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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson
There has been a Nelson Square thread earlier this year (?)
The land Higgy is talking about was Nelson Square, the pub was The Bridge and a few doors up was The Wellington . From memory the spare land near The Tanpits was very small There was also a piece of land called The Croft, reached by walking from India St down Bradshaw St to Henry St, with the brick-built Sacred Heart school on your left.
There was no pub on the Dinely St side of Henry St, though there was a grocer's shop between Dineley St & Mill St.
There was the remains of a fine house, Dineley Hall, on the left as you entered Nelson Sq from Henry St.
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You are right about the pubs and the shop at the corner of Dinely St. and Henry St. My stepfather Norman Morgan kept the shop for a number of years and I used to deliver groceries for him up Dill Hall Lane in a little wooden hand cart. I remember playing football and cricket on Nelson square. We used to play test matches during the summer holidays and spread them out over 5 days. Each player picked the name of a famous player and would be that player throughout the game. I can remember being Ray Lindwall but in name only unfortunately. I lived on Dinely Street throughout the fifties and seemed to spend at least half my time playing on the square.
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