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| frano Quote | Reply | | Plantins Pond posted on: 10/26/2006 5:32:31 PM Anyone remember Plantins Pond? Thats what it was called perhaps it should have been Plantains. It was on the right of Slack Lane going towards Coppice pit in the 1930s. A favourite spot for young swimmers but notoriously dangerous because of the amount of weed in the bottom which it was said grabbed your legs and held you down. I never went myself because of the dire threats from parents concerning punishment. The local espionage would have kicked in and reported me. I do not know if it's still there. It was roughly between the visitor centre amd the industrial estate. frano |
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philfred
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replied on: 10/26/2006 6:31:01 PM It used to be a fishing spot but was not visited very often. I must have been there a few times during the late 50s. There was nothing special there that I can remember about the place. If I remember correctly the water was surrounded by trees. The usual route was take the footpath to Coppice passing Cricks then turn right onto Slack Lane. Turn left just after the pit canteen then over the fields. regards Phil |
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red-shep
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replied on: 10/26/2006 6:44:53 PM Plantins pond was reached from slack lane over train lines at station house[mrs Walker lived there] just before you got to the pit canteen,you went over a field to the pond we fished for tadpoles.[to get to the pond you had to jump over the overflow] |
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db639
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replied on: 10/26/2006 8:28:48 PM we used to call it the Plantins ,but I always thought it was the heanor way of saying - the Plantings .at the Smalley side , there was a wood mostly of fir trees as in a plantation .I still have a long scar on my thigh from a bad scratch ,got while swimming in there in the 50's . db |
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