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Hall Park
during refurbishment East side of the Hall
The steps at the end of the terrace remain
but the terrace was replaced in the 1970s
The Hall - note the benches and the stone steps now removed
Photo by Vic Childs

Boys at the drinking fountain A new planter
The drinking fountain c1950s and a new planter where it once stood as part of the town's 2009 refurbishment

drinking fountain
The drinking fountain and footpath to the Hall Avenue gates
door to the walled garden
An old door into the walled garden

1957/8 in their Sunday best!
In the 1950s people would walk to the park for a leisurly stroll around the grounds
This group of youths in about 1957/58 are in their Sunday best!

Back row: Pete Trott, Tim Dickens, ?, Keith Chester
Front row: Paul Drage, ?, John Nunley, ? , ?.


The Old Paved Garden
The Old Paved Garden - a postcard
the hall in the snow 1981
The hall and park in the snow in 1981 - by Robert Clark

Extract from Council Meeting June 1949

The Parks Committee recommended that a further attempt should now be made to secure Government approval for the restoration of the Hall Park as nearly as possible to its pre-war condition.

The Surveyor (Mr. A. Millar) submitted an estimate, amounting to £5,600, for the restoration of the pasture and the planting of an avenue. His further scheme for development, which would include tennis courts and car parking facilities, was deferred, pending a decision on the general principle of restoration.



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