Making your own fun

'The house I was born in, I could throw a stone into the Dene, I could throw a stone into the pit, I could throw a stone into the brickyard, I could throw a stone into the quarry over a railway on the dilly line. The Dene, the pit, the brickyard - they were our playgrounds.'

Alan Douglass

For children and young people growing up in the mining village of Throckley, entertainment was often about making your own fun. The back lanes, Dene, coalyards and brickyards could all be playgrounds if you used your imagination.

Alan Douglass shared his memories with us of play and entertainment in 1950s Throckley.

Alan Douglass playing guitar, Laurel Street