not been on here for a while and only just spotted this thread, i recognise alot of the names mentioned and to add a few more, lowe's, hardy, charlton (although he lived across the little bridge in the tower houses), knights, gurnells (sp?), fords, lindley's, hull's, fell's, milligans, denim's, grattan's, god it brings back memories, the red van, jumping the hedges of the holy cross church, playing madman in the woods, jumping the garages on the bottom of spotswood, football on the wyvern carpark,
i'm russell boyce (btw) lived on spotswood from 1970-1996, now living in adelaide australia for the last 14 months, and although great memories of the valley, dont think i'd ever come back, its not the same anymore, or maybe just for a visit in a few years.