Re: Rhyddings park history ??
 

Re: Rhyddings park history ??
 

To anybody that might be interested in Rhyddings Park, l gave the guy that runs the ossygobbin pic site, some pictures we had of the park. There is one of my Grandpa with my Dad in the Park [1942] showing the old railings and the houses on Park Lane behind. Depending where you live your house could be on. Also a different pic we had of Hargreaves opening the Park which l don't think is on yet.
To access the new pics click on box marked updated photos.

http:/ossygobbin2003.fotopic.net

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Yeah he's a really nice guy, he's a member here as ossygobbin, but mainly goes in the footy room. lt's great our history is being saved, he's had hits from all over the world.
He's always looking to ad pics with an Ossy theme.

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lts defo on, unless he's moved it since yesterday.
lt's hard to see the pics until you enlarge them. He's written underneath it 'Ernest Martin Rhyddings Park 1942, note the railings and benches are no longer there.
Which makes it sound as if they're in our back garden, which they're not! :)

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Yeah just checked it's still on. Click on updated photos to get into main site. Park Lane photo on page showing photos 841-897. Sorry pages aren't numbered think its about page 10?

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Ah, thank you I've found it, very interesting, the railings I think are on top of the existing park wall, all the houses on park lane had railings, but as with a lot more they were removed to help the war effort. What is interesting is what I think is a lighting column/post in the park, when we moved on the lane the street lighting was via short columns actually in the park, could have been the same ones. The photo is taken near the middle of the lane, wonder who lives in those houses now? Would have downloaded the photo, but Mike seems to have stopped the right click bit, don't blame him cause I think a lot of his photos have been copied.
It is sad that the park is no longer what it was, just think if the "hall" and the ornate gardens had been preserved, but that was not to be. All I see is the lass that works in the park picking up all the empty cans, bottles and litter each morning.
HBC did apply for a lottery grant in 1996 to try to restore the park, but nothing came of it.

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thanks to jelly baby and Park381 for the Photo and the info on oswaldtwistle I have to watch what I'm useing on info Photos as to copy-right I'm always after info and Photos of ossy I know there is lots in the Library but at £5 to £6 a copy forget it I will just have to keep my ears and eyes open and ask round like I have be doing the last few years most of the Photos the old ones that is have come folks that there dad Mam did are had but the to day Photo I did are folks like you have sent them in I always ask if I know were they have come from ==== thanks every one Mike ossygobbin.

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Mike, no problem only to glad to help record a little of the history of ossy, if I come across any more I will pass them on to you.

Cheers and keep up the good work

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wow Park thats brill news hope it all works out I have the Photos on file and I will have them ready also other things I know about that are hiden in the Park can't say to much right now thanks for the info

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thats cool with me someone to keep an eye over thing PUT MY NAME ON THE LIST I WILL BE THERE --BRILL NEWS FOR EVERY ONE