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Social History Project
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The Friends of Dartmouth Park in conjunction with the West Bromwich Local History Society are compiling a social history of Dartmouth Park, West Bromwich, which will eventually be available in book form, on CD, and will be displayed in the new Park Pavilion.
To achieve this ambition we need the help of the people of the Borough who have enjoyed the park over the years, and have happy memories and photographs, to come forward and share them with everyone.
I've found a photograph taken by my father on his box brownie in the late 1940s.
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Myself, Carol Hartill, my mother and my sister in the late 1940s.
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It shows my mother, in a wonderful hat, my sister and myself (age about 5) all dressed in our Sunday best, walking up from the boating pool. We were promenading around the park and meeting and chatting to other families doing likewise. Dartmouth Park played a huge role in the social life of West Bromwich at that time. A visit to the Park was usually followed by calling into Trow’s Ice Cream Parlour in Bull Street for one of their delicious ice creams or a milk shake.
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Below is a selection from the photographs received to date.
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2 Photographs of Dorothy Porter in the late 1920s
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Mavis and Yvonne Fellows with their
cousin Jean Collins in 1950 |
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The perch that didn't get away |
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Lawrence Jones, on the right of the photograph,presents to Ivor Wright the restored perch caught by Ivor's father in the Park Pool in 1932. At the time it was the largest perch to have been caught in the pool. The fish used to be on display behind the counter in the refreshment rooms for many years and when the refreshment rooms closed it was displayed in a local pub. It was in very poor condition and the case badly damaged when it was given to Lawrence to restore, but he managed to save the perch and build a new case. It will go on display in the new pavilion along with other memorabilia, such as the bell from the old pavilion which was saved from the fire. Many thanks to Ivor for donating the perch and to Lawrence for restoring it.
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One of the items on display at the Celebratory Event in the Town Hall on the 12 March 2009.
This is the bell that used to let people know the park would be closing. It was saved from the ruins of the fire that destroyed the wonderful pavilion in the park. |
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| Sweet Memories by Alfie the Black Country Poet |
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Alfie recites Sweet Memories
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| Some Past & Present Images of the Park |
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Old West Bromwich Photos Website created by Paul Swift
includes many images of Dartmouth Park. Go to:
www.west-bromwich-photos.co.uk
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Please do share your memories, photographs, and any memorabilia you may have by getting in touch with me, Carol Hartill on 0121 588 4747, or e-mail: carolh.fodp@btinternet.com,
Address: c/o New Street Lodge, Dartmouth Park, West Bromwich, B71 4AS
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