Talk:Roundhay Park
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Hi, I was wondering if we should maybe add a thing about the fireworks display every year? (Tonight's was great!) -- Arkracer GMT 21:38 03 November 2006
I have added photographs. How is it looking now? Chemical Engineer 16:33, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
More photographs, references and details. How is it now? Chemical Engineer 20:31, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Blondin at Waterloo Lake
While the claim has been made that Blondin crossed the lake in 1896, I doubt it. The Leeds Mercury reported his feats elsewhere, but did not mention him appearing in Leeds. It did report that the Leeds Workpeople Hospital Fund Committee planned to have Blondin as the chief attraction in their August Bank Holiday Gala at the park (16 April 1896). However, he is not mentioned in the report of the gala (5 August 1896), which would be surprising for the chief attraction. I suppose that the plans did not come to fruition. Chemical Engineer (talk) 10:53, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- Hi, ChemEng: it's such a lovely colourful connection, why not add it back in with the two references? It's interesting to know he was planned to come to Leeds even if it fell through! PamD (talk) 22:43, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
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- I guess this might be considered original research and not exactly a fact about the Park. Maybe there is some evidence that he actually did, and there was some reason for his not being mentioned. Chemical Engineer (talk) 16:32, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
