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Published Date: 21 May 2007
An attraction for all seasons
Wardown Park, the former Bramingham Shott mansion and estate which had been rebuilt by solicitor Frank Scargill, was acquired as a town public open space in 1904, thanks to the foresight of council members Asher Hucklesby and Edwin Oakley.

They bought the park privately for £16,250 - and then sold it to a previously reluctant town council for the same price.

The park was opened to the public on May 7, 1906, by Alderman Hucklesby and has been a centre of Luton's outdoor social life ever since. The Luton News photographs pictured here are largely from the 1940s and 1950s.

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  • Last Updated: 26 May 2007 7:52 PM
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  • Location: Luton
 
 
 


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