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Black Pad
We lived on Greenbank Drive and we used to walk to Langmoor School down the Black Pad, which is now called Lawyers Lane. Farmer Steele had his farm down there and we always used to stop and look at his cows, and, if there were any born, his calves. I can smell it all now. He liked to keep people talking so we were invariably late for school.
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RE: RE: Black Pad
I heard him always referred to as Tommy Steele
Comment from Adrian Lane on Sunday, 29th August 2010.
RE: RE: Black Pad
I heard him always referred to as Tommy Steele
Comment from Adrian Lane on Sunday, 29th August 2010.
RE: RE: Black Pad
I used to cross the fields that belonged to Billy Goddard, and go down Black Pad, I think there was a Nursery (flowers) on both sides of the brick wall, this would have been in1953. I worked at a factory, I think it was Rowleys. I remember the Pad well, and was chased by the geese in the field. I moved to the USA in 1960, I still visit Oadby when I come to England. I used to live at Uplands Road, and went to Gartree School. I miss my childhood there,lLearned to swim at the swimming baths and was a frequent visitor to the library above the baths. Later lived at Brabazon Road untill 1958 when I married. Christine (Seton) Price.
Comment from Christine Price on Saturday, 15th October 2011.