excellent park memories good to hear that navvy rec is still navvy rec what was /is ther one opposite the moss trooper called
Pickering Lodge park, or "picky lodge" used to be full of people like S***** C**** on there in the evenings that bullied all the youngsters, naturally we all thought he was as hard as tarzans feet in them days and scared to death of bumping into him,nowadays he's just a 30 odd year old dwarf that puts his eyes down when you see him in a pub
In my day there was a similar character called M*** C******* who also frequented the Moss Trooper. Everyone used to leg it if they saw him as rumour had it he was capable of anything and harder than the 11+! Although still, years on (after borderline passing my 11+), I hear he is actually a complete lunatic.
Once he was seen walking down George Street with no shoes or socks on, but everyone was too scared to ask why! Quality!