Merry Christmas From Chicago!

Norman_Conquest said:
Merry Christmas GS from your hometown of Normanby.

And a Merry Christmas to all you mooners wherever you are spending it.
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That was a conversation between my brother and I this morning. Closely detailing an imagined walk from the Trunk Road lights up through Normanby to Flatts Lane then down the Lines and out through Teesville. It was great.
 
rkangel said:
That was a conversation between my brother and I this morning. Closely detailing an imagined walk from the Trunk Road lights up through Normanby to Flatts Lane then down the Lines and out through Teesville. It was great.
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I lived in Blantyre Road as a kid and our house backed on to the lines and Smith's Dock Park. I went down there for a walk the last time I was home and was amazed how much more overgrown the trees and bushes were on the lines and in the park. Couldn't even see my old house for the shrubbery and the trees in the park didn't look like they sis in my memory (and all the old pavilion buildings had gone). Sad times.
 
goalscrounger said:
I lived in Blantyre Road as a kid and our house backed on to the lines and Smith's Dock Park. I went down there for a walk the last time I was home and was amazed how much more overgrown the trees and bushes were on the lines and in the park. Couldn't even see my old house for the shrubbery and the trees in the park didn't look like they sis in my memory (and all the old pavilion buildings had gone). Sad times.
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Not sure when that was but earlier this year they cleared a lot of the shrubs and trees out and laid a tarmac path the full length of the lines. It is now a lovely walk and you aren't worried about punctures if you are riding along it on the bike.

Edit: The Dock Park is now looked after by South Park Rangers and the lads do a great job for junior football at all levels.
 
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Norman_Conquest said:
Not sure when that was but earlier this year they cleared a lot of the shrubs and trees out and laid a tarmac path the full length of the lines. It is now a lovely walk and you aren't worried about punctures if you are riding along it on the bike.
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How far have they retarmacced? Last time I walked its length the nature changed once you walked under the Trunk Road bridge. The tarmac had been seriously damaged from what appeared to be a rash of burning mattresses.
 
rkangel said:
How far have they retarmacced? Last time I walked its length the nature changed once you walked under the Trunk Road bridge. The tarmac had been seriously damaged from what appeared to be a rash of burning mattresses.
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I have only walked it to just before the bridge but believe they had funding to tarmac the full length.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
Not sure when that was but earlier this year they cleared a lot of the shrubs and trees out and laid a tarmac path the full length of the lines. It is now a lovely walk and you aren't worried about punctures if you are riding along it on the bike.

Edit: The Dock Park is now looked after by South Park Rangers and the lads do a great job for junior football at all levels.
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It was in the summer. I think the tarmacing had already been done then?
 
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