Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
The marl was an old Ash tip, so the earth was coal black.if you had rough skin on your knees then it was murder to scrub it off!
I'm probably a lot older than you and was talking about the pitch in the 1950's. Perhaps it was covered with ash later but when I played on it there was plenty of glass on the surface. Nobody could afford shin pads in those days so had to stuff our socks with torn newspapers. Those were the days.