Foxdenton Hall

"Take us to a park, please", said my daughter and her friend. The sun was out and they were in the mood for some fresh air.

We reeled off a list of parks within the local area, all of which were pooh poohed by the girls. Finally, my husband suggested a park that he'd played in as a child.

Off to Oldham we drove, but the park looked pretty dismal and the girls didn't want to get out of the car. So, on to the next on his list, the very pretty Foxdenton Park. We walked around for a few minutes, but they dismissed the play area as, too babyish!

I was beginning to get a bit tetchy at this point, but my husband was quite happy to move on to the next on his list. The third park was much better suited to their age, and they played for a while before we moved on to the next. (I think he was rather enjoying the tour of his old boyhood haunts by this stage)

The final park, very large and pretty, was the first on my original list and the closest to our own home, . Unfortunately, the play area was closed for refurbishment!

The view above is Foxdenton Hall, a place I hadn't heared of before today. There is a blue plaque advising that from 1827 - 1890, Foxdenton Hall was the home of the founder of the National Society for the Suffrage of Women, Lydia Ernestine Becker.