This image taken in September 2016 is from the same spot as (1) The pond has been filled in, tarmac has replaced the crazy paving and the fairy steps are virtually gone. The more rustic benches have been replaced by low maintenance, vandal proof metal structures.
The rocks in the foreground are man made and part of an adventure playground. The fairy steps behind the photographer are no more and are steps to a tubular slide. The view is a fairly attractive open space and the trees are beautiful, but a very different view to (1) taken in the 1960's.
Date (of image) : 0/9/2016
Donor : F.Wilson
Creator : F. Wilson
Location
This beautiful view taken in the mid 1960s shows the greatly missed Peter Pan pond and statue, the manicured grass ,tended rockeries and neat wooden benches. The rockery in the background to the left of the shelter (which was a sun trap) was also a set of 'fairy steps' much loved by children. There was another set of fairy steps behind the pond and where the photographer would be standing.
Compare this to photo (2) today.
More detail »The Burn Valley Gardens, Hartlepool was opened to the public in 1898. Bowling greens were added in 1913.
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