Now I know showing an old photograph of the Rec is a winner.
For those who remember the park four decades ago this picture will bring back fond memories.
Just a few days ago when I posted it, there were a shed load of reminiscences.
They ranged from parents who sat on the bench watching your young children play on the grass, to a heap of people now in their mature years who were too young for the pub and in the absence of a youth club whiled away long hours with just a packet of Woodbines.
More recently Michael Thompson was passing the same spot and took the now image which sits with the ten picture and is a reminder of what we have lost.
And for anyone who mutters, this is hardly the stuff of great history, well they would be right.
But then, why should history always be about the big events?
Location; The Rec, Beech Road
Pictures; the Rec, 1979 from the collection of Andrew Simpson and in 2018 courtesy of Michael J Thompson
Just a few days ago when I posted it, there were a shed load of reminiscences.
They ranged from parents who sat on the bench watching your young children play on the grass, to a heap of people now in their mature years who were too young for the pub and in the absence of a youth club whiled away long hours with just a packet of Woodbines.
And for anyone who mutters, this is hardly the stuff of great history, well they would be right.
But then, why should history always be about the big events?
Location; The Rec, Beech Road
Pictures; the Rec, 1979 from the collection of Andrew Simpson and in 2018 courtesy of Michael J Thompson
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