Sledging the Gully, and ‘The War’

Think you might be referring to what we called the “Gully”It lay behind Hurlingham Rd., Sidcup Rd., Danesbury Cres.and Ellerton Rd. A tarmacked path that ran from Sidcup Rd. to a grove off Ellerton Rd cut it in two.Looking at it from Sidcup Rd. there was some allotments on left hand side the right hand side was just waste ground. It was only an unofficial dump. Was great for sledging when we had snow. The run got that slippy and there was that many of us on the shelter section one time we finished off by going through the back garden fence of one of the houses in Sidcup Rd. Still chuckle thinking about “The War” as you called it.Each evening for the best part of a week the kids would congregate on their own side of the hill. One side would charge to the top,the other side would then make a charge from their side of the hill and drive the first lot down.This went on till everybody was just about exhausted, rushing up and down the hill,and went home.The following evening would be a repeat performance of the previous one.As you say the police eventually broke it up.Can only remember one kid getting hurt and as soon as he was everybody else stopped to inspect his injury and give him a bit of encouragement by telling him how bad the cut was ,how many stitches he might need,how bad he looked etc.etc.