Sunderland, Roker Park 1900
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Time for a leisurely stroll through The Dene at Roker. It must be a hot sunny day - the children are wearing sunhats and a parasol is up.
An extract from Northumberland Tyne and Wear Photographic Memories.
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I was sitting in a tall pram outside my grandfather's pie shop (Pyburns') and men were herding cattle down the High Street to some abattoir, I put my hand out and felt the side of one the cows and to this day can feel the scratchie feel of its short coat. I must have been about one and a half years old. I also remember I was 10 and my brother Brent was 8 and we went in search of a pet tortoise and after going ...see more
The fairy dell in Roker Park was magical. We really believed the fairies lived there.
The illuminations were a yearly event in Roker Park and it was magic as a young child to visit each year - particularly scarey was Marley's Ghost in a cave in the ravine. The other memory was of fishing for tiddlers in the pond or having rides on the little train.
My parents used to take my brother and me to Roker Park so that we could play there. Our favourite game was rushing up and down the path running through the ravine, which can be seen on this picture.
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