Memories. My playground in the late 40's & early 50's. Originally this park was an unkept piece of waste ground until the council revamped it sometime in the 50's. In the top picture, the area of green in the foreground was developed to be a quiet area for the aged. You can still see the white square in the footpath which was one of two chess boards (the other is just going off the picture). There were seats by each board for the aged persons to sit and move the chess pieces with their sticks. Again veiwing the top picture, to the right of the swings, was a climbing frame. What fun we had with that - it beat climbing around the bombed-out buildings in the area. Passing the swings to the extreme bottom of the picture was a static old fire engine, which us children sat and steered at an imaginary speed, ringing the bell en-route. This item was later removed - early health and safety?! Does anyone remember the cricket nets by the western boundary? The park was administered by the park keeper from Queens Park and his office was in the Tower. A pity this park was left to deteriorate and become grafitti city in recent years, but thankfully it was rescued. I live too far away to see its restoration, but at least I have my memories.

I lived in Tilbury from 1959 to 1965. I remember playing in this park. Us kids called it 'The Creech'. There was an old green lorry in the lower level we climbed all over.

I remember the old green truck but does anyone remember the horse that was always tied up on the lower level of the park?

Us girls lived in Elmore Road, and played all the time in the creech. I also was a member of the Brighton Girls Club, and we used to play netball there, very handy to have a park so close for parents. There was a family living in Elmore Road across the road to us, they had a horse and cart. I believe the horse belonged to them.

I remember this being our old haunt. My elder brother Rodney and younger brother Mal, used to play here all the time. Carol Milner was my best friend and we used to play hide and seek with the boys! (nothing sinister here). The Creche also had a climbing frame which we called the jungle gym that had a sand base just in case we fell from it. I do not think the council would erect one these days because, looking back, it was quite high and quite dangerous. My brother Mal can testify to that! The best memories I have kept are those spent in the Creche.

I spent the whole of my childhood playing in this park and they are some of the best memories I have. I have recently been taking my children there and it is heartbreaking seeing the way it has been allowed to deteriorate over the years with the lack of maintenance, in particular the upper tier of the park. Hopefuly I will be able to upload some photos at a later date to show.

This used to be a fun place when we were kids. We played there post war and into the 50s. We lived in Lennox Street so it was close by. We would go there and play rounders from the Brighton Girls Club. I remember the name Ruckman from my young days in Lennox Street. Any relation?

Hi there. Maybe you knew my grandad, his name was Bill, or my dad George, or Uncle William (known as Billy)?

I left Brighton in 1955 so my memory is a little rusty. For some reason I want to say Tony Ruckman. He had a sister called Anita. There were a number of families in the street that may have been related. Was your family related to the Luxfords? It has been decades since I thought about all our neighbours but I do remember the name Burtenshaw. We were lucky to have Tarner Park so close. Queen's Park was only a few minutes away and The Level not too far to walk. Trouble with The Level was climbing the hill back home.

I knew a George Ruckman, and a Billy, they used to have several friends that I know such as the Coggins brothers, Ronnie and Mick, Bobby Whatman, John Dunkley, and the Mears family - too many to name but mostly from Manor Farm/Whitehawk area. They had a fruit/veg shop on the corner of High street/St James street.