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Article: Date: 1930s to 1980s place: Trentham gardens
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- Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK)
- Article date:
- May 30, 2009
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On sunny weekends Trentham Gardens lived up to its name as the
playground of the Potteries. It took off as a pleasure resort in
the 1930s after the ballroom, swimming pool and miniature railway
appeared on the estate left behind by the Duke of Sutherland. For
the next 50 years Trentham Gardens was a target for generations of
families, whose Victorian ancestors visited Trentham Park after
the Duke opened it to the public. However, the hugely popular
gardens suffered body blows with the closure of the swimming pool
and the draining of the lake, both caused by mining subsidence.
Alton Towers entrepreneur John Broome took charge around 1980 and
planned major changes which never came to ...
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