Duwana Woods 2

By ghost of mensforth -

And here is Duwana Woods, where the ultra posh kids like Dropsy, Jeff Davies, Paul Riley etc(all who went to Kenton Bar School there being no Kingston Park School in those halcyon days of youth)played 'man eating monkeys' which I've wittered on about before elsewhere on the blog...

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  1. El PatronMonday, May 23, 2011 at 4:56:00 PM GMT

    The rumour in my time although I never confirmed it was that there is/was a large house in the middle of Duwana Woods - is this so GOM?

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  2. ghost of mensforthMonday, May 23, 2011 at 6:24:00 PM GMT

    Difficult to say as the road into it is PRIVATE...(will up a photo of said sign soon)...someone told me there is a house called 'Duwana House' there...maybe google earth can reveal?...
    MUUUUW-MUWHOOOOOOOO!!!

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  3. El PatronTuesday, May 24, 2011 at 6:52:00 AM GMT

    What is the map reference or Google Earth reference?

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  4. ghost of mensforthTuesday, May 24, 2011 at 11:57:00 PM GMT

    search blog for Duwana woods...Shades found it...ps:I took a photo of the sign today...will up it soon...

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  5. AnonymousMonday, April 15, 2013 at 9:17:00 AM GMT

    Duwana woods was were I spent most of my school holidays, bird nesting, shooting crows and making big swings. I even slept down there twice and its a bit creepy when your only 14. many happy times just being kids and playing with jeff davies, paul riley. we used to take sandwiches and pop and spend they day in the woods
    Ian Thompson ( Dropsy )

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  6. turpMonday, April 15, 2013 at 9:50:00 PM GMT

    remain astonished and fascinated by diwanna woods...many "adventure's" were had, when I was a child, i remember, kingfisher nests, in the clay banks of the river, beyond the rugby pitch.
    the dried lake bed, boat and boat house of diwanna lake, in, the summer of 1976. the "Gamekeeper" and the thousands of shot gun cartridges... diwanna lake, doesn't show up on the a-z, and i have friends who lived on woolsington, who, claim it doesn't exist....woo,hah,hah..
    can anyone remember "the lake" or jeff davies', jackdaw?

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