tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post876520543882917204..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Fryent Country Park Rangeelu Gujerat event next weekendUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-38417444674454249802016-08-15T23:34:33.527+01:002016-08-15T23:34:33.527+01:00OMG thank god it never happened. This is one of t...OMG thank god it never happened. This is one of the very few green open spaces we have to enjoy. A really true open space that all residents can just ramble take in the scenery and escape the mayhem, traffic and pollution of Wembley Central. Let us all be grateful for small things that I and my friends will continue to appreciate as long as I live in this neighbourhood. Thanks Philip for the info.Jaine Lunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815584566299095436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-86585018083551877322016-08-15T14:07:59.354+01:002016-08-15T14:07:59.354+01:00I hope that the visitors to the Rangeelu Gujarat e...I hope that the visitors to the Rangeelu Gujarat event next week-end enjoy themselves, and the beautiful Country Park that will provide its setting.<br /><br />The map extract above gives just a few of the old field names from this historic piece of Middlesex countryside, saved for our enjoyment by the good sense of Wembley and Middlesex Councils in the 1920's and 1930's. Although the event will be held on the former Harrow Parish side of the Country Park, you can get a taste of the history of this area from an illustrated article, "The Hay Meadows of Kingsbury", in the Brent Archives online collection at:<br />https://www.brent.gov.uk/media/1717933/The%20Hay%20Meadows%20of%20Kingsbury.pdf<br /><br />There have been various threats to the Country Park in the past, and one of them is topical. When London was considering a bid for the 1988 Olympic Games, Wembley Stadium (which had hosted the 1948 Olympics) was proposed as the main venue. If the 1988 Games had been awarded to London, most of Fryent Country Park would have been transformed into an Olympic Village for the athletes!<br /><br />Philip.Philip Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216646114377430489noreply@blogger.com