Gateshead on Tyne - Boating Lake, Play Park, Saltwell Park - M&L postcard c1950s
- Condition : Used
- Dispatch : 2 Days
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- ID# : 102928835
- Quantity : 1 item
- Views : 257
- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : justthebook (+1690)
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- Start : Sat 20 Apr 2013 13:31:46 (EDT)
- Close : Run Until Sold
- Remain : Run Until Sold
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- Picture / Image: Gateshead - The Play Park and boating lake in Saltwell Park
- Publisher: M & L National Series
- Postally used: no
- Stamp: n/a
- Postmark(s): n/a
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UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p
Europe: £1.60
Rest of world (inc. USA etc): £2.75
No additional charges for more than one postcard. You can buy as many postcards from me as you like and you will just pay the fee above once. (If buying postcards with other things such as books, please contact or wait for invoice before paying).
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UK - PayPal, Cheque (from UK bank) or postal order
Outside UK: PayPal ONLY (unless otherwise stated) please. NO non-UK currency checks or money orders (sorry).
NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!
I will give a full refund if you are not fully satisfied with the postcard.
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not work) :
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Gateshead is a large town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne. Gateshead and Newcastle are joined by seven bridges across the Tyne, including the landmark Gateshead Millennium Bridge. The town is well known for its iconic architecture such as the Sage Gateshead, the Angel of the North and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.
Saltwell Park is a Victorian park in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Opened in 1876, the park was designed by Edward Kemp and incorporates the mansion and associated grounds of the Saltwellgate estate owner, William Wailes, who sold his estate to Gateshead Council for £35,000. Upon opening, it became known as ""The People's Park"". The park was expanded in 1920 when the council purchased the adjacent gardens to the Saltwell Grove estate and added these to the park. This extended the park's total size to 55 acres (22 ha). The park had fallen into disrepair, but between 1999 and 2005, it was subject to a £9.6 million restoration project, funded collaboratively by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Gateshead Council, and is now considered ""one of Britain's finest examples of a Victorian park"".[2] In 2011, the park hosted around two million visitors.
The park is split broadly into three sections. Saltwell Grove, the northern section, is an area of grassed open space with a bandstand to the western corner. The central area contains the centrepiece of the park – Wailes's former home, the Grade II listed Saltwell Towers and its surrounding belvedere walls. These have been fully restored and are now a visitor centre. There are also three war memorials, a yew-tree maze, a dene and an area containing several species of caged animals known as Pet's Corner. The largest section of the park is the Northern Fields section which contains a four-acre boating lake with a wooded island at its centre, as well as three bowling greens and two pavilions.
Saltwell Park has been presented with numerous awards in recent years. In 2005 it was named Britain's Best Park. In 2006 the park was named Civic Trust Park of the Year and won a Gold Laurel Award from the Institute of Maintenance and Building Management.[3] The park has won a Green Flag award every year since 2006 and is (in 2012) one of fifty Green Heritage sites in the UK.[4][5]
type=printed postcards
theme=topographical: british
sub-theme=england
county/ country=durham
number of items=single
period=1945 - present
postage condition=unposted
Listing Information
| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 102928835 |
| Start Time | Sat 20 Apr 2013 13:31:46 (EDT) |
| Close Time | Run Until Sold |
| Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
| Item Condition | Used |
| Bids | 0 |
| Views | 257 |
| Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Auto Extend | No |
