Pete - I think the best thing about South Bank was the trolley buses. How sad that todays youngsters missed out on them. What a brilliant service they provided. When they came off they rails (usually at Bennetts Corner) that just added to the fun.

The other brilliant thing about the community was that it looked after it's own. It still amazes me that as a teenager I could get off the late 'Spa' bus at the top of Station Road and walk home with complete confidence that I would be safe. (couldn't do that today).

Industry although dirty had its wonderful spectacles as well. One that will stay with me forever is the way that the sky used to light up when the hot slag from the steelworks was tipped. It was an amazing sight.