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Category Archives: History
St Oswald’s Primary School – History Field Trip
We welcomed 90 children from St Oswalds’s Cof E Primary School today, who came to hear about the history of the Park. They heard the stories of what their parents, grandparents and great grandparents might have done in the Park … Continue reading
SLEDGING IN THE PARK IN THE 1980’S
Parkinson’s Park has always been ideal for sledging – ranging from the easy to the difficult slopes. Christine King has sent us an interesting historical photo of sledging in the Park in the 1980’s, when the lower slope was less … Continue reading
Posted in History
Bottom Path is Back After A Decade Of Neglect
It seems like forever, that local people have been trying to get the old track along the bottom of the Park restored. But now, at long last, thanks to Meadfleet, we at last have a mown path that we can … Continue reading
Posted in History, Regeneration
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Is it spring yet?
Have you noticed that the days are getting slowly but steadily longer? Have you managed to drag yourself out of the house into the muddy, windswept and bitterly cold outdoors long enough to spot the first signs of life such … Continue reading
Park Maintenance Update
Five foot high grass, an ugly clay mound that would not look out-of-place in a mining district, and dog excrement everywhere, is not exactly what the Friends had in mind for the Park in 2014. Since last year we have … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Facilities, Friends, History
