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Streetly is a residential community built alongside the Roman road known as Ryknild Street, traces of which can still be seen in Sutton Park.

compared to some of the previous pictures: the pavements are crowded with pedestrians and the road is heaving with traffic. 1955 was a year of newspaper and dock strikes; it was also the year in which parking

There is a bowling green at the Town's large sports park.

A ladies' bowls match is in progress in the peaceful setting of Zetland Park, at the start of the Coast Road to Marske.

The former private gardens of the residents of Palmyra Square were purchased in 1897 as a park to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and were opened to the public on the 17th of October 1898.

striking feature in the grounds of York House, were purchased in Rome in the late 19th century by the city financier Whitaker Wright - intended for the grotto room under the lake at his Witley Park

The buildings themselves enclose a large rectangle, within which wide, tree-lined avenues bisect Cathays Park.

The road to the front of the houses is now much wider, and there is a small park opposite the college.

The view from this side of the river includes the industrial gasworks, but further down river past the weir is the rather more pleasant Myrtle Park, which opened to the public in 1908.

Otherwise, there is little but the parked cars to give a clue to the date of this photograph. The timber- framed buildings, on the left, are believed to date from the 16th century.

The south porch was removed for road widening in 1831, and is now a folly at Nowton Park.

Clearly health care was a more peaceful business in the 1920s; today the gardens have disappeared under a mass of wards and car parking belonging to the Stamford and Rutland Infirmary.

The lake in Cyfarthfa Park covers nearly 7 acres. It was used for boating in pre-Second World War days, but after this it slowly ceased to be used for this purpose.

These girls look as if they are taking a break in their lunch hour, perhaps from the newly established ICI pharmaceutical laboratories in Alderley Park.

The island was opened as a pleasure park in 1844. In 1971 Totnes was twinned with Vire in Normandy and the island was renamed Vire Island.

The walls once surrounded both the castle and Clifford's Tower.The site of the old gate is now a car park.

Most of them appear to have arrived on bicycles, as there are a number of machines parked up.

Houses in Park Avenue were in great demand by professional people who work took them to Cardiff - like the Parade, the nearness of Barry Station and the view over the Old Harbour were great incentives

On the pier there is an amusement park, with the Big Dipper taking pride of place.

Here we see a large caravan park, very popular at this time.

This view is taken from the Elizabeth Street end of the park, and looks north towards the Everard Arms (facing the pathway) and Forest Gate Road.

Looking down across the recreational park leads the eyeline to the scarred skyline with menacing stratus clouds building up.

As we have seen even the smallest colliery village wherever it may be in the Rhondda Valleys has its own park. This one looks more suited to the youngsters of the area with its swings and slide.

Fading into the distance is the high ground of Thorndon Park.