Good Old Spike

A Memory of Poolsbrook.

I was six years old (cannot remember much before) but later bonfire night squabbles with new villagers, swinging over blackies on ropes, riding carriages on railways was all fun. Spike itself was a fantastic village to live in. First we lived at 7 The Crescent then moved up to old village though cannot remember the number, we lived next door to Pat Frost. I went to Spike School then up to Shuttlewood by bus everyday. I can remember most flooding times, Speedwell Terraces in Staveley, I used to visit friends there by going through Ireland collery over the rough area where the old airaid shelters were. It's all gone now and totally different.