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    My Brother told me a story about someone being hanged In the old boat shack In Princes Park years ago.

    Boat Shacks burned down now though.
    i heard something like that max.
    I also heard the island in Princes Park was haunted.


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    Is this park still in Liverpool please ? any sites to view it if still there..


    Thanks Caterina..

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    Quote Originally Posted by caterina View Post
    Is this park still in Liverpool please ? any sites to view it if still there..


    Thanks Caterina..
    Yes the park is still there and I posted some pictures in the photo section of Princes Park a few weeks ago.

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    Thanks Steven for the info on Princes Park..


    Caterina..

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    Is there an up to date photo of Princes Park asi would like to what it looks like as i was told my Mum used to go there years ago and would like to know what state the park is now in very interested to know ..

    Thankyou Caterina..

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    http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourc...ark+liverpool+

    you might find something here.

    Just scoll down and see if there are any photos.

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    Here's two not very good photos Princes Park. The Park has not been well maintained and been allowed to deteriorate. Having said that, it's still an attractive place to walk around and imagine what it once was really like
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    Quote Originally Posted by caterina View Post
    Is there an up to date photo of Princes Park asi would like to what it looks like as i was told my Mum used to go there years ago and would like to know what state the park is now in very interested to know ..

    Thankyou Caterina..
    Hi Caterina

    Here's search on Flickr that revealed photographs of Princes Park:

    http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Live...k&w=all&m=tags

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    Thanks all so far for your kind help really kind this is such a good site..

    Caterina

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    PurplE Aki "hung" out there ,apparently

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    £70,000 revamp for historic park gates

    Feb 1 2008 by Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

    AN historic set of Liverpool park gates are to get a £70,000 restoration.

    The work on the “sunburst” gates and their sandstone pillars at Princes Park, Toxteth, is expected to be completed by late spring.

    Workmen went on site this week to remove the giant pair of decorative gates for refurbishment.

    Last June, the Friends of Princes Park campaign group highlighted their fears the gates at the park’s main entrance were dangerous and needed urgent attention.

    A Liverpool council spokesman said: “The restoration work will cost just under £70,000 and that money is coming from the neighbourhood fund.”

    Princes Park was the idea of iron merchant and philanthropist Richard Vaughan Yates and was designed as a private park by Joseph Paxton in 1842, although the public had access to certain areas before the council took it over in 1918.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kev View Post
    £70,000 revamp for historic park gates

    Feb 1 2008 by Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

    AN historic set of Liverpool park gates are to get a £70,000 restoration.

    The work on the “sunburst” gates and their sandstone pillars at Princes Park, Toxteth, is expected to be completed by late spring.

    Workmen went on site this week to remove the giant pair of decorative gates for refurbishment.

    Last June, the Friends of Princes Park campaign group highlighted their fears the gates at the park’s main entrance were dangerous and needed urgent attention.

    A Liverpool council spokesman said: “The restoration work will cost just under £70,000 and that money is coming from the neighbourhood fund.”

    Princes Park was the idea of iron merchant and philanthropist Richard Vaughan Yates and was designed as a private park by Joseph Paxton in 1842, although the public had access to certain areas before the council took it over in 1918.

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    Great to hear! Thanks, Kev.

    I'm for anything that will upgrade Liverpool's parks as they have been and should be again some of the gems in the city's crown.

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    Two days ago I took a pic of a sign (Aigburth 2 3/4 miles, I think it said), right next to those gates. I never even noticed if the gates had been removed or not. I'll have to check.

    Edit: Yes, the gates have gone. Some of the sandstone pillar sections have been taken down. The joints between these have looked a bit unsafe, for ages.
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    Quote Originally Posted by marky View Post
    Two days ago I took a pic of a sign (Aigburth 2 3/4 miles, I think it said), right next to those gates. I never even noticed if the gates had been removed or not. I'll have to check.

    Edit: Yes, the gates have gone. Some of the sandstone pillar sections have been taken down. The joints between these have looked a bit unsafe, for ages.
    Just taken some pictures. It looks very strange without those beautiful gates!




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    The Sunburst gates after a hail-storm, Dec. 2007. The sand-stone pillars looked badly damaged, when I saw them today.


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