Handsworth Park

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Handsworth Park (originally Victoria Park) is a park in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, England. It lies 10 minutes by bus from the centre of Birmingham and comprises 63 acres (25 hectares) of landscaped grass slopes, including a large boating lake and a smaller pond fed by the Farcroft and Grove Brooks, flower beds, mature trees and shrubs with a diversity of wildlife, adjoining St. Mary''s Church, Handsworth to the north, containing the graves of the fathers of the Industrial Revolution, James Watt, Matthew Boulton and William Murdoch, and the founders of Aston Villa Football Club and the Victoria Jubilee Allotments site to the south, to be laid out, under a - now delayed - planning gain agreement, as a mix of housing, playing fields and allotments during 2009. The completion of a Pds. 9.5 million restoration and rejuvenation of Handsworth Park wascelebrated with a Grand Re-Opening Celebration led by Councillor Mike Sharpe, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, speaking from the restored bandstand at 2.00pm on Saturday 8 July 2006, followed by a count down by a large enthusiastic crowd and the release of clouds of confetti.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786131703959
• ISBN-10: 6131703957
• Artikelnr.: 29821108