Shibden Park

Opening Ceremony



Some images of the Opening Ceremony of Shibden Park on 15th October 1926. The oak tree was replaced after vandals damaged it the following week

 

The Prince of Wales – later Edward VIII – planting a tree at the formal opening of Shibden Park on 15th October 1926

This image [DG1600.JPG] was kindly submitted by David Greaves

The Mayor of Halifax planting a tree at the formal opening of Shibden Park on 15th October 1926.

Major Alfred Herbert Richardson is third from the left, and the Prince of Wales – later Edward VIII – is on his left

[Taken in 1926]

This image [TW4.JPG] was kindly submitted by Timothy Walker



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