From Hayfields to Playfields: a history of Sudley's greenspace
From Hayfields to Playfields: a history of Sudley's greenspace
Ongoing, from 21 March 2024
Do you enjoy local history, researching, and digging up stories?
Does your family have a connection to the original walled garden?
Do you have old photographs of the Sudley Estate?
Did you use the changing rooms?
Do you know Ray B ’74 from the graffiti on this old photograph of the Changing Rooms?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, we want to hear from you!
In Spring 2024, as part of our development of the old changing rooms (formerly the Estate’s animal husbandry building) into a Therapy and Wellbeing Centre, we are embarking on a National Lottery Heritage Fund project to find out more about the park’s past, of which little is documented. The project will delve into the past of the greenspace at Sudley throughout its life, including the development of the walled garden as an ornamental showcase for the colonialist botanical acquisitions of the Holt family of shipping merchants.
We want to bring together a group of volunteer history detectives to help research the history of the garden and changing rooms. The group will meet weekly on Thursdays from 1-4pm, at various locations around the city, from 21 March - 9 May inclusive. If you are interested in participating, please complete this sign-up form by 8 March 2024.
If you have any stories or photographs to share please get in touch with us at growingsudleyheritage@gmail.com