Sundays in the Park

How do you spend your Sundays? Perhaps you find yourself walking around Errwood Park/Cringle Fields just like Gladys used to.

By The Burnage: a place called home team

Gladys remembers a very different park, with a band playing in the band stand, while football teams from the local pubs continued their tournaments for local victory.

Look at the difference between these photographs - the first is from a postcard dating to around the Second World War, the second was taken in the 1960s when the band stand was left to deteriorate. (With thanks to Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives for the images).

What are your memories of the park? Do you remember the band stand, the lido or the bowling green?

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“Sundays in the Park,” Burnage: a place called home, accessed December 22, 2024, http://burnagehome.co.uk/stories/items/show/59.
Published on Aug 10, 2020.