Tales From 'The Field', PART II, 'Forged in The Field' by Sheila
Channel: semw52
Date: 2020-08-28

A number of years ago I started to write an account of my childhood called 'The Field'---This video is just an overall reflection of the  some of the Tales and events of life as a kid centered around a piece of land we called  'The Field'--once an orchard, once  a place  that grazed cows and pigs and had  old barns, had apples trees, Willow trees, Oak and Elm Trees, long grasses and wild flowers, Doc-leaves , elderberry and blackberry bushes with streams and ditches.I remember well the ditches with the fish---the  Sticklebacks and elvers and mud--glorious mud---where we built  wobbly rafts and skated on the ice, where we got plastered in that mud, glorious MUD.....Scallywags and urchins of 'The Field'----A place where us kids played and spent  much time building dens,  bonfires, making camps, climbing trees and where we spent many an hour in all weathers and all seasons enjoying and loving the beauty  so much--we had our little gangs as well and stuck together  in opposition to other gangs like the Coley Lane Gang over the railway line  and the Sydenham Estate  gang further up the road---These gangs and us Field gang were on the East side of the River Parrett-----The West side of the River gangs we rarely encountered except for  school encounters when we could actually be friends with them within the boundaries of the school. These kids were part of from the Rhode Lane area or Kendal Road near the docks--no we had  our own precious patch --'The Field'--many Tales from  this place in the 'Golden Years' of childhood---a significant place in our young lives......Further Tales will be shared  in the future and  also the experiences of others still
 alive  to tell the tale because 'The Field' has long gone buried deep under  houses and roads but still by the railway line---On my Family Tree I have also included photos of the area over many decades and some  will be included in future Tales..