On 28th April 1962 Alderman Gallimore, chairman of West Hartlepool Parks Committee declared Seaton Park open. It was stocked with 800 shrubs and 250 trees.
Date (of image) : 28/4/1962
Donor : Hartlepool Museum Service
Creator : NDM
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George Physick Kingsley Gallimore was for many years principal of Rosebank High School in Elwick Road and lived in an apartment in Ambleside Manor which was also used as the senior department of the school. He lived with his sister. His preferred Christian name was Kingsley which had possibly been his mother's or aunt's maiden name.
He was originally called George Gallimore Physick and on 13th March 1929, with an address of Dane Croft, Grosvenor Gardens Newcastle under Lyme Staffordshire and an occupation as schoolmaster, he changed his name by deed poll to George Physick Kingsley Gallimore. This was thereafter the name by which he was known. The reason for this change is unclear.
Gallimore was a J.P. and also involved in local politics, being Mayor of Hartlepool in 1969.
He was possibly from the Stoke on Trent area originally.
More detail »Seaton Park was developed on the site of Glebe Farm Estate in Station Lane, Seaton Carew. The land was purchased by West Hartlepool Council in 1949 and planning was begun in August 1959. The park was opened in April 1962.
The park was built on what were known locally as Dodd's and Eggy's fields. Located just behind the sea front, it covers 6.5 hectares and has tennis courts, a bowling green and children's playgrounds.
There is a very active Friends of Seaton Park group with a website at http://www.seatonheritage.co.uk/.
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