Re Hilly Fields, Enfield c.1950

A Memory of Enfield.

I also have good memories of "dag jumping" and catching tadpoles in the brook at Hilly Fields and Fourteen Arches. The wonderful smell of of the grass as we played "roly poly" down the hills and over the bumps. Games of pretend on the band stand and ice cream from Gaylors next to the Rose and Crown. Collecting conkers and colourful leaves for school. (Chase Side Elementary and later Chace Girls) We crossed the road into White Webbs Park and on to the duck pond.
Also many memories of riding on our horse and cart with my dad to the nurseries in Cattlegate Road to buy local lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers etc for our shop long before the present day Garden Centres existed. As greengrocers we walked miles every week alongside our horse and cart delivering to the cottages and houses in the Clay Hill, White Webbs Lane area.
Yes, Roger and Derek such good memories. We were lucky to have lived in that era when children could play in open parks in relative safety, fresh air, running free and home before dark. Regards to all, Rita (Thompson) Marston