Fluids Lane

During the 1950s, when I was a very young child, I was taken for walks down the lane. It's where my interest in wild flowers and nature began. Items of interest usually ended up on the nature table in Sandhurst Street school. The last time I was there was when I was fifteen, in 1967, I was moving to Nottingham. When we were very young, we called it Piggies' Lane because there were pigs kept on land on the left hand side of the entrance. A little further along the lane was a fallen tree, it was a fantastic thing to climb and swing on, we used to bounce up and down on one particular branch, and we named it 'Bucking Bronco'. The stream ran along the left of a narrow path which meandered through the thicket on the left side of the lane. Beyond the stream were fields towards Stoughton which took us to derelict Nissen huts, and a huge barn containing bales of straw. At the end of the lane was a five bar gate, through the gate was a lovely meadow full of cowslips in the spring, and buttercups during the summer. Just like Christine, I have very fond memories of that lovely place.

So many similar memories. Born 1951 and first school Sandhurst Street. Lived on Fairfield Road and from age of 3 - Piggies Lane was so fun. The pig farm on the corner now Waldron Drive. Yes the fallen tree to swing upon (such memories)- we did give it a name?? and yes the thicket was a special place. We use to play hide and seek and leave messages in the bushes and even kiss/chase when I got older.
But as a boy the old Nissen huts were where we had the most fun and interest - digging up odd coins, metal and even pictures and newspaper. I know exactly the 5 bar gate and the buttercups. As you say fond fond memories.

Great memories of, "Fluidsy" used to spend whole days there in the summer holidays with my mates.....a little paradise