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jaysay 10-02-2009 10:00
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Originally Posted by egg&chips (Post 677846)
There was an adventure playground somewhere around there wasn't there?? I seem to recall a giant slice with shet metal riveted to a set of sleepers going down a hill...
When was that E and C

garinda 10-02-2009 11:45
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Yes there was an adventure playground there about 72/73.

Some gypsies moved on and spoiled it, using the hut that used to be a shop/cafe as a toilet.

jaysay 10-02-2009 16:30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by garinda (Post 677970)
Yes there was an adventure playground there about 72/73.

Some gypsies moved on and spoiled it, using the hut that used to be a shop/cafe as a toilet.
Was the shop/cafe at the top of the hill where the house used to be Rindi?

garinda 10-02-2009 16:32
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 678070)
Was the shop/cafe at the top of the hill where the house used to be Rindi?
It looked like a Nissan hut, with a tin roof, and fairly near to where one of the houses stood,

egg&chips 10-02-2009 22:23
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Rindy's right it was sometime in the 70's though I would have visited probably a bit later than 73. I remember it being covered in mud and the sheet metal being a bitdangerously loose(a bit like a giant cheese grater for buttocks)

garinda 10-02-2009 23:20
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Originally Posted by egg&chips (Post 678231)
Rindy's right it was sometime in the 70's though I would have visited probably a bit later than 73. I remember it being covered in mud and the sheet metal being a bitdangerously loose(a bit like a giant cheese grater for buttocks)
I'm almost certain it was before '75.
In the spring of 1975 we did a nature project there, lasting a couple of months, we being Mr. Ryan's class at Moor End, and the adventure playground had gone by then, and so had the gypsies.

cashman 10-02-2009 23:56
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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 678240)
I'm almost certain it was before '75.
In the spring of 1975 we did a nature project there, lasting a couple of months, we being Mr. Ryan's class at Moor End, and the adventure playground had gone by then, and so had the gypsies.
yeh but they didn't go far.:rolleyes:

garinda 10-02-2009 23:59
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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 678253)
yeh but they didn't go far.:rolleyes:
Thankfully these lot did. They weren't any of the gypsy families who've been in Ossy for years.

south aussie 11-02-2009 09:02
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Who were the last people to live in the big house in the [Plantation]

before it became a nature reserve?

jaysay 11-02-2009 10:27
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Originally Posted by south aussie (Post 678287)
Who were the last people to live in the big house in the [Plantation]

before it became a nature reserve?
I can't remember the name, but I can remember someone living there, because they used to chase us when we were flogging Apples from their orchard:D, When they moved out it was vandalised, but can remember having a look round the place, there was a majestic stair case leading from the massive hall way running up both sides to the first floor, it was a real shame it went the way it did

Bee 28-03-2011 19:29
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They also need to sort out the litter problem there.

jaysay 29-03-2011 09:07
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Originally Posted by Bee (Post 894374)
They also need to sort out the litter problem there.
Who are they:confused:

Wynonie Harris 05-10-2011 08:07
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Went for a walk up Foxhill Bank last week on my way to say 'ow do to Jaysay. Spent a bit of time round there in my teenage years, as I had mates who lived nearby, but it's the first time I've been back there for nigh on 45 years. Got to say what a beautiful, tranquil place it is - a real oasis of calm in a busy urban area. Reckon I may make a return visit soon. :)

garinda 05-10-2011 09:39
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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris (Post 937984)
Went for a walk up Foxhill Bank last week on my way to say 'ow do to Jaysay. Spent a bit of time round there in my teenage years, as I had mates who lived nearby, but it's the first time I've been back there for nigh on 45 years. Got to say what a beautiful, tranquil place it is - a real oasis of calm in a busy urban area. Reckon I may make a return visit soon. :)
Well do feel welcome to pop in for a brew.

If I'm not sat in bed, watching the heron.

:D

jaysay 05-10-2011 09:42
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Quote:
Originally Posted by garinda (Post 938018)
Well do feel welcome to pop in for a brew.

If I'm not sat in bed, watching the heron.

:D
Didn't know you had a tamed pet heron who fished for your tea Rindi :D


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