Does anyone remember the pond in St Margarets church yard across from Ward End Park.We used to catch newts in the pond.We had a small pond at home and used to put them in with the goldfish from the rag & bone man.
loverly pics VIV. The times i had to fish overturned boats and people out of there.when i worked for the parks dept.Happy days at the pool. Sorry, no dates for these. Viv.
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Does anyone remember a police station inside Ward End Park in about the 1960s.?loverly pics VIV. The times i had to fish overturned boats and people out of there.when i worked for the parks dept.
and was a stand in keeper....like that one in the pic standing up in boat.
great pics thank youHappy days at the pool. Sorry, no dates for these. Viv.
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I don't remember a Police Station the FIRESTATION in the big houseDoes anyone remember a police station inside Ward End Park in about the 1960s.?
we would sit by the bridge listening for traffic,some time feeling the rail for the vibrations along the line. we could be in that pic too"No Mum, I won't go near the railway!" ............but the press let the cat out of the bag...myself and my 3yo sister (in the white hooded coat) with me to her right, in Ward End Park 1959. Published by the Evening Mail and reprinted by Metro News in 1999. The loco is still extant in the NRM in York.View attachment 151142
lovely sight