Minehead, Hopcott Lane 1919
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More about this scene
This became the main park for Minehead in 1924 following private donations towards a scheme for the conversion of 6 acres of meadows. It was laid out as 'winter gardens' with flower beds, where deck chairs could be hired. There was a bandstand which was converted into a café; later came a putting green. Another bandstand survived, providing concerts and dancing (old time and folk) in the 1950s and 60s; it still provides a weekly concert in summer. Alongside the gardens runs Blenheim Road, Minehead's first toll road, built in the 1760s to connect Lower Town to Quay Street. In this street, Arthur C Clarke, writer of science fact and fiction, was born.
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