Description:The document above is a leaflet from 1925 advertising Trentham Gardens. The leaflet tells us that the gardens were open to the public seven days a week during this period and were considered ‘the most extensive and picturesque grounds within many miles of North Staffordshire’.
The leaflet promotes the ‘natural beauty’ of the park, woods and lake at the Gardens, and also commercial attractions including the tennis courts and putting greens. During 1924 the Children’s Playground had been fitted with swings, a sandpit and a football ground to attract families to the Gardens.
Trentham Gardens hosted many concerts during the 1920s, and the leaflet includes the ‘Band Programme for Season 1925’. Local bands from Willenhall, Shelton and Pendleton played at the Gardens, including the ‘Shelton Iron and Steel Co.’s Brass Band’ who were ‘a well-known and very favourite Brass Band’ in North Staffordshire.
The leaflet reminds visitors that Trentham Gardens was not simply the result of natural beauty, but had been created by the ‘generous expenditures’ of the Dukes of Sutherland.
Contextual Information featured on pages relating to Trentham Gardens has been provided by Sue Gregory who has been instrumental in the research and selection of documents for this section. Sue has been part of the management team of Staffordshire Gardens & Parks Trust since its creation in 1992 and has over fourteen years of experience researching Trentham Gardens in the Sutherland Papers.