The Boating Lake, always popular!!
So very smartly dressed...........postcard dated 1926
Childrens Paddling Pool 1923 (below)
Close-up photo below, small vase, made of Grafton china and retailed in a shop, 'Lee of Rusholme'
Close-up photo above, small vase, made of Grafton china and retailed in a shop, 'Lee of Rusholme'
When those poor men laboured away through the winter of 1908-09, moving tons of earth to create the lake and the island, apparently without mechanical excavators, I wonder if they realised how popular this part of the Park would become.
1913 Postcard below, The Boathouse
There are endless pictures of the lake, so many have children playing by the waterside, some 50 boats or more could be hired for rowing around the lake, whilst two motor launches, (one named William Royle), could take the less energetic around the island.
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