A gentle stroll around the Park.
The view below is dated 1911 and shows a very new avenue of trees from Platt Lane across to Gore Brook
A cup of tea in Platt Hall ?
Platt Hall above was initially used as Tea Rooms & a large sign is across the portico, 'Refreshments'
Less energetic views than the previous sports page.
View below 1912 of the westerly bridge over Gore Brook, spire of Holy Trinity in the background
Children being pushed in prams 1912
Westerly view, shelter on left & lake background 1912.
Remember! Wherever you see a 'Gallery' of smaller pictures as below then click on the picture and it will expand.
The Avenue was taken in 1911 and with exception of the 'Shakespeare Garden' postcard all of these views are prior to 1916.
Refreshment Rooms photographs are dated circa 191-12 and one card has the simplest message from the sender, 'A well known place here'!! Platt Hall must have made very fine tea rooms in the first years under the Parks Committee. One further aspect of these pictures is that you still see on the Ground floor the large Victorian sash windows. Since 1947 Platt Hall has been used as the Gallery of Costume.
Gore Brook clearly shows the recently constructed brickwork ensuring the waste flowed easily through the park. William Royle recalls in his book, 'It used to be a very much wider stream than it is now in the Platt Estate, and I well remember when it was 20 or 30 yards wide and it was a fine place for skating. I have bathed in it scores of times'
The Grounds, Platt Hall seems to be dated 1908. Earlier maps show at walled garden to the north-west of the Hall and perhaps that is it before the various works started later that year .
Platt Fields 2010
Platt Fields is still in the management of Manchester City Council. A very enthusiastic Friends of Platt Fields are responsible for helping to organise events and activities. etc Their website can be accessed below. Remember to press the back button on your browser to return to this website.