Riddo 47 Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Bump. When we were kids at Clifton we often went down the Grove and walked down to Fairham Brook's outlet into the Trent. The sandy bank often extended to midstream in a dry summer and there are tales of people walking all the way across the river at this point. We never saw it done! At other times we'd wade into the brook upstream of the A453 at Silverdale and paddle through the tunnel under the road and all the way to the Trent. We'd pull up flat stones to catch Bullheads (Millers' Thumbs) and keep them in a jam jar only to let them go later in the day. Once, at the point where there's a fat water supply pipe crossing the brook (again near Silverdale), we found a load of pages ripped out of a "Spick & Span" men's mag. All the naughty bits were airbrushed out, but it was quite a thrill to a gang of 11 year-olds then! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 I had a relative who lived in Wilford, used to visit her now and then, her house backed onto the Trent, in the 1947 floods after the water went down a dead cow was stranded in the back garden, too young to remember but recall talk of it, how it stank and how it was a hell of a job to get it removed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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