Have for the last few months been compiling the text for the first part of what I hope will be a book with the above working title (not final title). After five years of researching evidence, mostly from primary sources, I decided it was time to get started. So far four chapters and an Introduction have been compiled = Introduction, Chap. 1 ‘Walks and other influences’ (things that influenced the nature of municipal parks and cemeteries as they developed), Chap. 2 ‘In the Beginning’ (pages 9 -17), Chap. 3 ‘East vs. West 1880-1900’ (pages 18-37), Chap. 4 ‘A Great Age of Municipal Progress 1900-1914’ (pages 38-59). Word total 23000.
The page numbers will change because illustrations yet to be imported into the text. Am not very confident about this side of things so am going to be helped by Kall-Kwik printers of South Church Side in the Old Town.
Picture is of a section of surviving town wall in Kings Lynn with a gateway, part of a now municipal park which started as a late 18th century public ‘Walk’, a precursor of municipal parks. The Palk still called ‘The Walks’, image from a tourist booklet produced by Kings Lynn Council.
(to be continued)