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Danson Park
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been rumoured for some time now - don't see it getting the go ahead personally, seems to be a fair bit of opposition to it.clive said:Danson Park could Go Ape with zip wire course planned
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If it does get the go ahead, some people will definitely be going ape.Elthamaddick said:
been rumoured for some time now - don't see it getting the go ahead personally, seems to be a fair bit of opposition to it.clive said:Danson Park could Go Ape with zip wire course planned
https://greenwichwire.co.uk/2025/12/18/go-ape-danson-park-bexley-council/0 -
I remember using the pool as a child, it was a lovely place.3
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Danson Park was one of my favourite places in the 1950s. I have great memories of the miniature railway that ran along the south bank of the lake. I believe it was built during the war as part of the 'holidays at home' scheme. Later there was also a similar line near Briset Road, Eltham.Getting to the park involved a trolleybus ride on route 696. Always good fun to stand at the stop at Welling Corner and watch the trolleys sweep into view. There was a very frequent service. As a kid it was an experience to stand on the staircase of the trolleybus, as it accelerated away from the stop. They were much quicker than diesel buses and 'boy' did you feel the G forces!They were simple pleasures in those days for a youngster.2
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ME14addick said:I remember using the pool as a child, it was a lovely place.Likewise - the lido was fantastic and much better than Charlton (although I had some fun times there when I was older). Long hot summer days with my mum and sister, packed lunch, the little tea rooms.Also, fishing on the lake and taking rowing boats out.So many happy memories.3
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I also remember the pool at Martens Grove but Danson Park was brilliant.bobmunro said:ME14addick said:I remember using the pool as a child, it was a lovely place.Likewise - the lido was fantastic and much better than Charlton (although I had some fun times there when I was older). Long hot summer days with my mum and sister, packed lunch, the little tea rooms.Also, fishing on the lake and taking rowing boats out.So many happy memories.3 -
I went to a few of these when I was a kid.T_C_E said:We used to have a bath race there when I was in the LFB, it was all the services the LAS and MP. All started in good fun, we used to fill fire extinguishers with a red dye and with the LAS go straight for the OB and sink the gits the public loved it. I think was part of the Bexley show, Health & Safety wouldnt allow it now.My brother was in the LFB at Plumstead at the time.
Along with the health and safety angle, I think the PC Police would have a field day. One year, my brother’s crew had a Zulu theme and the all blacked up. I distinctly remember my brother being the only one not wearing an Afro wig as he had a wet look perm at the time and didn’t need one to complete the look.0 -
Walk round it most days for an hour, beautiful piece of green land and say hello to the regular dog walkers.
Its my happy place.8 -
ValleyGary said:Walk round it most days for an hour, beautiful piece of green land and say hello to the regular doggers.
Its my happy place.
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loved Danson growing up and it’s still a wonderful park. I hope this gets refused.0 -
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Likewise. Most mornings with the dog and a coffee at the boat shed.ValleyGary said:Walk round it most days for an hour, beautiful piece of green land and say hello to the regular dog walkers.
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Very lucky to live a 2 min walk from it and now seem to know most of the dog walkers on nodding terms0
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Is that zip wire to allow opposition managers to get in and out of Park View Road safely?clive said:Danson Park could Go Ape with zip wire course planned
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I don't rember the train running but do remember the tracks still being there, probably in the late 60s. Back in 2004 I had an email conversation with someone who was researching it's history.Masterbrew said:
I remember the railway as well. The locomotive eventually went to the Bredgar and Wormshill Railway; it is now owned by one of the volunteers there, who is currently restoring it
This is what he told me:"The railway opened in 1949 and had an old engine shed built out of sections of Anderson Shelters. In 1962 the owner of the line, Ron Hammett, negotiated a new 10 year lease at a very advantageous rate. One of his promises was to build a new, larger engine shed and this he did at the end of the 1962 season. The track was sunk into the concrete floor and it just needed the doors to be fitted and the track to be connected to the mainline. Unfortunately the railway's main emplyee, Charlie Barbee, died in February 1963 unexpectedly and Ron took the decision to close the railway and move abroad on health grounds (he had a couple of serious heart attacks during the 50s and was never the fittest of men). So the engine shed stood empty and unfinished while the Council debated on wether to buy the railway. When they found they couldn't find an operator they decided against buying and Ron sold the railway. The engine shed, which had cost £600 (a not inconsequential sum in 1962) passed to the Council by default and they erected the doors and have used it for the last 40 years as a store for lawnmowers etc.Ron lived in Danson Road (No.38) and before the war he was a prolific local builder who built various properties including those in Lancelot Road (Welling), the Halcot Estate at the top of Gravel Hill etc. He certainly built a lot of property in the Welling, Bexleyheath, Blackfen area."0 -
People going ape over go ape.clive said:0 -
Can anyone remember the water in the lido ever being warm? Even in 76 the lake was warmer.! At the entrance they would put up the temperature up, I think their thermometer was busted. Happy days.2
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Back in the late 1970s I used to play at Sparrows Lane on a Saturday and then at Danson Park on a Sunday. The contrast was indescribable even more so for one season when we were allocated that particular Danson pitch. It was even worse if the wind happened to be blowing downhill. The tactic was always, if we won the toss, in the first half to defend the hill in the hope that we might limit the damage in the knowledge that the opposition could offer next to nothing, for an attacking perspective, in the second half.jimmymelrose said:You hear people talk about a game of two halves? Well, the real ones were played on that one particular pitch at Danson park. Many of the pitches sloped but I remember one, it had trees along one side I think , that had the most ridiculous slope you could imagine. It wasn’t a slope in fact, it was a hill. One team had to defend each half as it was too knackering to attack running up that hill. There must have been some astounding second half comebacks on that pitch.0 -
Gives me the shivers just thinking about the place. I went to Bexley Grammar next door and in the winter one of our PE lessons was Cross Country running around the Lake. Come wind or shine, freezing cold & rainValleyGary said:Walk round it most days for an hour, beautiful piece of green land and say hello to the regular dog walkers.
Its my happy place.
Out the school gates & into the Park......run alongside the Lake all the way to the end, around the Boathouse & back along the other side. Cut through by the little pond, over the bridge & back to school.
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Now 400 people do 2 laps of that every Saturday for fun.golfaddick said:
Gives me the shivers just thinking about the place. I went to Bexley Grammar next door and in the winter one of our PE lessons was Cross Country running around the Lake. Come wind or shine, freezing cold & rainValleyGary said:Walk round it most days for an hour, beautiful piece of green land and say hello to the regular dog walkers.
Its my happy place.
Out the school gates & into the Park......run alongside the Lake all the way to the end, around the Boathouse & back along the other side. Cut through by the little pond, over the bridge & back to school.
Bastard.1 -
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Danson Park was dregs when I was growing up. You'd only go there if you wanted to throw hands with some hoodie chavs or be chased by someone's dog.0
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clive said:My concern is that this is going to be a bit of a beacon of light to every other youth group in the outer borough [sic] to come in to cause more trouble. We’ve seen some major issues within the parks in the past, and it’s horrible to say, but some of our youths are not nice youths. I’ll be straight up, and we’ve all probably heard of it, we’ve had people cutting heads off of cats, it’s been disgusting what goes on in these parks0
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I've only been there once, raced at Danson Dashes Regatta. Make sure you know when you are over the finish line or you smash into a stone wall.
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We had two fags in our socks and a lighter. First fag by the first bridge on the south side, 2nd in the trees on the downhill before completion.golfaddick said:
Gives me the shivers just thinking about the place. I went to Bexley Grammar next door and in the winter one of our PE lessons was Cross Country running around the Lake. Come wind or shine, freezing cold & rainValleyGary said:Walk round it most days for an hour, beautiful piece of green land and say hello to the regular dog walkers.
Its my happy place.
Out the school gates & into the Park......run alongside the Lake all the way to the end, around the Boathouse & back along the other side. Cut through by the little pond, over the bridge & back to school.
Bastard.1 -
Exactly what I was going to say. The Senior cross county was even better as it was a much longer course. Gave much more opportunity to sit down and save yourself for the sprint finish back into school.AFKABartram said:
We had two fags in our socks and a lighter. First fag by the first bridge on the south side, 2nd in the trees on the downhill before completion.golfaddick said:
Gives me the shivers just thinking about the place. I went to Bexley Grammar next door and in the winter one of our PE lessons was Cross Country running around the Lake. Come wind or shine, freezing cold & rainValleyGary said:Walk round it most days for an hour, beautiful piece of green land and say hello to the regular dog walkers.
Its my happy place.
Out the school gates & into the Park......run alongside the Lake all the way to the end, around the Boathouse & back along the other side. Cut through by the little pond, over the bridge & back to school.
Bastard.
Ben Insull used to always amaze me, he would lead from start to finish and still beat all those who waited for the sprint finish. He was like a thoroghbred race horse.
(Not a surprise to know he runs marathons in Sub 3:30s now!)0
