Quote Originally Posted by Ged View Post
The Radcliffe estate was another piece of land that has changed 3 times in my lifetime up till now. Originally lined with buildings similar to those on Shaw Street, Westbourne and Eastbourne street swept and winded uphill from behind shaw street park at Village street - my auntie lived in Radcliffe street. All demolished to make way for a new estate modelled on a cornish village - trouble was it was a rat run for thieves and car robbers escaping the police who knew the mazes only too well. A hazard for fire engines getting in to any emergency too as it was all pedestrianised. It must have been one of the shortest lived estates ever built. The area is now covered with the 'new' type red brick boxes that we are so prevalent from the mid 1980s.
yes, that's the one. That's the 'Cornish village' I was talking about