They're not filling it in. I think there was some problem around the edge, subsidence possibly. Last time I looked they appeared to be making repairs at the Washwood Heath End. Mainly they had been working at the far end.
It does look a bit of a sight at the moment.
lolif it was not for the park,i might not be posting this reply. thats were my mom and dad met.
This was Jack Newett, an ex-boxerwho I remember having tea with in his hut from time to time when I was a Parks Patrol officer in the early seventies. Jack had been a dog handler for the Parks Dept. keeping the dog in a kennel at Ward End Park but one day the Parks Dept called him to the office on a pretext so that they could take the dog away from him. He was very upset over that.When my eldest son was born in 1963 I spent many happy hours pushing his pram round the park and sitting watching the old chaps play bowls.
I recall a very tall slim park keeper called Jack he had a large push bike, the kids were terrified of him.
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