Author: Caroline

The Sunday Bands in Hyde Park, 1856

This was on page 7 in the Times on Monday 2nd June 1856. ” Yesterday the public promenade in Hyde Park and Kensington-gardens assumed its ordinary appearance on a Sunday. There was no attempt...

Hey hey, we’re the Monkees

Not an immediate link to Hyde Park or Kensington Gardens you’d think, but you’d be wrong. We need to go back to July 1967. It was the height of Monkee mania see[Pathé News], and...

A Winter Walk in the Parks

Nicola Macfarland, a member, has written (below) about her regular walk round both Parks on a windy January day. She has found a lot to look out for on her impressive circuit. Many thanks...