The Lake & Bridge,Ashton Gardens, St.Annes.

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230300

Reference identifier

NST13022010002

Title

The Lake & Bridge,Ashton Gardens, St.Annes.

Place

St Annes on Sea

General notes

Formerly known as St.George's Gardens, these were renamed as Ashton Gardens in honour of Lord Ashton who bought the land and presented the gardens to the "inhabitants of St.Annes-on-Sea" in 1914. The gardens originally consisted of 14.5 acres of land which was re-shaped at a cost of nearly 26,000 pounds. Original Postmark 8.15 pm, 27 April 1918
Addressee: Miss Heap, 65, Clive St., Burnley
Message: 1, All Saints Road, Saint Annes
Dear Mary, The weather is ideal down here and your father looks as happy as a sand boy, Yours Hannah

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