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Has anybody else noticed how much better Kensington Gardens are looking at the moment.
How lovely to see something improving so much.
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Looks great not far from where i live and love walking in there. The only thing i miss is the birds and budgies but i can understand why they had to go but they were great with tourists. Nice to see the park looking good.
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It's great to see it looking almost like it did when I was young,except now there are canoes instead of the electric boats.
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Alybee
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 I can remember those electric boats. Had great fun on those driving round with my grandfather. Happy days.
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Looks great not far from where i live and love walking in there. The only thing i miss is the birds and budgies but i can understand why they had to go but they were great with tourists. Nice to see the park looking good.
If I remember correctly, the aviary was vandlised.
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Yes it was Meryl - such a shame. I used to always go and take a look at the aviary.
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They say the dog is man's best friend. I don't believe it - how many of your friends would you neuter?
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It is loads better there are lots of squirrels and the bowling greens are very well kept
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Alybee
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If only this improvement could be continued throughout the rest Lowestoft.
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Maybe it will Aly - bit by bit Fen Park looks nice too
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I think the seafront looks really nice now too.
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If I remember rightly, some sicko not only vandalised the bird enclosure, but also set fire to it!
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The Gospel According To Gene Hunt!
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i never knew there was aviary at ken gardens...makes me sick that a sicko could do that..same thing happen in park local to me in ilford sicko killed birds in that averary...
the boats were being used on lake this year
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The electric boats were before my time, but where were they? were they where the boating pond is now?
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That's where they were. Of course, the Boating pond was much bigger when i was a lad!
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Are you sure it was bigger? Or were you just smaller? I thought it was exactly the same size but with a couple of islands in the middle so there were a variety of "circuits" you could take. It had a wire netting roof in those days too for the electric.
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It’s rather similar to a comment made by my paternal Grandfather many years ago. We took him around the area where he was born (near Bressingham) and places he knew as a child (he left that area aged 14). This included a stop at Diss - a wander around the town and a stop at Diss Mere Link - which is a large area of water - and his reaction? “It was much bigger when I used to play here”, he said! 
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Yes The boats were great and with the bushes on the island when you knew your time was nearly up you started hovering around behind the islands to get 5 mins longer There was an old guy in big thigh high waders in the water getting you in and out and often there would be little sparks fly off the electric pole The man had little brass keys that went on the same number on a board in front of him so he could calculate who was coming in next etc and he had a megaphone .
Kensington Gardens seemed huge to me then and when I was very little I used to worry I d get lost. There was a few Wendy houses dotted around one on the seaside corner near St Marys. My Nan used to take me there for a little picnic after school, and we'd sit in the Wendy House to get out of the wind, there was another on the bottom level sort of under the tennis courts, that was where I would have kisses and cuddles when I got older, but you had to keep out of the way of the park keeper who walked around in uniform with a little cane under his arm I think I have some boat pics taken around 70's I ll look them out tonight
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snowdrop
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valentine park were i use to live also had eletic boats but someone drowned one day and we heard all parks removed them,but the plastic canoo was being used at ken park this year and that first time i seen them used since i lived here
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frankiesays
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I used to go to that park and feed the squirrels when I parked up at Gants hill to get the underground into town. Nice park as I recall.
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I also remember the boats with great affection. A must visit when wandering down at the weekends with my parents. I have a few faded photos somewhere. Thanks for jogging my memeory FC, I had forgotten about the brass tags and the man in waders.
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frankiesays
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Here it is - that could be you Charles..
Link to page.
** I've modified the "extra large" link to a more manageable, smaller one! Trigger
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snowdrop
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it is very nice park franki but you think twice before walking around at night anymore
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Charles
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It is the right time Frankie, but I don't regognise myself. What a great selection of photos though, thanks for that.
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snowdrop
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(my park was the real itchycoo park)i wish i could get back to the pic you posted unless you post them again
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SD: what picture are you talking about - and who posted it?
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That was a nice website Frankie but everytime I tried to click onto the 'read more' nothing happened bit frustrating perhaps I need to sign up before you can go further
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snowdrop
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the pics people thanking you for i not seen
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sd: I assume you're not using a PC or laptop - but some other device (smartphone?
Obviously we can't repost pictures because someone is unable to view-them. Can you not use your computer?
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snowdrop
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i using computer speed of snail but i looked for these pics and cant find them,i would love see pic of ken garden with the one lake and boats
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funkychick
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SD there arent any pics on here they are in the link that frankie provided in post 21 click on it and you'll see the old pics
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That was a nice website Frankie but everytime I tried to click onto the 'read more' nothing happened bit frustrating perhaps I need to sign up before you can go further
I only tried one but it worked OK for me.
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** I've modified the "extra large" link to a more manageable, smaller one! Trigger Spoilsport! I was well in line for the longest link award then 
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funkychick
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Hi Frankie I solved the problem you have to register for the site before you can read the 'more' bits
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