Shut up you old fogey…. There’s an outside gym there as wellThe children's park is a bit better and the cafe is admittedly a lot better - but so what? There are loads and loads of children's playgrounds and parks with cafes all over Sussex, but there is nothing (and certainly nothing in the Worthing area) to match the overall selection of activities that Brooklands offered. Go-karts, boats, golf, a train and all the rest all in the same place.
Unless you are devoid of any sense of fun or an appreciation of what children enjoy I honestly can't believe that some people think that as a bit of scrubland it's better than what it used to be. In the summer holidays we often used to spend all day there, and on a sunny weekend in its heyday there would be 1,000 - 2,000 people there, maybe more. Now it's a fraction of that.
The lake's still there - no boats. The railway's gone.Is the Brookland lake and miniature railway still there?
If I was just being an old fogey I'd appreciate it - all those vulgar attractions have now gone. We stop and walk our dogs there occasionally on the way back from my mum's, and looking at it from a narrow, selfish dog-walkers perspective yes it's much nicer than it was. Nothing special, but at least there's no chance of them being hit by an errant golf ball or being knocked over by a train. I hate going there though as it depresses me when I think of what it used to be like.Shut up you old fogey…. There’s an outside gym there as well
Or run over by a go kart.The lake's still there - no boats. The railway's gone.
If I was just being an old fogey I'd appreciate it - all those vulgar attractions have now gone. We stop and walk our dogs there occasionally on the way back from my mum's, and looking at it from a narrow, selfish dog-walkers perspective yes it's much nicer than it was. Nothing special, but at least there's no chance of them being hit by an errant golf ball or being knocked over by a train. I hate going there though as it depresses me when I think of what it used to be like.
What's happened to Hove to make you say this?As my username suggests I live in Hove but fully intend to move to Worthing in the next 10 years. Where I live now has turned into Clapham on Sea but Worthing seems a lot less poncy.
I played there as a kid as well. My friend used to drive the train.The lake's still there - no boats. The railway's gone.
If I was just being an old fogey I'd appreciate it - all those vulgar attractions have now gone. We stop and walk our dogs there occasionally on the way back from my mum's, and looking at it from a narrow, selfish dog-walkers perspective yes it's much nicer than it was. Nothing special, but at least there's no chance of them being hit by an errant golf ball or being knocked over by a train. I hate going there though as it depresses me when I think of what it used to be like.
I can't decide whether our shared time on the Marseille away trip means I should be happy or disappointed in your appraisal.As my username suggests I live in Hove but fully intend to move to Worthing in the next 10 years. Where I live now has turned into Clapham on Sea but Worthing seems a lot less poncy.
I too used to enjoy Brooklands as a kid. Many days in the summer hoiidays were spent there.Or run over by a go kart.
I can't decide whether our shared time on the Marseille away trip means I should be happy or disappointed in your appraisal.
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