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221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
"Belfast boasts more than 3,000 acres of well-tended, glorious parklands. The city's open spaces allow people to congregate, to relax and be entertained, to play and watch games, to escape the trappings of urban life by surrounding themselves with greenery and clean air - much as they did when the first public parks were opened." "Few people realise the determination and passion with which our city parks were created. In this handsomely illustrated history, published in partnership with Belfast City Council, Robert Scott pays tribute to the people whose vision established over fifty parks and playing fields for Belfast - truly a breath of fresh air."--BOOK JACKET.
Machine generated contents note: PREFACE -- 1 Social Gatherings -- Thd Roots of Parks -- 2 Elms and Hedges -- Ormeau and Fals Parks up to 1900 -- 3 Princesses and Ponds -- Alexandra, Woodvale and Dunville Parks up to 1900 -- 4 Flower Shows and Fireworks -- The Botanic Garden and theWaterworks up to 1900 -- 5 Burial Powers -- City Cemetery, Dundonald Cemetery, Knock Graveyard -- 6 Into the Twentieth Century -- 7 The WarYears and After -- 8 Lset Play -- Open Space, Playgrounds and Recreation -- 9 The Tramways Legacy -- Bellevue, Hazewood and Belfast Castle -- 10 During the Blitz -- 11 The Lagan Valley Estates -- Barnett Demesne and Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park -- 12 Cemeteries Old and New -- i3 A Period of Change -- 1950s-carly 1980s -- 14 The Fxpanding Empire -- New Properes 1970s-1980s -- 15 The Restoration Period -- 16 Green Fingers -- 17 A Natural Approach -- 18 A New Era -- APPENDIX -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INDEX.
Includes bibliographical references (page 210) and index.