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Playing With Trains

Recreation Ground c1965 Ref: D83085
Recreation Ground c1965
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This was my local rec and I played here every day without fail. I remember the engine being installed and playing on it long before the health and safety guys realised its potential. We found everything worked - the boiler door opened you could crawl inside to hide. All the levers worked and it was probably after some poor kid lost a finger or got stuck inside the boiler that they made it 'safe'! It really was a fantastic addition to the rec and we played in it, on it and around it constantly. Thanks for this great photo.

Written by Martin Ellacott. To send Martin Ellacott a private message, click here.

A memory of Daventry in Northamptonshire shared on Monday, 29th March 2010.

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