14 Palmerston Road And Kilburn Grange Park
A Memory of Kilburn.
My great-grandmother, Gertrude Bowes (née James) was the Park Attendant in Kilburn Grange Park.
Her granddaughter, my mother, Margaret, spoke a lot about visiting her and the happy times she had in Kilburn.
A few years ago, I visited the park with my mother and she reminisced about the area. A lady saw us walking around and she asked us where we were from; when we mentioned Mrs Bowes, the Park Attendant, she remembered her from all those years before.
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16 January 2016
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Your great grandmother kindly let me and a friend walk through it very quickly, so as not to be seen. We felt so special.
Another time playing in the bushes backing on to Kilburn high road, I found about 4 shopping bags full of packets of cigarettes (obviously stolen ) I ran to tell your great grandmother but when we got back they were gone. As I said before, she was always on the look out for us children and made us feel safe. That park was full of children most of the year and we used to get up to all sorts, climbing trees and getting heads stuck in railings. Parents were relived to know she was there for us. It was never quite the same after she left.