Growing Up In Lower Broadheath 1950s And 1960s
A Memory of Lower Broadheath.
I spent my childhood in Lower Broadheath. I used to live in Church Lane. It was nice living there because there were so many other children. We would be in and out of each others' houses, and we would often play in the Vicarage Garden and the Vicarage Paddock, adjoining the Vicarage. In the summer of 1959 we all used to ride our scooters and bicycles up and down the Lane and around the Village. We liked to play cowboys and Indians, climb trees and then we would go round to a friend's house in Green Lane to watch Children's Television. My friend and her brother were the only ones with a television. Now when I am thinking back, I admire my friend's mother for allowing us noisy children into her house to watch TV! We used to watch programmes such as 'Fury', Popeye, Blue Peter and countless cowboy films. I would love to find out how all those 'children' are! Playing with them during my school holidays was such fun! I know that my friend in Green Lane moved to Cornwall, but as for the others, I don't know where they could be.
The adults in the village always seemed kind. I live far from the Midlands now, but I always associate the Midland accent as being warm-hearted.
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