Seven Sisters Ponds! I had forgotten them....
Re the previous post regarding the Throstles nest and playing by the Seven Sisters Ponds. There was a Seven Sisters Pond at the back of Hartleys Village so I assume they stretch from Hartleys Village, off Long Lane, to the back of the Throstles Nest, or am I wrong. I used to play there with my mates on the way back from the old St Bonaventure School, in Cedar Road. Where did the name Seven Sisters come from or should this be a new thread. Sorry!!
working in Walton Ozzie mid 70s to late 80s. Docs parties, Throstles nest 7 Sisters
As usual, I am months late to reply due to some illness issues.
I worked in the pharmacy in Walton hospital for 12 years from mid 70s. I well remember the notorious "Doctors Landing" parties. Socially ambitious types thought it was a place to nab a Doctor. Given their daytime duties, the Doctors used to go beserk and their parties were the talk of the hospital. I went once but found, as a relatively young female, it would have been wiser to attend in a suit of armour. Other memories are of volunteering for the then new Pain relief Centre, which was in a portakabin at the back. My favourite participation in an experiment was to hold my arm up and allow the blood to drain, whilst wired up to strange machines, in order to establish how much pain individuals could take. My soon to be husband got the highest score and me the second!! We were paid a Mars Bar by, as I recall, Doctor Luerta, a Spanish Doctor. Been having a fight with Cancer for three years so feel glad I did some of those tests, given the help I have been given myself.The Old Throstles Nest was my favourite place to wander as it was like a time warp. My memories of the "Sod House" pub was that it was the Prince of Wales Pubs nickname (which stands on Rice Lane, on the same side as the hospital) and, my understanding of it was that the (now dead) Prince of Wales was allegedly a "sodomite", as per the Oscar Wilde trial comment. Thanks for info re 7 Sisters. great stuff. I for a time in Willowdale Road, in the old Dairy, and then in the Nurses Home, which is now apartments and then Cedar Road with the Husband, where we stayed for 12 years. Its an area of hidden history, like the Throstles nest, which was like going back to Victorian times, and the wonderful but criminally neglected Jewish Cemetery, plus of course, the amazing Walton Park Cemetery, with Robert Tressells grave.