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MEMORIES OF HOWARD PARK & GARDEN
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Swimming Pool Rendezvous Cinema Bowling Club Pix Brook Howard Hall
Lakes Ball Memorial Garden Over 60's Club Play Area Park in General Museum
Two interlinked ponds were dug by
hand in 1905. Fondly known as the Arti by the locals. By 1930 they had become muddy and a bit of an
eyesore so they were lined with concrete to form the paddling pool.
The picture on the left shows the round seat which Minnie Witherden
describes in her memory of the May Day Celebrations. it is where
she says the May Queen stood.
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Recorded April 2008 by Margaret Redding
1915-18
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Recorded April 2008 by Margaret Redding
1915-18
An outdoor flat green bowls club
was located within the Howard
Park and Garden Complex in1932 and became known as The Howard Garden
Bowls Club and is still thriving today.MEMORY
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In 1953 a couple requested permission to erect a single cradle swing adjacent to the paddling pool as a memorial to their young child.. The request was granted and it set the precedent for the later sets of swings pictured on the right and the development of the present enclosed play area situated to the east of the pool
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Originally the Letchworth Office for the practice of architects and planners (Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin), and later the home of Barry Parker and his family, it was leased out to the Urban District Council and opened as a Museum in 1977. In 1984 the Letchworth Garden City Corporation took over the running of the Museum.
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The Ball
Memorial Garden was opened in 1935 on the site of the old swimming pool
and was paid for by public subscriptions.
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Paid
for by public subscriptions and grants from the Hertfordshire County
Council and other charities, the Howard Garden Over 60's Club was opened
on 3rd September 1953. In 1970 the "Day Care" wing was built. MEMORY
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Rendezvous Cinema
This popular wooden building which stood on the site now occupied by the Howard Garden Social and Day Care Centre, showed silent movies and hosted concerts and sing alongs finally closed in the 1930's.
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Recorded March 2008 by Margaret Redding
1920 - 30
Mrs
Howard Hall was built from monies raised by public
subscriptions to commemorate the life and work of the first Mrs Ebenezer
Howard who died suddenly in 1904. This was the first public
building and was initially used for social events and meetings.
Mrs Howard had wanted a hall which would be a centre for
education, social intercourse and recreation for use of the people of
Letchworth.
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Recorded March 2008 by Margaret Redding
1945 - 50
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