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On the road between Stuart Plumbing and the block of garages, children once played football and various other ball games. This was back in the late eighties to mid nineties. The laughter of jovial children is long gone but the memory remains in the minds of those who still recall the innocence of years gone by

The rectangular block you see on the map, once housed the whale paddling pool. The pool was shallow and shaped like a kidney, but the main attraction was the whale in the centre constructed out of bricks. The pool as well as the greenhouse, aviary and the old concrete play area is confined to the annals of nostalgic history. I have heard tales of boating on the river, but this was before my time in the eighties.

This ground will forever be synonymous with funfairs in the late seventies till the mid-nineties. My mother bought me and my brothers here through the park, via the tunnels under the banks of the elevated train tracks. We would shout in the claustrophobic tunnels eager to hear the echoes of our awestruck voices. Back then the attractions of the funfair were simple: a train with carts that ran in a loop, a traditional carousel, a futuristic vehicle carousel, arcade machines, the big wheel and cups and saucers. No doubt I am leaving other attractions out but I remember chomping on either a chocolate or toffee apple, or the wisps of candy floss on a stick. The memories are etched in the confines of my nostalgic brain like cobweb-ridden books in a library, but I do cherish them.

'BB2' was the name of a hangout in this wildspace for our fledgling gang. We would bring our bikes here where there was a solitary fence like structure. The name was a tribute to our first hangout by Templar Court on Princes Street. The origins of the name were derived from racist graffiti aimed at folk like us, but we took the slander and made it our own. We would come here often and spot sticklebacks that swam in the stream to the right of the banks of this wildspace. This was circa 1987-1993; the gang is all grown up with adventurous children of their own, but I will always remember the places that are intertwined with my childhood

'BB1' was the name of a hangout under the right-most overhang of the residential building. The name came about because of a derogatory word spray-painted on the wall of the "cubbyhole". This was circa 1987-1993; nowadays the old hangout is behind steel bars.

Mike Meadows is a known EDL supporter, pay no heed to him and those of his ilk...

Construction underway to build a new property, minus drive-thru...

Pauls Land I believe was left to the children of Attleborough.

Wow agree totally...amazing response !!!

Now a drive-thru https://youtu.be/8qdrvV0chpQ

Lovely people

This company has moved to 28_ 30 Coleshill Rd Chapel End CV10 0Ny

Worst service ever! Fuming! Asked to get watch battery replaced which he did..but when he went to set the time he pulled out the pin to the point it broke...he said there was nothing he could do and the watch was faulty..still charged me for the battery which I paid...I walked out...5 mins later I walked back in seeing if I could resolve it and spoke politely asking if there was nothing he could do. I asked him you must have some sort of insurance in place for these issues..at that point he told me to get out and told me to "f" off. I said to him I've been nothing but polite and he turned round and said I walked in with attitude and started swearing at me and put his hand on me to get out out. I said don't touch me and his reply was "what are you going to report me for racial abuse!" And that point I walked out and left. Looks like he has an issue with Asians as race was never mentioned from my part. So much for a friendly family run business. I'll never go back there and you shouldn't either. Vile man.

The North Warwickshire Railway Society were building a two foot gauge railway when NBBC decided to move the running track to the same field

Probably the only site that actually has my address and position correct

It is indeed a bus stop and the times given are correct as of today (edited by me from the current Stagecoach timetable)

Jeff is right one of the cleanest chicken shops I have ever seen and the food is spot on

I came by this take away accidently but let me just say, but the chicken was absolutely delicious and the place was immaculate. Not like your typical fried chicken outlet. Service could be better but who cares as long as the food is good and thye place is clean!