Accrington May 1957.
 

Back in May 1957 the town centre had a nice sunken garden where folk could sit and chat in the summer sunshine. Does anyone remember it? To help your memory here is a picture that I took as well as one of The Deck as the youth of the day called it and The Coppice looking up Avenue Parade. I notice that The Coppice is covered in trees now and that would make sledging down rather hazardous, but then we don’t get much snow these days.



Incidentally although I took the pictures and therefore hold the copyright to them I am placing them in the public domain for anyone to use as they please.

Anyone know the year that the council got rid of the sunken gardens?

ooo my id forgotten how lovely & clean acc was then i must admit i was still at school then ,there wernt many cars the roads & pavements were clean a lot different to to-day, wot a total mess our town center is no wonder kids have no respect for it . better get off my soap box.

I agree Mez, the town certainly looks like it was much nicer back then, than it is now.

would look good in colour that garden one, might do it when i get a bit of time, with permission from the owner of coarse!

Luvverly place Accy was back then

just been messing with this photo for half an hour, got a little bored!!
Hope you dont mind Jambutty;)

Coloured piccy
 

Hey, K.S.H. that looks brill
Well done! 1/2 hour well spent!

Good Photo's Jambutty, and nicely done KSH.

Brings back memories of when Accrington could be proud of itself.

Well done , fantastic.That shadow on the coppice looks like an eagle????????

Thats no shadow Mik, it's a clearing in the trees and covered in shale.
We used to go up there as kids and everybody knew that part as The Eagle.

Lovely Piccy's, Jim. I think the Sunken Gardens went about 1959/60 when M&S and the other shops were built.

The piccys outside the town hall and the sunken gardens were taken about 2 O'clock on a saturday afternoon, were they not? But the picture looking up Avenue Parade
was not taken until two or three hours later...am I correct?

Looks good in colour.I think i just about remember the gardens being there.

Did you get out your magnifying glass T, it's hard to see the time on the clock with my eyes.

youve done a great job there ksh i showed it to my 16yr old grandaughter she thinks accy looked better then.