City people finally got a public park.Leazes Park Leazes Park is a park in Newcastle upon Tyne. It lies to the west of the city centre. It is the city's oldest park, opened in 1873. It contains a lake above the course of the Lort Burn. It is next to St James' Park and the Royal Victoria Infirmary. in Newcastle was always popular with the locals on Sundays, who made their way to the open space to listen to the band as this picture, taken at the beginning of the 1900s, shows. Leazes Park was opened to the public on December 23, 1873, by Alderman Sir Charles Hamond. It was the first public park in Newcastle and covered 43.21 acres, including a boating lake, bandstand, bowling and croquet croquet (krōkā`), lawn game in which the players hit wooden balls with wooden mallets through a series of 9 or 10 wire arches, or wickets. The first player to hit the posts placed at each end of the field wins. greens. The creation of the park was a drawn-out affair which took 30 years, thanks to the interference of many politicians of the day. Designers John Hancock, John Laing and finally John Fulton, the town surveyor, produced designs, some of which were rejected as too expensive. |
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