Alexandra Park.

[yeseye]

There were some decent sized carp in the pond - where did they go?

Huge Carp, Pike and various other's were all dredged out by Police Frogmen and rehomed up in the Lake District when the pond was cleared. To the questions about the Ducks? Yes it has more Ducks, Moorhens etc than ever before. The Terrapins that have been in it since the Moss Side riots in 1981 have also been removed and rehomed and this has allowed birds to breed without the siblings being snatched and killed from underneath. The pond itself has also been tidied up. A full day of events is planned today, be taking a walk across shortly.

have they re-stocked it? went jogging through there a few weeks back and it looked like they'd pegged it out for fishing.

Did you manage to hang on to your trainers?

 

[warpig]

Huge Carp, Pike and various other's were all dredged out by Police Frogmen and rehomed up in the Lake District when the pond was cleared. To the questions about the Ducks? Yes it has more Ducks, Moorhens etc than ever before. The Terrapins that have been in it since the Moss Side riots in 1981 have also been removed and rehomed and this has allowed birds to breed without the siblings being snatched and killed from underneath. The pond itself has also been tidied up. A full day of events is planned today, be taking a walk across shortly.

have they re-stocked it? went jogging through there a few weeks back and it looked like they'd pegged it out for fishing.

Did you manage to hang on to your trainers?

ha. yes i did ;-)

 

[tidyman]

Cool pic - when was that taken?

I'll take a guess it was the Rock against Racism concert in the summer of 1978.

 

[BlueBearBoots]

This is what it looked like the one and only time I ever went there.

Was at that!!! Steel pulse played too :)

 

[Mike N]

Was at the Rock against Racism gig too. Got into a lot of trouble with my Mam cause I'd been gone all day!

 

[BlueBearBoots]

If I remember right they did a parade with floats and stuff and we ended up in Alex park was a great day

 

[jimharri]

Where I used to go and play as a kid (lived on Claremont Road). Anyone remember that big greenhouse insidetthe main gate on Princess Road?

Yes, went to Bishop Bilsborrow and we'd go around them when we had our nature classes. They're long gone, mate.

So did I. Late sixties through to around '72, when we moved to Longsight. I know they're a long time gone alright, as I paid the odd visit down there when I was coming over for games at Maine Road.

 

[bakerdave76]

This is what it looked like the one and only time I ever went there.

Was at that!!! Steel pulse played too :)

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/rock-against-racism-1978.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/rock-aga ... -1978.html</a>

 

[BlueBearBoots]

This is what it looked like the one and only time I ever went there.

Was at that!!! Steel pulse played too :)

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/rock-against-racism-1978.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/rock-aga ... -1978.html</a>

Oh my word!!! Had graham Parker and the rumour on 12 inch forgot they played that - wish I had a time machine it was a hot sunny day too!!

 

[Barcon]

Was at that!!! Steel pulse played too :)

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/rock-against-racism-1978.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/rock-aga ... -1978.html</a>

Oh my word!!! Had graham Parker and the rumour on 12 inch forgot they played that - wish I had a time machine it was a hot sunny day too!!

One of the best memories of my yoof. I moved to Canada 6 weeks later.