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Caron
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book wrote: No offence taken Blakey. My other none motoring pastime was speeding down WoodHouse ridge on cardboard on the parched grass, that caused some collisions with trees and paths at the bottom. Me too, book. We used cardboard on Butcher Hill. Makes me cringe when I look back but the roads in the 60's weren't as busy as they are now. Infact, I find it hard to believe that as kids we could ride our bikes for hours with only the odd warning shout of, "Car".
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BLAKEY
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book wrote: No offence taken Blakey. My other none motoring pastime was speeding down WoodHouse ridge on cardboard on the parched grass, that caused some collisions with trees and paths at the bottom. Slightly different, but just as thrilling and dangerous, was my childhood Winter pastime in Ilkley. We lived up near the Moors (directly uphill from the railway station) and there were steep grass hills leading to the little brook which becomes Mill Ghyll in the Town centre. When heavy snow laid deep, and it very often did, we used to hurtle down at ridiculous speeds on all sorts of home made sledges - often head first - and its just a miracle that no one was badly hurt - or worse !!
There's nothing like keeping the past alive - it makes us relieved to reflect that any bad times have gone, and happy to relive all the joyful and fascinating experiences of our own and other folks' earlier days.