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Bateman was also responsible for laying out the Arboretum at Derby, the first public park in England.The Grange later became a children's hospital.

Along with Woodhouse Moor to the north, the park was considered the chief lung of the city, where for a few hours at the weekend factory workers had an opportunity to get away from the dust

A pre-war motorcar of much character is parked outside 63 Manor Way on the corner of Chipstead Way, whilst a modern delivery van runs downhill towards Rectory Lane.

Electricity has played a great part in transport in Ipswich throughout the first half of the 20th century, first with trams, and then with the trolley buses.

Timber from the extensive woodland surrounding Fernhurst provided fuel for the nearby ironworks at North Park during the 17th and 18th centuries.

It is a pleasant summer's day out in the park, which was created in 1890 to mark the Queen's jubilee.

This was about the last period in Enfield's history when the on-street parking of vehicles was quite so easy - note the complete absence of yellow lines.

The 15-acre Drayton Manor park and zoo is close by; the village of Drayton Bassett is to the southwest.

Woodbury's village green is rarely as empty of parked cars as it was in this day in the 1960s.

Harlow swimming pool is in the Town Park.

It was here that Jane Austen wrote 'Mansfield Park', 'Emma' and 'Persuasion'.

In the foreground is Wycombe Wanderers' first ground, Adams Park, seen here in its early days.

It was here that Jane Austen wrote 'Mansfield Park', 'Emma' and 'Persuasion'.

The edge of the river was soon marked out for free parking.

Parking is beginning to present a problem.

Parking is beginning to present a problem.The numerous projecting first floor bay windows give period atmosphere and character to the street.

Beyond the boating pool and outside the park was Middle Mill, demolished in the careless 1950s.

The thatched cottage was the original gatehouse for Brampton Park, which became RAF Brampton in the Second World War.

Two years before this photograph was taken, Reading Corporation was persuaded that Prospect Park should be bought 'for the benefit of weary workers who, when at rest, need some open space where communion

This view looks towards Park Street, and the cottages on the left are still there.

The 5th Company of the London Brigade was based in Gadebridge Park, with its headquarters in the Town Hall.

The illegally-parked and shining Hillman Minx is a forerunner of the age of mass motoring, which will soon overwhelm the city's streets.

An open-topped tourer and motor-cycles are parked by the entrance railings.

As well as the development along the seafront, we can see the awnings on the shops along Station Road, the station, and the terrace known as Athol Park.