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Opening of Albert Park

The Park Entrance c1965 Ref: M71045
The Park Entrance c1965
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My great grandfather, Mark MIDGLEY was a member of the First North Yorks Artillery Volunteers. He was in number four battery for 11 years where he rose to the rank of sergeant-major.
I have news paper cuttings of him celebrating his 90th birthday (1941) in which he recalls those days. He remembered the visit of the Duke of Connaught when he opened the Albert Park in Middlesbrough 1868. He was a member of one of the artillery detachments which fired a salute. He says it poured down all the time "we got drenched to the skin, and received  a shilling each for it."

Written by Mark Gatenby. To send Mark Gatenby a private message, click here.

A memory of Middlesbrough in Cleveland shared on Wednesday, 6th February 2008.

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