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Saved by the People: The Creation of Clissold Park

The archive of the Clissold Park Preservation Committee detailing its campaign to save the park for the public

Category: Items of special interest

January 1, 1889July 14, 2016

Possibly a photo of the park being laid out

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August 3, 1888September 30, 2017

Joseph Beck’s letter to the editor summarising the campaign following its success

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July 20, 1888July 14, 2016

‘Clissold Park Secured’

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July 5, 1888July 14, 2016

Clissold Park admission tickets

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June 15, 1888July 18, 2016

‘The Clissold-park swamp and swindle is re-started, this time with only half a nibble…’

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June 12, 1888July 14, 2016

Highbury Athenaeum public meeting – Admission ticket

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March 15, 1888July 15, 2016

Public meeting – Wellington Hall, Upper Street, Islington

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January 1, 1888July 14, 2016

A sketch drawing of a commemorative gate that was never built

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December 1, 1887July 14, 2016

The Memorial of the Clissold Park Committee to the Vestry of St. Mary, Islington

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