Foxhill bank

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by egg&chips

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]

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]

Originally Posted by garinda

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]

Originally Posted by jaysay

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]

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]

Originally Posted by egg&chips

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]

Originally Posted by garinda

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.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by cashman

yeh but they didn't go far.

Thankfully these lot did. They weren't any of the gypsy families who've been in Ossy for years.

[south aussie]

Who were the last people to live in the big house in the [Plantation]

before it became a nature reserve?

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by south aussie

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, 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]

They also need to sort out the litter problem there.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Bee

They also need to sort out the litter problem there.

Who are they

[Wynonie Harris]

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]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

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.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by garinda

Well do feel welcome to pop in for a brew.

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

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