I grew up on Llwynon Rd opposite the golf course & used to love it when the council came to cut the grass. They had a Land Rover that used to pull mowers behind it & if he was in a good mood the driver (Richard) would let me and my mates sit in the back whilst he drove up & down cutting the course (probably breaking every rule in the book!). In the brighter evenings we used to use one of the greens to play British Bulldog, Football or Tip etc...
As well as being good for sledging in the winter we also found that in the summer when it got very dry you could slide down from the top right hand corner on a piece of cardboard, it was even better in the rough along the right hand edge as the longer grass seemed to reduce the friction and you could get more speed up. Being so young we didn't appreciate the damage this caused to the grass and all the bits of spent cardboard also started to build up and look unsightly.
The little estate opposite the course was built in the late sixties and a lot of young families moved in in 1969 so there was quite a gang of us kids in the early 70's, so you can appreciate how much use we made of the course when it was closed for the winter or late in the Summer evenings.
