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Queen's Park

During the 70 years or so before the Park opened to the public in 1892, it had been a pleasure ground in private hands.

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  • A potted history of the area

    A potted history of the area

    This is a complex area in social terms. The earliest development was around the fringe of the German Spa and ...
  • Attree Villa: completed in 1830

    Attree Villa: completed in 1830

    Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990.  As a result, some of ...
  • Chased by the park keeper in the 1940s

    Chased by the park keeper in the 1940s

    “It was the most amazing adventure of my short and sheltered life. What seemed to me like several hundred children ...
  • Dodging the 'Parkies' and catching 'effets'

    Dodging the 'Parkies' and catching 'effets'

    The notorious ‘Parkies’ I was born in Freshfield Road, and lived in Whichelo Place throughout the war. I was a Post ...
  • First laid out in 1824

    First laid out in 1824

    Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990.  As a result, some of ...
  • George Duddell: purchased the estate c1863

    George Duddell: purchased the estate c1863

    By the age of thirty six George Duddell had made his fortune in Hong Kong by becoming an influential property ...
  • History : 1824 to 1900

    History : 1824 to 1900

    The park was originally laid out in 1824 by John Armstrong as a ‘subscription pleasure garden’ to be known as ...
  • History of Attree's Villa

    History of Attree's Villa

    Having bought the parkland sometime between 1825 and 1830, Thomas Attree no doubt wished to use it as a setting ...
  • History of the spa

    History of the spa

    In the early part of the nineteenth century there were spas all over Europe as they were highly fashionable. A problem ...
  • History: 1970 to the present day.

    History: 1970 to the present day.

    In the 1970s three main campaigns, initiated by the people who used the park, had a huge impact in transforming ...
  • History:1900 to 1960

    History:1900 to 1960

    Before the First World War the park appears to have been extremely well looked after by the council. In 1909 ...
  • Jack Wilson: Park keeper in the 1950s

    Jack Wilson: Park keeper in the 1950s

    At the end of the 1940s to early 1950s there were two park keepers employed at Queens Park. One was ...
  • Map of the park c1830

    Map of the park c1830

  • Mischief La-Bàs's theatre group

    Mischief La-Bàs's theatre group

    As part of the Brighton Festival in May 2004 theatre group Mischief La-Bàs’s completely took over Queen’s Park for three ...
  • Nostalgic photo miscellany

    Nostalgic photo miscellany

  • Opened to the public in 1892

    Opened to the public in 1892

    During the 70 years or so before the Park opened to the public in 1892, it had been a pleasure ...
  • Owned by Thomas Attree, the 'King of Brighton'

    Owned by Thomas Attree, the 'King of Brighton'

    By the time Thomas Attree had purchased Queen’s Park he had become one of the most influential and powerful solicitors ...
  • Paper negative image c1860

    Paper negative image c1860

  • Queen's Park Pepper Pot Drop-in

    Queen's Park Pepper Pot Drop-in

    Well loved landmark The Pepper Pot, a well known Queen’s Park landmark which sometimes referred to as the Pepper Box, was ...
  • Shakespearean theatre in the Spa

    Shakespearean theatre in the Spa

    From 1988 until about 1996 I was involved in running a theatre group that produced open air Shakespeare plays in ...
  • The 'Pepperpot'

    The 'Pepperpot'

    The Pepper-pot was built to house the villa’s pump and water tank. It supplied water by force from the pressure ...
  • The Archways, built c1830

    The Archways, built c1830

    The two archways, one at the head of Egremont Place and the other at Park Street, are another remnant of ...
  • The clock: funded by a local tradesman

    The clock: funded by a local tradesman

    At the opening ceremony of the Park to the public, the mayoress, Mrs.Ewart, commented how nice it would be if ...
  • The Drinking Fountain

    The Drinking Fountain

    A year after the Park was opened to the public a drinking fountain was placed in the Park as a ...
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