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Permalink Reply by MICHAEL MCGOWAN on October 22, 2015 at 18:30

It's impossible to do justice to Broomfield Park in 50 words, so I did this instead -

Broomfield Park

When the bandstand bellows out summer blues

We stretch on the grass with a glass of booze

And we sing

We sing

 

Over a red-leaf carpet when the weather is foul

We hug our coffee below the wooden owls

And we sip

We sip

 

When ice freezes over the terraced ponds

We see in their mirror the geese and swans

And we sit

We sit

 

When the fairground settles on last spring’s grooves

Carved horses gallop on painted hooves

And we spin

We spin

 

When night-time falls over Broomfield Park

We shed inhibitions in the velvet dark

And we sin

We sin

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on October 23, 2015 at 11:55

Michael - this is excellent ... you should definitely nominate Broomfield Park in the national awards 

... I don't think any of the other nominated parks have inspired poerty! 

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Permalink Reply by Mat Riches on October 23, 2015 at 13:11

Remind me never to take Hastings for a late night walk in Broomfield Park!

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Permalink Reply by MICHAEL MCGOWAN on October 24, 2015 at 18:58

One photo wouldn't do justice to Broomfield Park, so here are several I took on my last visit -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ozlYvYK3s4

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Permalink Reply by karl brown on October 27, 2015 at 11:36

This park evidently has a multitude of uses. Her'e the Director's Cut version of the "Hounds of Hell" as part of the build up to the next ..

https://youtu.be/Rc_8srnJFE4   

With thanks to thanks to all at Streetz Ahead and Morrisons PG 

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on November 11, 2015 at 21:01

Following the closure of nominations two local parks are in the running for The UK's Best Park - and it's now down to to a public vote.

Albert Road Rec. and Broomfield Park are our local contenders for the award - along with 120 other green spaces across the UK.

It's a simple process to vote online at the Fields in Trust website. Vote for your chosen park and encourage your friends and neighbours to do the same ...so we can celebrate our local outdoor spaces and the amazing volunteers who work so hard to make them great places to enjoy.

• VOTE ONLINE NOW

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