Various photos taken on Roundhill

Submitted by Simon on 2 September 2009 - 10:07pm

This gallery includes various photos from my archives taken on Roundhill.

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Sledging

Submitted by anonymous (not verified) on 11 September 2009 - 1:15pm.

I remember sledging at Roundhill in the early 1990s. One year (I think about 1992) we had a really good snowfall. People were sledging on trays, plastic sacks, purpose built sleds and a panel from an old cooker. One lad came gliding down the hill on a metal seat from the building that was the Roundhill Project (now the YMCA), smoking a cigarette as he went.

All the activity would cause the snow to thaw a little and then it would freeze at night into a sheet of ice. The next day you could hardly get to the top of the hill for slipping over.

The snow always seems to transform the community into what we wish it would be all year round. So many people coming together, having fun, sharing and relating to each other in the same positive moment. Everything looks fresh, hopeful and new. But soon it goes and the sense of separateness and struggle returns.

~ Joe