flat roofs on Kenton Bar 2
Hello avid readers,
I have already waxed lyrical about the flat roofs on Kenton Bar before
(See post 'flat roofs on Kenton Bar') but the mists of time have have cleared somewhat and I now remember more...
As a matter of interest I happened to be talking to some riff raff who still lives on the estate, and this person was moaning on about how the kids are always running across the roofs of the electrical houses where this riff raff dwells, the DOOMPH! DOOMPH! DOOMPH!! sound of their heavy footfall being slooshied(heard) by the tortured residents as they run across the roof...I asked why they were doing this...'For the sheer hell of it' was the reply...
the outer lip of the roof, was raised slightly higher( 20cm) than the roof itself...sometimes the down drainpipes on the garage roofs(separate from the houses except the split levels who had their own posh garage at the bottom of the house- see post 5th picture of the eight wonder of the world) got blocked,(Not so the roofs of the houses...they were maintained by council roofer types on a yearly basis,or the tenant themselves so their down pipes rarely got blocked) and after heavy rain the roofs of the garages were sometimes flooded to this depth of the outer lip...we used to climb up to go plodging in these 'roof lakes' on the garages...great fun!...
messieurs Ryder and Yates would not have been pleased :( Incidently these garage roofs were easily accessible via drainpipe or 'leaping and hauling method' via the lower wall often attached to them...)
I have already waxed lyrical about the flat roofs on Kenton Bar before
(See post 'flat roofs on Kenton Bar') but the mists of time have have cleared somewhat and I now remember more...
As a matter of interest I happened to be talking to some riff raff who still lives on the estate, and this person was moaning on about how the kids are always running across the roofs of the electrical houses where this riff raff dwells, the DOOMPH! DOOMPH! DOOMPH!! sound of their heavy footfall being slooshied(heard) by the tortured residents as they run across the roof...I asked why they were doing this...'For the sheer hell of it' was the reply...
the outer lip of the roof, was raised slightly higher( 20cm) than the roof itself...sometimes the down drainpipes on the garage roofs(separate from the houses except the split levels who had their own posh garage at the bottom of the house- see post 5th picture of the eight wonder of the world) got blocked,(Not so the roofs of the houses...they were maintained by council roofer types on a yearly basis,or the tenant themselves so their down pipes rarely got blocked) and after heavy rain the roofs of the garages were sometimes flooded to this depth of the outer lip...we used to climb up to go plodging in these 'roof lakes' on the garages...great fun!...
messieurs Ryder and Yates would not have been pleased :( Incidently these garage roofs were easily accessible via drainpipe or 'leaping and hauling method' via the lower wall often attached to them...)
The interiors of the garages were also readily accessible using a lolly stick...
ReplyDeleteHow so?...
ReplyDeleteThere was a 1/2" gap at the top of the door under the frame and the catch that the handle operated was spring loaded (and sloped so that it went down when you slammed the door) so you just pushed the stick in, positioned it correctly, gave it a poke and the catch released the door.
ReplyDeleteOne of our neighbours who lived in a T2 didn't have a car and we used to play with their kids in it. Sometimes we got a bit carried away, like the time we made flame throwers using petrol filled squezy bottles taped to wooden boards with a candle on the front. It sounds totally insane with hindsight and we did get a bollocking once for flames coming around the garage door at night.
I don't think you could open the split level houses with the stick trick, as the wooden frame was rebated and there wasn't a gap. We kept our internal door locked though, just in case.
I begin to see the machination of your machiavellian mind...
ReplyDelete(Anyone remember 'terrahawks?...)