yes, pavement slides should have been recognised as a sport!
Snow going over the top of your wellies, then your mum would make you warm your frozen wet toes in front of the fire .......
In 1962 we used to walk the long way home from school via this hill on a bit of waste ground between Kendal Road and Rydal Crescent that the kids had worn into an ice sheet. You could stand at the top and the slope would just take down in the most brilliant slide ever. What a lovely winter.
Snow going over the top of your wellies, then your mum would make you warm your frozen wet toes in front of the fire .......
In 1962 we used to walk the long way home from school via this hill on a bit of waste ground between Kendal Road and Rydal Crescent that the kids had worn into an ice sheet. You could stand at the top and the slope would just take down in the most brilliant slide ever. What a lovely winter.