Compo 10,328 Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Until Bestwood Park Estate was built in 1960 our best run was "Bully fields" A number of fields that sloped steeply down onto what is now Queens Drive. We called them "Bully Fields because there was a path that led all the way from The White Hart in Redhill through to Bulwell Forest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Bulwell common we called it Devils hump,and old bestwood est,the Bankings between Raymede and Leybourne drive Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Derry Hill Road, Redhill, Arnold! The cars would pack the snow - which made sledging amazing. When the "grit lorry" came around, we would get brushes and sweep the grit off the hill to maintain sledging integrity. At the bottom of the hill there was a road (Lodge Farm Lane), then a "hump" with a barbed wire fence and a field. The bottom row of the fence had been destroyed years before, so the "Fast" sledgers could go down the hill, across the road, and over the hump underneath the barbed wire! I never had the courage to try that (I was only five), but it was a thrill to watch! Houses and walls and salt have put an end to it all though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Best sledging in Nottingham.............................not this year I am afraid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 The best sledging has always been when Australia visit Trent Bridge. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
... 1,411 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 Meadows a bit flat as a kid thought hungerhill st annes looked good for sledging Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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