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    Hiya ,
    Can anyone confirm the name of the donkey buried in Princes Park. Was it JUDY?
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    Quote Originally Posted by gorgeous View Post
    Hiya ,
    Can anyone confirm the name of the donkey in Princess Park , Was it JUDY ?
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    Certainly was gorgeous..


    http://www.toxteth.net/places/liverp...20park%202.htm

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    Awww that takes me back , i used to cry when i visited Judy's headstone in the 1968 . well i was only 9 yrs old . I was wondering all day what the donkey's name was , then the name Judy came to me , but i wasn't 100% certain
    Thanks for that , xx
    Thanks for the photo & the memories .

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    Quote Originally Posted by gorgeous View Post
    Awww that takes me back , i used to cry when i visited Judy's headstone in the 1968 . well i was only 9 yrs old . I was wondering all day what the donkey's name was , then the name Judy came to me , but i wasn't 100% certain
    Thanks for that , xx
    Thanks for the photo & the memories .

    Your welcome gorgeous.

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    Yes, it definitely was Judy - and you can see a photo of her gravestone on the Princes Park Flickr site:

    http://www.flickr.com/groups/princes_park/

    SORRY - THIS IS INCORRECT! SEE LATER POSTING BELOW...
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    I always visited Judy when I went to the park !, and like others on here I cried too, how nice that after all these years Judy is not forgotton !

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    Quote Originally Posted by empeebee View Post
    Yes, it definitely was Judy - and you can see a photo of her gravestone on the Princes Park Flickr site:

    http://www.flickr.com/groups/princes_park/
    Hello empeebee

    The URL takes me to the group but I don't see the gravestone despite searching on "Judy", "donkey" and "grave" -- can you help?

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    Hi Chris (and anyone else whom I've led astray!),

    The photo I was thinking of was in a Flickr collection, but not the Group Pool that I gave the link to. It should have been this URL:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomke_lask/2314524178/

    I also have an image of my own, which I shall try and attach here.

    Even now floral tributes are occasionally offered in memory, often in spring and usually as daffs strewn around the grave. This year someone came with planted bulbs, complete with pot!
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    Awwwwww! Judy's grave was part of my childhood really. I remember my bike breaking as I peddled down the hill then I landed next to her grave.

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    I'm wondering if anyone has, or even knows of the existence of, a photo of Judy? It was only 1920 (or 1926? - the inscription is unclear on my photo of the grave) that she died so surely there must be some family photos somewhere of children having rides in the park? The Princes Park Flickr group would be very interested to have any such images. Please post here or go to: http://www.flickr.com/groups/princes_park/

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    Oh I am in tears. What memories (not of the donkey in 1926 before any of you bright sparks nip to your keyboard!! gr) This grave was part of my childhood. My Granmother lived in Treborth Street so I was in the park almost daily and the memories of the grave came flooding back. I now remember the little hut type shop which sold ice cream and sweeties.
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