Townie ,it was a bit far from the Glebe to the Bailey Bridge
The bridge I am talking about is on Cole Hall Lane just down from the island where Brooklands Rd becomes Brook meadow Rd. My grandparents lived on Brook Meadow and we would walk down Cole Hall, cross the bridge then walk down a path on the right to the playing fields to watch the Gaelic Football and Hurley games. IIRC The army had to put in a replacement bridge after the original was washed away. This would have been late 60s/early 70s.
Hi De Hi I know that bridge very well. walked over it hundreds of times playing football on the Glebe playing fields. Us from Shard End called it the White Bridge.
Hi De Hi.did you ever go Scrumping at the sewage farm.Lovely big pears in September but hard as iron to eat
Hi Johncee,I lived in the castle brom end of shard end , in school lane, and remember all the things you do, Dr Nitkze and Mrs Edwards the housekeeper, Mantons , wildes in the little cottage, by Mantons there was the butchers , upstairs hairdressers , next door little grocers and at the end the chemists, wildes was further up school lane , going more to shard end up to the bus stop 55 , castle brom end you could get the midland red I to town, and that awful zebra crossing on the Chester road that so many people lost their lives , and across was the coach and horses pub, yes I was there in the 50's what else can you remember , ? 😀