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Originally Posted by davemac
Part of my apprenticeship was served at Milnshaw Park, in the days when all the grass was cut every week the paths were swept every Friday. There was also a long Dahlia bed that took a lot of time staking and tying the plants in. Three greenhouses full of plants, cold frames, and a smelly coke boiler that had to be "stoked" and the clinker raked out. That was the job of the apprentice. All gone now.
The rose garden is still in its early stages, it depends on the maintenance as to whether it thrives or gets overgrown, as the site is now unmanned, I'm not sure who will do it ?
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What a shame to spend all that money and then have no one to look after it.
I remember the greenhouses at Milnshaw, used to go the park a lot when I was a tot 60 years ago, lived very close.