Chestnuts park. Official Launch, unofficial photos

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on May 12, 2008 at 20:42

Thanks for the photos Liz. They reminded me that in my childhood days, the park was very different. For one thing, the area between the path around the edge of the playing field and the railings, was covered in shrubs and bushes and it was impossible to see into the park from the street. Probably too dangerous these days..
Also the house was still there, plus a quite large air-raid shelter, right behind were the playground was. After the war it was used by the council to keep the Park Keepers equipment in.

During the war, there were also barrage balloons stationed in the park and one of these broke loose in a storm and collided with the steeple of St Ann's Church, taking the top off of it. It used to be possible to see the new part of the steeple, by the diffrent colour of the masonary.

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Permalink Reply by Alison Smith on May 16, 2008 at 11:41

It was a really nice day out. I was busy doing the seed planting on the GRA stall & we had about 60 people pass by & take a seed home to grow. At one stage there was hardly room to move in the park for all the picnicers & visitors.

Really well done to the 2 / 3 that had the idea & got it off the ground!

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Permalink Reply by Fana on May 16, 2008 at 15:41

Thanks for the pics Liz, everything looks great.

I do hope our residents can keep it looking like that.

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