I don't know of that playground but I went to the Rydal on Greaty in the mid 70s. During this time we used to hang around the old Paddys market (no relation to the playground maker ) - the shiny red brick walls all had shrapnel marks/war damage in them. We also hung around Lawrence Gardens, facing the Rydal. This is all on that Bestway site that the council proposed for EFC, the circle of land surrounded by the Kingsway tunnel approach road.
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On part of that estate was an old disused bank. We got in there and pulled up all the wooeden floor blocks with a view to selling them around the houses as firewood (they had a sort of tar on them underneath). We heard police sirens nearby and thought they were coming for us cos we were in a bank (didn't seem to register with us that the money and custom had long gone)
I remember that Rydal having a sort of maze inside with those fairground mirrors that made you look a funny shape (no mirrors required these days)
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