Sparkhill park

[Vivienne14]

Halcyon days in Sparkhill Park. Don’t know the date but possibly 1950s(?).

 

[Vivienne14]

Another view of the park, sorry no date. Viv.

 

[Mrs searcher]

Halcyon days in Sparkhill Park. Don’t know the date but possibly 1950s(?).View attachment 147057

I agree, 1950s I remember paddling across to the little island and getting “ blood suckers” on my legs.

 

[Moseley Bill]

Did we all go to Sparkhill Library?

I was in there almost every day

 

[janeymack1]

Have loved reading all these memories of Sparkhill Park. Did the Park open and close every evening and did the Park Keeper live nearby? Was there ever a bowling green, or tennis courts? What was The Spider?

 

[farmerdave]

Did we all go to Sparkhill Library?

I was in there almost every day

I went there regularly. Used to walk from Sarehole Road where it joins the Stratford Road. Probably early fifties and well before Hall Green Library came into existence. Dave.

 

[Bish Bong]

Hi all, I lived in Showell Green Lane & the top half of the park was where all my activities took place. Football, Cricket, Headers, etc. The priest from English Martyrs Catholic Church sometimes joined in, as did the vicar from St Johns church, reverend Tetley. My time at the park would have begen from about 1946 to 1955 when I left school (St Johns & Formans Road). Used to enjoy time in the Dell, an area next to the Women'sHospital.

 

[Bish Bong]

Remember the Marquee that was erected in the park, just across the path from the shelter just above the tennis courts. The large grassy area was at one time used as allotments, probably during the war, &.my father had two plots which fed us for quite a long time.

 

[BrummieGeoff]

Sparkhill Park in 1959 .... showing the paddling pool and the Sons of Rest building.

 

[Mal Oliver]

Did we all go to Sparkhill Library?

I was in there almost every day

I did! I remember going to a birthday party party of a friend ( we went to St John’s school next door) whose parents were caretakers and lived in rooms in the library . It was so exciting being in the library when it was closed . Do I remember rightly that there was a huge staircase that led up to the Adult section? The children’s section was on the ground floor.
Did you go to Sparkhill swimming baths ( as they were called) They had individual baths as well that people could use if they didn’t have a bath at home .
I lived in Bromyard Rd and my house backed on to the allotments and the River Cole. My sister and her friend made a “raft” and tried to sail it on said river with disastrous results! She came home very wet