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1950 High Blantyre Park Pool

July 12, 2019

Elizabeth Weaver shared this beautiful photo, a first time certainly I’ve ever seen the former Paddling Pool at High Blantyre Park. (Kirkton Park). Located near the entrance to Broompark Avenue, the paddling pool I believe was built in the 1940s, though this photo dates around 1950. The houses at Broompark Avenue are in the background. […]

1967 Complaints about the Park

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June 6, 2019

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Complaints about the Stonefield Public Park were heard in June 1967 at a meeting of the 8th District Council. The first concerned the number of children and adults who were increasingly using the boating pond for bathing, particularly during that very hot summer. At times it had been so busy the boats hardly had room […]