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WesleyLees

The Monkey Run
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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