Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Victorian park plans
Park plans to be unveiled
Over the course of the last couple of years I have questioned in this blog why we could not have parks to be proud of, parks to compete with our neighbours in Sunderland and Gateshead. I featured Mowbray Park and Saltwell Park as standards by which our parks could be judged, and our current parks at the sea front did not reach the standards attained by our neighbours. I argued that we, too, should be competing for Heritage Lottery Grant Aid to restore our prime parks to their former glory, the two Marine Parks were once the pride of the north-east. The Council commenced a public consultation exercise to ask what we would like to see in the way of sea front development, and how we would like to see the South Marine Park, in particular, improved.
The result of this process has seen the Council launch a bid for Lottery funding and work up a plan to restore and improve the South Marine Park, recognising it's importance in the bigger picture of building tourism in South Shields, and making it a worthwhile place to visit, and to be proud of as a resident. This Sunday 16th. April, there will be a "Family Fun Day" in the South Marine Park from 11.00 a.m. until 3.00 p.m. when you can join in guided walks, activities, games, children's face painting, or bird box making. More importantly you can be one of the first to view the proposed designs for the restoration of the park.
Easter Sunday, in it's Christian context, represents a new start, new life, or a rebirth, I applaud the Council for choosing this date to mark the rebirth of one of our best assets, I only hope and pray that we are not blessed with the traditional wet weekend that we tend to see over this holiday period. Despite having to work at the Corner Shop, I will make time to visit the park and see the plans first hand (hoping that some of my suggestions have been included in some small way.)
For further details please telephone Mark Cummings at The Central Library, 0191 4247298.
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