Out & About August 2017

Child’s play V ictoria Park Nursery was set up as a temporary pre-school for children during the Second World War and opened in 1942 – 75 years on and the nursery is very much a firm fixture, with a permanent home on the edge of the park. The original structure was built near where the cafe stands today and the ‘temporary’ nursery stayed there until 1989, when it moved into its existing premises at the far end of the park. Headteacher Fiona Bridger-Wilkinson said: “We have now got third generation families at the nursery, with grandmothers who went to the old nursery picking up their grandchil- dren from this one.” One staff member, Tina, remembers start- ing work at the old nursery in the early 80s. She says: “The biggest difference is that in those days we had a kitchen at the nursery and would cook lunches for the children -– they now bring in their own food – and we had beds, so they could all take a nap. “But, children still want to play in sandpits and mess about with playdough, so the structure of the day is pretty much the same.” Right: the old nursery in the centre of the park, children at play, meeting Father Christmas and picnic in the park

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