The work of beautifying began jon a small scale at the same time.
'A few years before, the Council had lent a portion of the land to the Cercle Sportif Frangais for its building and the affair began to take on a definite recreational significance in the French community, In 1918 a lake was made, with cascades, rockeries and a general after-the-war impetus brought large embellishment to the garden As it grew in attractiveness and extent until it reached its present} area of 150 mow, tne park became, not only the popular retreat. for numerous appreciative persons, but the official rendezvous for celebrations of the various national file days.
In fact, some of the most vivid leave into activity as a "camping recollections of the rile played by Tue_mus visrLay IN THE FAENCH Panx 18 roreciALty LovELY AY 711!5 SEAs0x (Photograph lent by Mr. A. D. Kay)
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