Crookes, Crookes

Image: © Dave Hitchborne Taken: 26 Aug 2008

Back when I was a child this yard had a smooth surface and was ideal for hopscotch and cricket. I've belted many a 'sixer' over these roofs, which was pretty easy as we used a sponge ball, or a tennis ball. There was an iron drain cover at the far end of the yard and we used to play marbles around it. The various passages, nooks and crannies and lowed walled gardens here and about offered excellent places for hide and seek. I got 'caught' smoking behind the lean-to once, by a policeman who came to check if the bank's (more about that here - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2181581 ) doors were locked. I was only eleven. My school mate nicked the cigarettes from his mother's shop and taught me how to smoke. Not a lot to thank him for. Across the road is http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1232525 Present Moments - Card & Gift shop, which was Macduff - Fruit & Veg Shop. As a child I once dug a trench through the thick snow for my mother to get to the shop. A bit later a milk float came down the road and bounced up and down the trench. I legged it when I heard the crashing of glass.

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