Stones To... Nowhere




Here is a photo of some concrete steps leading nowhere(well to a tiny hill) in the ruins of the Kenton Bar Park at the end of Hartburn Walk outside the children's home...
In the post(April 2010:'This is a nice one of a Ryder & Yates split level a la Hazeldene Ave') of a slide at St Cuthbert's Green there are similar steps but they are made of wood...when those geniuses Gordon & Peter built our beloved Kenton Bar Estate they changed the stepping stones design from wood to concrete(I wonder why?...)
Now as for these concrete ones I cant recall if they led to a slide long gone, as I recall only one slide there which was more towards the YWCA, in the NE section of the park...so the stones in the background(there are 12 of them) must of led to some sort of playground architecture(like a slide, but was it a slide?) and what were the stones in the foreground for?(there are 7 of them)
Note also they have demolished and restructured the wall connected to the garages(presumably in an attempt to combat vandalism of the garages by increasing visibility) that ran across behind the stones and small hill(originally it was as high as the top of the green garage doors)...there also used to be an opposite row of garages that were demolished after my time, and apparently turnips sprouted in the land fill soil!
(This is mentioned somewhere else on the blog, Bog knows where...)


Comments

  1. These stones always led to nowhere - there was nothing at the beginning nor at the end - just stepping stones is all they were. There was a slide in the park but was over towards the YWCA club side.

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  2. Haiku?

    stones...
    To nowhere...
    oppressed by ice...

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