HEATHER HORNER, NWEMAIL LIBRARIAN, GILL JEPSON and THE BANANA SLIDE

This is Heather Horner, she is the Librarian at the Mail, Barrow's newspaper. We met at Forum 28 when Heather was presenting an exhibition of old advertisements from the Mail, some very strange stuff indeed....as part of the show Heather had brought along some preserved and bound editions of the Mail from the 1950's and earlier, and allowed me to take some pictures.

The Mail began to carry pictures in the 40's, and it's photographers would often visit the Park to record the change of the seasons or catch the latest crop of ducklings on the lake.

This shot shows the Park playground's legendary Banana Slide in 1952, and just that week I'd spoken to historian and writer Gill Jepson about how it loomed over her in the 60's...here's a snippet from our conversation....

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