The Swings

A Memory of Billingshurst.

Loved seeing the old play park which we simply called The Swings. It had a horse type swing just inside the gate to the left; a child would stand either end with others sitting in the middle, and the end guys would push forward and back to make it swing. It was the best.
There was also a mulberry tree by the iron cobweb with a concrete base by the house. Fell off all the time no health and safety and we are all still here to tell the tale.
Its formal name is Mother's Garden. The caretaker used to live there and there was an outside toilet attached to the right of the house as you look up the garden.
My Mum, now 100 years old has photo's of her and Dad sitting on the seats that are still there, cradling my older brother Michael, now 78, circa 1946.
Happy days indeed.

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