This photo of the playpark on the Middlefield Lane estate was taken in April 2008. It had been there in one form or another since the estate was completed. I went back to this spot in May 2011.
For some reason the park equipment had been removed. I spent many happy years playing on that park a very different world ago. Do children not live round here anymore, I wonder? Are they not allowed to have somewhere to play on this already deprived estate?
Hi Ian, good one, good to see this up and running. I like the Memory Studies quote. Reminded me of the opening to Ravetz's Council Housing and Culture, and its reminder that a collective memory on the aspirations for council-houses development is fading, indeed are many now actually interested. Makes you feel old, but does set you on a mission as a historian. Best, Andrew.
ReplyDeleteI used to play on that park at the back of The Green when I was a kid in the 60s
ReplyDeleteMe too - would I know you?? I'd love to hear your memories about the estate.
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