Sense of Proportion
Nov 13th, 2008 by bobdootson
In his comment John Smith says ” get a sense of proportion ” . Perhaps he would kindly read section 21 of the 1902 Liverpool Corporation Act, and tell me which proportion of the act did Lord Leverhulme set aside for commercialisation of Lever Park.
Does it not say FREE and UNINTERRUPTED enjoyment by the public. And its because of this that Lever Park gets over 1 million visitors a year.
As ever, legislation is open to interpretation…. I thought I would look at the document which people have been quoting… here the same section says that the land may be laid out as a public park, and that buildings ‘necessary or convenient’ for the use or enjoyment of the park may be erected. What is meant by enjoyment is open to interpretation!
” the Corporation shall subject to the provisions of this section
permit the owner at his own expense to lay out the said lands
(except so much thereof as is situate between the unclimbable fence
herein-after referred to and the Lower Rivington Reservoir) as a
public park herein-after described as ” Lever Park” for the use
and enjoyment of the inhabitants of the county borough of Bolton
and generally of the public for ever and to pull down any building
or buildings now standing on the said lands and to erect any
building or buildings thereon necessary or convenient for the use
and enjoyment of the park as such and to make any roads or
footpaths thereon for affording to the public proper access thereto
and generally to form lay out and deal with Lever Park as may
appear to him to be desirable in order to secure their free and
uninterrupted enjoyment by the public “