Bentley, Recreation Ground c.1970
Photo ref: B336003
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Photo ref: B336003
Photo of Bentley, Recreation Ground c.1970

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We're not sure what our photographer was doing in Bentley: the children playing on the copper's helmet are all well and good, but the photograph was unlikely to make Frith's fortune. According to Pevsner, the architectural marvel at Bentley (which our man failed to photograph) was the pithead baths at the local colliery; these ranked alongside those at Frickley and Manvers Main.

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I remember in the 60s playing on the tall metal slide, fell off from the top. Ran home to Mam . Sprained my left arm. Happy Days..
This photograph is of me and my brother and our friends playing on the 'bumper'. I'm the girl stood up on the bumper with my back to the camera, next to the crouching boy...and my brother is the boy also stood up on the bumper most, facing the camera, 3rd from the left. We all spent every waking moment in the park...those were the days! My daughter suprised me at Christmas with a copy of this photo.