An early postcard view of the fountain which once graced the water feature in the Valley Gardens (or Italian Gardens as my grandmother used to remind us!). This sadly disappeared many years ago. Callum Duff advises: ”This fountain was one of the early features of The Valley Gardens and stood on the flat land below what is now the lawn adjoining the tearoom. It was built sometime between 1862 and 1874 and was surrounded by decorative urns. The base of the fountain can be seen to the north of what was the Chalybeate spring. The fountain itself was moved after World War II to the site of the bandstand bombed in 1940 and remains of it still exist today. Some of the bases of the decorative urns still exist either in the vicinity of the fountain’s original location or in the beck nearby.”
Image courtesy of a supporter of the Archive and many thanks to Callum Duff for the supporting information.
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