{"id":248,"date":"2022-09-13T22:11:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T21:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/SSLHG\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2022-12-06T09:30:32","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T09:30:32","slug":"south-marine-park","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/index.php\/buildings\/parks\/south-marine-park\/","title":{"rendered":"South Marine Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The park was designed by Matthew Hall, the Borough&#8217;s surveyor and engineer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parks-South-Marine-Park-1913-Postcard-STH.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parks-South-Marine-Park-1913-Postcard-STH.jpg 600w, https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parks-South-Marine-Park-1913-Postcard-STH-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">South Marine Park 1913 (Postcard South Tyneside Libraries)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>John Peebles was appointed head gardener in 1886 and immediately set about creating the park that we know today out of the old waste spoil tips, or &#8216;ballast hills&#8217;. Remarkably, his diary, in which he reported on progress in the park every month to the Parks Committee, has survived. This diary proved to be an invaluable resource when planning the park&#8217;s restoration. The Park construction cost \u00a320,000 and was opened by Sir John Mowbray, an Ecclesiastical Commissioner and formerly MP for Durham on 25 June 1890.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parks-South-Marine-Park-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parks-South-Marine-Park-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parks-South-Marine-Park--300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">South Marine Park &#8211; 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parks-South-Marine-Park.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parks-South-Marine-Park.jpg 600w, https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Parks-South-Marine-Park-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">South Marine Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos:<br>South Tyneside Libraries<br>Terry Ford<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The park was designed by Matthew Hall, the Borough&#8217;s surveyor and engineer. John Peebles was appointed head gardener in 1886 and immediately set about creating the park that we know today out of the old waste spoil tips, or &#8216;ballast hills&#8217;. Remarkably, his diary, in which he reported on progress in the park every month [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":244,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7462,"href":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions\/7462"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southshieldslocalhistorygroup.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}