A breath of fresh air
Subtitle: the story of Belfast's parks
By: Robert Scott.
Contributors: Belfast (Northern Ireland). City Council.
Publisher: Belfast City Council; Blackstaff Press; Blackstaff Pr
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Belfast
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Parks -- Northern Ireland -- Belfast -- History.; Belfast (Northern Ireland) -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [210]) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PREFACE; title: 1 Social Gatherings; title: Thd Roots of Parks; title: 2 Elms and Hedges; title: Ormeau and Fals Parks up to 1900; title: 3 Princesses and Ponds; title: Alexandra,Woodvale and Dunville Parks up to 1900; title: 4 Flower Shows and Fireworks; title: The Botanic Garden and theWaterworks up to 1900; title: 5 Burial Powers; title: City Cemetery, Dundonald Cemetery, Knock Graveyard; title: 6 Into the Twentieth Century; title: 7 The WarYears and After; title: 8 Lset Play; title: Open Space, Playgrounds and Recreation; title: 9 The Tramways Legacy; title: Bellevue, Hazewood and Belfast Castle; title: 10 During the Blitz; title: 11 The Lagan Valley Estates; title: Barnett Demesne and Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park; title: 12 Cemeteries Old and New; title: i3 A Period of Change; title: 1950s-carly 1980s; title: 14 The Fxpanding Empire; title: New Properes 1970s-1980s; title: 15 The Restoration Period; title: 16 Green Fingers; title: 17 A Natural Approach; title: 18 A New Era; title: APPENDIX; title: SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; title: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; title: INDEX.