Hero

The house in Nithsdale was built on a much smaller plot than Langdale Walk, only a very small front garden, just enough for a path and a little wall, the back wasn't much better, the house being hemmed in on two sides by the corner house and the first one on the next street. It didn't matter too much though, us kids had the old railway line over the road and the huge expanse of Little Bowden 'rec' at the bottom of the road where we could lose all track of time and annoy the parents!

I remember going down there with Ken one time to mess about with either a football or cricket bat, I was only about ten or eleven, there were a load of older kids coming along the row of trees and I wanted to move out of their way, he wouldn't have anything of the sort and made me stand my ground. The older lads did a detour round where we were playing, I was well impressed with the 'old man' for that! My hero!