Growing Up On The Green

A Memory of Norris Green.

I was born and raised at 3 Carr Lane in April 1940, and went to St 'Tessies'. Never enough hours in the day, playing football, cricket or kick the can and British bulldog or headers in our side garden. The focal point was the triangle of grass in front of our house forever known as 'the green', which was the scene of some great sporting moments and central staging point for VE and VJ celebrations and annual Bonfire Night gatherings. Do any old faces remember those days? The Ryans, Tippings, Huggards, Keegans, Borrows, Dixons, Moss', Walls all joined our mob in endless activities and the odd bit of scallywagging.

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