Interesting newsletter articles
Three times per year the Friends publish a newsletter containing information about the Park..In addition to regular items such the Chairman’s remarks, reports on working parties and litter picking there are articles about the bird life in the park and the trees in the Park.
However there are often interesting articles about the history, sporting events and unusual things spotted in the Park. Many of these items are listed below. Clicking on the ISSUE DATE will bring up a copy of the newsletter which contains the relevant article.
SPORT AND ACTIVITIES IN THE PARK
A great sporting arena – Cricket in Roundhay Park
Cross country running in Roundhay Park
Cycling in the park
Gone Fishing – A study of angling in Roundhay Park
More fishing in Roundhay Park
Park run
Roundhay Schools fun run
Rowing on Waterloo Lake
When top tennis came to Roundhay Park
White Rose canoe club
HISTORY
About the old lodge at the end of Park Avenue
A lost house and a memorial to a gatekeeper
Blondin in Roundhay Park
Did I inherit my gardening gene from my great grandfather
Hill 60. How did it get its name?
Mary Gordon – bygone boat trips on Waterloo Lake
Nicholson’s model galleon
Opening Roundhay Park to the public – A Bradford man
Personal memories of Roundhay Park
Protest meeting about the expense and management of Roundhay Park in 1879
Roland Ding Yorkshire aviator (1865-1917) His life and achievements
Saving St John’s church
Skating on the lakes in Roundhay Park
The Hermitage in Roundhay Park
The history of the Friends Garden
The railway that never was
The shooting in Roundhay Park
MISCELLANEOUS
A wolf in the Park
Fairies move into Ram Wood
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