Civil Service Sports Ground in Shirley - 1952
TAKEN the year Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne, here’s the Civil Service Sports Ground in Shirley in 1952.
The Daily Echo archive picture shows a cricket match in progress with the tennis court complex beyond and bowling greens and club house to the left.
Running across the right of the photo is Suffolk Road, merging into Darwin Road.
Part of Western School is in the foreground.
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