Barkingslide January 9, 2010
Posted by fleshisgrass in Barkingside, funny.Tags: bum boarding, bumboarding, sledging
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Barkingside is a place for all seasons. Here’s what’s going on in Claybury Park today. When you think of Essex you don’t think of hills but this one (Hospital Hill, I think it’s called but B21 may correct me) gives views across the West End, City, Docklands and even to the Dartford Crossing. Oh, and you can also see all the slummy bits of board and plastic discarded by badly-reared children.
Despite the bloodcurdling screeches and near-collision with me at the end, nobody was hurt in the making of this video.
To my sorrow, I have never tobogganed – or even bumboarded.
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That looks like Pancake Hill, or if you are a local historian, Draper’s Hill named after the Dairy that was in Roding Lane North, or Woodford Bridge Road as it was. Hospital Hill Woods can be seen to the left in the photo here.
That name has nothing to do with the Hospital that was next door before it was redeveloped into housing. The name comes from the Hospital Chapel in Ilford Hill who owned the land way back when.
Ah thanks. Pancake Hill – seems like a bit of an oxymoron. Basically, you know where the viewpoint is signposted – it’s the way down from there – brings you out on a residential street and then you can turn left and left again onto Fullwell Ave.
Ach, that was cool. Transported me miraculously a lot of years in the past…
A British blogger has been intimidated by the police. The Reverend Stephen Sizer didn’t like comments and criticism made on the Seismic Shock blog, so got the police to physically intimidate the blogger, to take down that mild criticism.
This is a clear freedom of speech issue, the police should not be used to intimidate bloggers.
I urge you to publicise this issue and support Seismic Shock, as “I too am Seismic Shock”
For more information see http://modernityblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/reverend-stephen-sizer-uses-british-police-against-a-blogger/
And http://engageonline.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/anglican-vicar-uses-police-to-intimidate-blogger/
Great video – Would love to do that with my kids.