Favourite Parks

[Joey66]

The park where I started my apprenticeship back then in the early 1970s - it had a large plant Nursery - The parks canteen was on the site of the demolition of Glandstones Mansion - the foundation blocks were used as kerbs on the mnain drive of the entrance of the park - once owned by Bibbys Agricultural firm donated to the Huyton UDC on a peanut lease as long as it was used for park purposes - a weired twist as it was in then Liverpool corporation borough, but the engine room of Huyton Parks department producing home-grown trees - Shrubs - Bedding plants, & pot plants on a massive scale - with a large conservertory open to the public - all plants were propagated from scratch -Trees, Shrubs etc

 

[Rich1878]

A bit surprised no one has mentioned Morrisons car park yet

 

[Rita_Poon]

 

[The T-Dex]

Horrors. Every one of you.

Poor Dex.

Honestly I'd forgotten I'd even posted this.

 

[The T-Dex]

The park where I started my apprenticeship back then in the early 1970s - it had a large plant Nursery - The parks canteen was on the site of the demolition of Glandstones Mansion - the foundation blocks were used as kerbs on the mnain drive of the entrance of the park - once owned by Bibbys Agricultural firm donated to the Huyton UDC on a peanut lease as long as it was used for park purposes - a weired twist as it was in then Liverpool corporation borough, but the engine room of Huyton Parks department producing home-grown trees - Shrubs - Bedding plants, & pot plants on a massive scale - with a large conservertory open to the public - all plants were propagated from scratch -Trees, Shrubs etc

Lovely park that, weird swamp they've built there now.

 

[Joey66]

Lovely park that, weird swamp they've built there now.

Knowsley Council would not extend the lease with Bibby's as the cost went up then a natural flower organisation got a lottery grant to take it over - this ran out the tree nursery is now houses the park still exists under Knowsley MBC but it's nothing like it's hey day - nurseries gone - very basic probably run by volunteers?

 

[Joey66]