SearchCurrently displaying: 32 results. Clear the search. You can also search our Questions and Answers.You've searched for:Area: "Queen's Park" xCategories: "Parks and gardens" x Search term Filter by Categories City Insights (1)Topics (2)Community Matters (1)Community Groups (1)Views of the city: images & opinions (1)Best of Brighton and Hove (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest The Pepperpot - ideas on a date? While in the process of moving, I came across this photo of the Pepper Pot/Box. Unfortunately there is no mention ... The Friends of Queen's Park The Friends of Queens Park (TFQP) in their mission statement state that they exist to maintain and improve the facilities ... Map of the park c1830 The morning after the 1987 storm “I remember waking up on the morning of Friday 16th October 1987, after a night of frightening winds, and hearing ... You could hear the school bell “My favourite place was always Queens Park. When I was a child I used to have to cut through it to ... 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 ... 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 ... The Royal Spa:opened in 1825 Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990. As a result, some of ... 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 ... The southern area Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990. As a result, some of ... 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 ... The Archways, built c1830 The two archways, one at the head of Egremont Place and the other at Park Street, are another remnant of ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... The Drinking Fountain A year after the Park was opened to the public a drinking fountain was placed in the Park as a ... The Great Storm On the night of the 16th October 1987, high winds swept across Southern England causing huge damage and destruction. The ... The Lake Between 1891-2 Queen’s Park was being re-laid in time for its opening to the public. The most notable change was ... The official opening of Queen's Park Queen’s Park was opened to the public on 10th August 1892 by Major Ewart. After receiving the keys to the ... The 'Pepperpot' The Pepper-pot was built to house the villa’s pump and water tank. It supplied water by force from the pressure ... 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 ... 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:1900 to 1960 Before the First World War the park appears to have been extremely well looked after by the council. In 1909 ... 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 ... 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 ... Paper negative image c1860 Nostalgic photo miscellany Welcome to Queen's Park Your editor for Queen’s Park is Andrew Bradstreet. If you’ve got any queries about this area, or can add any ... 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 of Attree's Villa Having bought the parkland sometime between 1825 and 1830, Thomas Attree no doubt wished to use it as a setting ... 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' The notorious ‘Parkies’ I was born in Freshfield Road, and lived in Whichelo Place throughout the war. I was a Post ...