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I have many memories as a child in the 1960's and 1970's climbing in and on this strucure as well as fishing for minnows and sticklebacks in the lake. Usually it was the second watery stop off if we had tired of the lake in Gledhow Valley Woods which was much closer to my home at the time. Aside from one particularly strong thunderstorm with what seemed like huge hail stones, to to a child, I always remember the weather as being warm and sunny. This is probably because we would never have ventured so far from home during inclement weather.
My home was a council house in the deprived area of Chapeltown to the southwest. The local population was mainly Afro-Carribean and Pakistani immigrants. I was quite shocked at the age of 11yrs when we moved to a small rural seaside village on the East coast of what was then Humberside to find that the majority of people were not darker skinned.
My first love was a mixed race Irish/Afro-Carribean girl in Chapeltown. She was called Beverly. I have spent my adult life trying to find another Beverly. At the time that I lived in this mixed community a certain Mr Enoch Powell MP made his 'Rivers of blood' speech at the General Meeting of the West Midlands Area Conservative Political Centre, as a minority white child of 7 years old, even I noticed the tensions it created in the community. Chapeltown Road was the 'red light' district, as a child I remember talking to some of, the majority white, prostitutes. They would wear their hair high with plenty of hairspray and informed us that they had put razor blades inside their hair to stop anyone trying to drag them by it. Not many years later, this was one of the areas the Yorkshire Ripper was active in.
The obvious social and economic disparity between the area I lived and the Gledhow/Roundhay Park area was obvious even to a child at the time.
Whatever your political beliefs I can tell anyone this from my experience as a child in that area. Racism is colour blind. It can afflict any human being, whatever creed or colour they are.
Hi jason! i took the pic june last year. its a bit run down full of beer cans and such things in the little indoor area to the right. haha the tiles looked a bit past it last time i was there!
Along with her sister ships the Duke of Rothesay and the Duke of Argyll, these vessels were amongst the last passenger-only steamers built for British Railways (at that time, also a ferry operator).Built at Harland & Wolff, Belfast and completed in 1956, she was designed to operate as both a passenger ferry (primarily on the Heysham-Belfast route) and as a cruise ship. In this capacity, the Lancaster travelled to the Scottish islands and further afield to Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway and Spain.
From the mid-1960s, passenger ships such as the Lancaster were gradually being superseded by car ferries. Rather than undertaking the expensive option of renewing their entire fleet, British Railways instead commenced a part-program of conversion. In order to maintain ferry services whilst these modifications took place, the Lancaster's duties as a cruise ship ceased. On 25 April 1970, the ship returned to service, having had her main deck rebuilt to accommodate vehicles via a door at her stern. The ship now provided space for 1,200 single-class passengers and 105 cars, with a total cabin accommodation for 400 passengers.
The three ships continued on the Heysham-Belfast route until the service was withdrawn on 5 April 1975. The Duke of Lancaster was then briefly employed on the Fishguard-Rosslare crossing, before becoming the regular relief vessel on the Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire service until November 1978. The ship was then laid up at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
The vessel still contains much of its period furniture and marine navigation equipment, though the condition of this is unknown.
The structure is 54 metres high, has a diameter of 50 metres, and weighs 365 tonnes. It has 54 climate-controlled pods each holding up to eight people at a time. There is also a VIP pod with a leather interior, DVD sound system, phone and fridge for the Champagne! The ride on the wheel will last approximately 13 minutes.
Sir John Barran MP presented the drinking fountain to the park as a personal gift. The Fountain and the Victorian Shelters are now restored to former glory as part of the Heritage Lottery funded restoration of the Park.
The fountain actually no longer 'founts' I remember as a kid when it did and was great to get a drink on a long bike ride in the summers!
Seacroft's Civic Centre was built in the early 1960s as a shopping centre serve the area. But by the 1990s it had fallen into disrepair and was demolished. It has been replaced by the Seacroft Green Shopping Centre, a ten-store 97,000 square foot superstore complex with Tesco – the supermarket chain as the main retailer there. There is also a Ladbrokes, a Subway (restaurant), a Post Office and a superdrug.
The tower stands 452 feet above sea level, and obviously being that tall has magnificent panoramic views across the city, merseyside and over to North Wales.
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I have many memories as a child in the 1960's and 1970's climbing in and on this strucure as well as fishing for minnows and sticklebacks in the lake. Usually it was the second watery stop off if we had tired of the lake in Gledhow Valley Woods which was much closer to my home at the time. Aside from one particularly strong thunderstorm with what seemed like huge hail stones, to to a child, I always remember the weather as being warm and sunny. This is probably because we would never have ventured so far from home during inclement weather.
My home was a council house in the deprived area of Chapeltown to the southwest. The local population was mainly Afro-Carribean and Pakistani immigrants. I was quite shocked at the age of 11yrs when we moved to a small rural seaside village on the East coast of what was then Humberside to find that the majority of people were not darker skinned.
My first love was a mixed race Irish/Afro-Carribean girl in Chapeltown. She was called Beverly. I have spent my adult life trying to find another Beverly. At the time that I lived in this mixed community a certain Mr Enoch Powell MP made his 'Rivers of blood' speech at the General Meeting of the West Midlands Area Conservative Political Centre, as a minority white child of 7 years old, even I noticed the tensions it created in the community. Chapeltown Road was the 'red light' district, as a child I remember talking to some of, the majority white, prostitutes. They would wear their hair high with plenty of hairspray and informed us that they had put razor blades inside their hair to stop anyone trying to drag them by it. Not many years later, this was one of the areas the Yorkshire Ripper was active in. The obvious social and economic disparity between the area I lived and the Gledhow/Roundhay Park area was obvious even to a child at the time.
Whatever your political beliefs I can tell anyone this from my experience as a child in that area. Racism is colour blind. It can afflict any human being, whatever creed or colour they are.
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Hi jason! i took the pic june last year. its a bit run down full of beer cans and such things in the little indoor area to the right. haha the tiles looked a bit past it last time i was there!
Along with her sister ships the Duke of Rothesay and the Duke of Argyll, these vessels were amongst the last passenger-only steamers built for British Railways (at that time, also a ferry operator).Built at Harland & Wolff, Belfast and completed in 1956, she was designed to operate as both a passenger ferry (primarily on the Heysham-Belfast route) and as a cruise ship. In this capacity, the Lancaster travelled to the Scottish islands and further afield to Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway and Spain.
From the mid-1960s, passenger ships such as the Lancaster were gradually being superseded by car ferries. Rather than undertaking the expensive option of renewing their entire fleet, British Railways instead commenced a part-program of conversion. In order to maintain ferry services whilst these modifications took place, the Lancaster's duties as a cruise ship ceased. On 25 April 1970, the ship returned to service, having had her main deck rebuilt to accommodate vehicles via a door at her stern. The ship now provided space for 1,200 single-class passengers and 105 cars, with a total cabin accommodation for 400 passengers.
The three ships continued on the Heysham-Belfast route until the service was withdrawn on 5 April 1975. The Duke of Lancaster was then briefly employed on the Fishguard-Rosslare crossing, before becoming the regular relief vessel on the Holyhead-Dun Laoghaire service until November 1978. The ship was then laid up at Barrow in Furness, Cumbria.
The vessel still contains much of its period furniture and marine navigation equipment, though the condition of this is unknown.
The structure is 54 metres high, has a diameter of 50 metres, and weighs 365 tonnes. It has 54 climate-controlled pods each holding up to eight people at a time. There is also a VIP pod with a leather interior, DVD sound system, phone and fridge for the Champagne! The ride on the wheel will last approximately 13 minutes.
Sir John Barran MP presented the drinking fountain to the park as a personal gift. The Fountain and the Victorian Shelters are now restored to former glory as part of the Heritage Lottery funded restoration of the Park. The fountain actually no longer 'founts' I remember as a kid when it did and was great to get a drink on a long bike ride in the summers!
Seacroft's Civic Centre was built in the early 1960s as a shopping centre serve the area. But by the 1990s it had fallen into disrepair and was demolished. It has been replaced by the Seacroft Green Shopping Centre, a ten-store 97,000 square foot superstore complex with Tesco – the supermarket chain as the main retailer there. There is also a Ladbrokes, a Subway (restaurant), a Post Office and a superdrug.
The tower stands 452 feet above sea level, and obviously being that tall has magnificent panoramic views across the city, merseyside and over to North Wales.
mmmm wander how long it takes to swim.....
A restaurant in ploerdut northern France