Bonkle Road

A Memory of Newmains.

Hi, my name is Robert and I have lots of memories of staying with my grandparents & aunt who lived on Bonkle Road, right next to the public bar called The Rowan Tree. Across the road was the bing or slag heap which was a adventure playground to me & my older brother Ian, we spent hours climbing and falling from there, we also used to play in a swing park somewhere down Crindleldyke Road.
One highlight of my stay in Newmains was to go to the Italian ice cream parlour for a oyster shell ice, I think the owner was a Mr Mancini or something like that. My aunt, Miss Jessie Brown was a regular church goer at Bonkle church and became an elder to the church. Watch this space for further memories.