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WesleyLees
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The Monkey Run
replied on: 12/12/2006 11:30:11 AM This Reference about the Monkey Run comes from Ormskirk in Saffs. "Obviously I was no longer parading on a Sunday but the lads and lassies were still meeting up and sometimes pairing off and going on the usual walk down Ormskirk road, turning off down Bromilow path and along to the very sharp corner in the path, which at that time was known as ‘tickle-belly corner’, this dark corner was aptly named as it was a popular place for courting couples to stop. The path then carried on to Liverpool Road and turning left led back to the top of Sandy Lane. A lot of lads that I knew met their future wives on the ‘Sunday Parade’." So the question posed is: "Where was equivalent of "tickle belly corner" in Heanor?". I think we should be told!. |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 12/12/2006 5:39:37 PM the "oi you bit doesn't belong in any of these threads wesley..remember that when you're replying !!!!!!!! |
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suzard
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replied on: 12/12/2006 7:39:45 PM The Wakes info was relevant as it was a part of the Monkey Run!!! There were a few of my friends who walked down the aisle with lads they met on the monkey run - and are still together today- but when a couple started "courting" that was the end of their days on the Monkey Run. Now "ladding" as I knew it was slightly different from the parade up and down Heanor. If we referred to going "ladding" it usually meant we were going to a diferrent area (still parading up and down stalking the prey!!!!) One popular place on a warm Sunday afternoon (after Chapel!) for ladding was strutting up and down the canal (cutside) at Langley Mill (dressed in our Sunday best -complete with high heels) by the young lads who were fishing -I think we were partly responsible for the worn down tow path!!! But our "Monkey Run" was Heanor! The "tickle me corner" would be Sukey's Hollow or any of the dark lanes leading off the High Street, but you had to be very daring to wander off the main route! |
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Jennypeg
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replied on: 12/13/2006 2:39:01 PM Suzard it was still the wakes in 1957! 16th Aug 1957 Ripley & Heanor Heanor Wakes Heanor Wakes, which dates back a great number of years, opened on Friday, and continued on Saturday and Monday. As usual, the Market Place presented a colourful scene, with Messrs. Holland’s (Leicester). Riding machines being the principal attractions, these being No 1 waltzer, super dodgems, giant octopus, muffins, and the old favourite, the cakewalk. Standing surveying the myriads of glittering lights was a group of aged Heanor worthies who soon recalled the wakes of several years ago, when the Market Place and surrounding Godfrey and Wilmot Streets were closed to vehicular traffic. In those days the riding machines comprised a magnificent set of four abreast gallopers, the old dragons, the flying pigs and the cakewalk. Famous show names were recalled, the principals being Holland’s and Proctor’s cinematograph tents. Facing the shops on the Godfrey Street side of the Market Place was a row of Aunt Sally stalls, and the homemade toffee man was also mentioned. Downside the Cosy Cinema stalls and games used to prevail, one principal stall being Fletcher’s tanks. Roars of laughter used to go up when a coconut was knocked into the sawdust, and standing supreme over the scene were the great steam engines, belching their smoke into the air, like some fire-breathing monster. Shortly before World War 2, Heanor Wakes began to change with the times. The steam engines with their highly polished brass-work were still there, but the more garish rides were replacing the stately and dignified merry-go-rounds. The children’s motors stood facing Greaves, furnishers, and trolly buses from Heanor to Ilkeston were diverted from Mundy Street and Wilmot Street to Loscoe Crossings. Yes, the wakes has certainly changed. Gone are the gallopers, the steam engines, the organs, and also the musical service on Sunday night, which used to end with the “Hallelujah Chorus” played on the great organ of Holland’s horses. Here today are the speedy garish machines and the pungent smell of diesel oil. Jenny |
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WesleyLees
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replied on: 12/13/2006 3:20:51 PM I've had some verbal input about the Monkey Run from a long time resident of Heanor who would be in her mid teens in the 1930's, so this is about the situation then. It was mainly a Sunday Activity. (I suppose people left school at 14 then and were already working, so weekdays were early to bed for work in the morning). It was a group activity, with various gangs from Loscoe, Marlpool, and Langley Mill in attendance. The run was concentrated on the Ray Street Side with a certain amount of "Cat and Mouse" being played by the local copper who kept an eye on proceedings by judicious "moving on" of groups. The purpose of the activity as stated above by Suzard was to secure a "date" for the following weekend, ususally the cinema. I know that in the 1970's the Empire had "Courting" seats in the back row, arranged in pairs to form a double without an intervening arm rest. I wonder how long ago they go (or how far couples in them went!). |
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germanrockstar
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replied on: 12/17/2006 8:30:33 PM My parents were always very proud of the fact that they had met on the Heanor Monkey Run and used to speak fondly of it. He was one of a tough Marlpool gang and she was a refined Heanor lass. They married in 1943. |
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annancliffe
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replied on: 12/18/2006 11:00:16 AM I always remember asking my Grandma where she met my Grandad and she said "On the Monkey Run". I always thought she was kidding me. Sorry Grandma. Ann Marie |
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RMMee
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replied on: 1/14/2007 3:36:39 PM quote: Another location, besides Sukey's Hollow, has been found in an email sent to me from a lady who I don't think has visited this forum. She states: "A popular pastime on Friday and Sunday nights was parading from Red Lion Square up to the market and back. If you managed to "get off," it resulted in walk down the Newlands, Heanors lovers' lane." |
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RMMee
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replied on: 1/26/2007 10:25:46 AM quote: Did you go down the Cromford Canal and beyond Stoneyford at all? I ask because I understand that the footbridge over the railway between Stoneyford and Codnor Park is called "The Monkey Bridge," for the same reasons as the Monkey Run is named! |
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RMMee
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replied on: 1/26/2007 10:31:54 AM I have just completed an article for our newsletter, based on this thread, and quoting many of you. If you would like to see a copy prior to publication, just drop me an email. Likewise, if you would rather not receive an acknowledgment in the article, or if you would prefer any acknowledgment to be to your real name rather than your username, then please let me know. It is possible that the article will not be printed until the next season (i.e. September or after). |
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Peter Chamberlain
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replied on: 1/26/2007 12:18:09 PM Robert Have a photograph circa 1930 of the Monkey Bridge between Stoneyford and Codnor Park with some likly looking lads on it Peter |
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