New £200,000 bandstand project for Beaumont Park

Oct 14 2009 by Barry Gibson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

A PARK’S bandstand could be revamped as part of a £200,000 plan.

Friends of Beaumont Park are looking for funding to improve the bandstand, seating and paths.

The group and the council have already been awarded £19,100 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to develop the plan.

They hope a further application for £180,500 will provide the remaining costs for the project, which also includes a recorded history of the 35 brass bands within a five-mile radius of the park.

The memories would feature on boards at the bandstand, on leaflets and on the Friends of Beaumont Park’s website.

The friends group is already recording memories of older people in Huddersfield who remember the days when the park hosted musical events, before the bandstand was brought down in the 1950s.

Kirklees Council’s Cabinet was updated on the plan yesterday.

Cabinet member Clr Molly Walton is also a member of the Friends of Beaumont Park.

The Labour councillor for Crosland Moor and Netherton said: “This is rather more than just the bandstand, it’s a history project as well, looking at the way that music has played a part in the life of the park in past years.