Kingsbury, The Boating Pool c.1955
Photo ref:
K167009
Photo ref:
K167009
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What is now called Kingsbury Water Park contains 30 pools like this, set in 600 acres of the Tame Valley. The legacy of five decades of sand and gravel extraction, the water park has been open to the public since 1975. It receives over 300,000 visitors a year, mainly for bird watching, angling, walking, horse riding and water sports.
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A Selection of Memories from Kingsbury
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. Here are some from Kingsbury
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I was evacuated from London (via Norfolk) to Kingsbury in 1940 and lived in a lane called "Sunnyside" and went to Kingsbury School. The headmaster was a Mr Leonard Brain and I sang in the choir at Kingsbury Church. Behind the church the land dropped away which gave a good view of the river and the water meadows. The river seemingly was one large sewer and given to overflowing in ...see more
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