Official Handbook to Liverpool Parks : Parks & Gardens Committee of Liverpool City Council, 1934
A very fine official handbook to "the Parks, Gardens and Recreation Grounds of the City of Liverpool" that was compiled and issued under the direction of the Town Clerk, Walter Moon, for the Committee. It was written by Michael O'Mahony and has a splendid cover in a period style by George Lund.
As well as major sections on the city's main parks there are details of the various recreational activities available at various locations along with a table showing all 113 parks, gardens, recreation grounds and playgrounds administered by the Department under the management of James Gutteridge, Chief Superintendent and Curator. They range in size from the largest, Sefton Park at 269 acres, down to numerous inner city playgrounds noted as 'very small'. It was issued in July 1934 and makes for a fine record of an often overlooked civic responsibility that was at the time taken very seriously so as to enable people to have access to green spaces and activities close to their home. The very fine pictorial map that is included is drawn by W H Harrison shows the main sites as well as giving transport in the form of tram and bus routes. I do like the compass point using the city's emblematic "Liver Bird"!
Official Handbook to Liverpool Parks : Parks & Gardens Committee of Liverpool City Council, 1934
A very fine official handbook to "the Parks, Gardens and Recreation Grounds of the City of Liverpool" that was compiled and issued under the direction of the Town Clerk, Walter Moon, for the Committee. It was written by Michael O'Mahony and has a splendid cover in a period style by George Lund.
As well as major sections on the city's main parks there are details of the various recreational activities available at various locations along with a table showing all 113 parks, gardens, recreation grounds and playgrounds administered by the Department under the management of James Gutteridge, Chief Superintendent and Curator. They range in size from the largest, Sefton Park at 269 acres, down to numerous inner city playgrounds noted as 'very small'. It was issued in July 1934 and makes for a fine record of an often overlooked civic responsibility that was at the time taken very seriously so as to enable people to have access to green spaces and activities close to their home. The very fine pictorial map that is included is drawn by W H Harrison shows the main sites as well as giving transport in the form of tram and bus routes. I do like the compass point using the city's emblematic "Liver Bird"!