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Jacob's Ladder

Photo:'Ghost', a horse near Jacob's Ladder, Bevendean

'Ghost', a horse near Jacob's Ladder, Bevendean

Photo taken by Sam Carroll

Feeding the horses
By Izzy, aged eight years old

"I like to climb to the top of Jacob's Ladder and look down at Bevendean. There are these horses at the stables who we like to feed grass. We don't know their real names but we have named them ourselves. One we have called 'Ghost' because it is white and the other 'Greedyguts' because it eats a lot. They are very friendly and very big. I like to play army games when we run back down the steps. At home we can sometimes see them in the distance."

Submitted to website 7-12-2002
This page was added on 22/03/2006.

Comments:

It would appear that 'your' Jacobs Ladder are the steps from the Hyde Industrial Estate to Wilson Ave. When I lived in Hornby Road between 1950 and 1977, Jacobs Ladder was the steps from the Avenue up to the old Bevendean Hospital.
By Geoff Fitch (14/07/2005)
Izzy is my friend from the self build as well. I love Jacobs Ladder, it has a stunning view, lovely horses and it's a breathtaking walk. Highly recomended.
By Poppy (17/09/2005)
I have lived in Jevington Drive since 1987 and we and all our neighbours call the steps that lead down from Jevington Drive to the Avenue, 'Jacobs ladder'.
By Sally Shann (16/02/2006)

I am a local resident near the 'Jacobs ladder' leading to the avenue from Jevington Drive. I am a countryside Management student and about to embark on a project involving the woodland and grassland adjacent to the steps. I would be most interested in any local knowledge/ history of this area. This area is neglected and I would like to see it cleaned up and restored. I would welcome any comments: g.rant@hotmail.com

By grant riley (23/02/2007)

I can also confirm Geoff Fitch's assertion that Jacon's Ladder were the steps that ran from The Avenue to Bevendean Hospital. My brother and I would regularly descend from Bevendean Crescent to the Tha Avenue to go and play on these seemingly endless steps! Does anyone remember me from that time?

By Vernon Page (23/09/2007)

The real and only Jacobs Ladder is that which led from Jevington Drive down to Bevendean Ave. It was a great place to play and at night it was really spooky too!
At the weekends we sometimes helped those that were building their own houses. Weren't the self-build houses in Jevington Drive? It is so long ago now.

By Alan Noakes (10/10/2007)

My memories of Jacobs Ladder are not quite so good as some. So far back as I can remember, that was the name of those steps. Every Sunday for a long time, I accompanied my mum, dad and the rest of the family via Jacobs Ladder to first, our Johnny's grave in the cemetery, then about five years later to Stanley's grave as well. We could ill afford to travel by bus or taxi and it was always a walk along the main road and up The Avenue, up those steps to our destination. The graves gradually deteriorated due to permission having to be given for any type of addition or alteration. Even flowers were observed for their worthwhileness on a grave. I was about nearly 8 by then. I'm writing of the mid 30s.

By Ron Spicer (04/07/2008)

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