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Kettering, Pleasure Park Bandstand c.1960
Photo ref: K13058
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Memories of Kettering, Pleasure Park Bandstand c1960

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Kettering, Pleasure Park Bandstand c.1960

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The shown photo is how I remembered it circa 1955 when I was 10 years old. Very popular venue for Sunday brassbands and the occasional visiting magician/children's entertainers. When the bandstand was not in use during weekdays, folding chairs would often be stored within it. Prior to an event, council workers (possibly council park staff that lived in a house on the edge of the park) would empty the bandstand ...see more