Here are a series of photographs taken down Brungerley Park at the turn of last century.As you can see before the war Brungerley Park was a hive of activity to what it is today.From boating down the Ribble to concerts in the park.Its not untill after the Industrial Revolution that people started to have more leisure time.Towards the end of the 19th century things thankfully began to change.Many clubs and societys started to form,from football to a trip down the park things began to dramatically change.Here in Clitheroe Brungerley Park was opened for the people of the area.Brungerley Park was established in 1876 attracting huge crowds of people on Bank Holidays and the like.One of the main leisure pursuits was boating up and down the river.Unfortunately because of the war the boating stopped and never revived
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