LADY BINGHAM'S CHOICE.
Sir John Bingham recently presented to the citizens of Sheffield a park in Greystones, comprising 11J acres. The gift was really Lady Bingham's. Sir John asked her whether she preferred a very fine set of jewels .which ho contemplated purchasing for her or that Greystono Park should be given to the children of the city. Lady Bingham said she preferred that the children should have the park. ■Sγ John said that if. tho City Council wished to express thanks they would give tho greatest, satisfaction by razing the high walls around the. city's reservoirs and substituting palisades, "so that the sheets of water and the greensward could be seen. ,
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1295, 25 November 1911, Page 11
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112LADY BINGHAM'S CHOICE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1295, 25 November 1911, Page 11
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