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The programme, Changing Places, which is about to end some years after its intended date, was extended to complete the ambitious schemes.

Former reference: All Parcels 45 - 55, which bear the letter 'J' also bear the B.R.A. No. 884.

Contents:
Worcester, St. Peter. Indenture between Joseph Burlingham, formerly of Worcester City, late of the parish of Lapraine de la Magdaleine, Montreal, Canada, and now of Philadelphia, U.S.A., esquire, Samuel Burlingham of Worcester City, merchant, Charles Grosvenor Lloyd of Olton, Warwicks., esquire, Charles Lloyd the younger of Chancery Lane, [London], Middlesex, barrister, Richard Harman Lloyd of Tooting Common, Surrey, esquire, Timothy Tyrell of Guildhall, London, gentleman, George Engstrom of Fenchurch Street, London esquire and Agatha his wife (formerly Agatha Lloyd, spinster), Anne Lloyd of Gloucester Road, Paddington [London], Middlesex, spinster, Susanna Lloyd of the same place, spinster, Richard Mence of the Commandery, Worcester City and of the Middle Temple, London, barrister and Frederick Farrar of the Doctors Common, London gentleman being a conveyance of a messuage, yard, warehouses, workshops, buildings and hereditaments with appurtenances in Sidbury Street formerly part of the Commandery Estate.

For all it’s scruffy, grey appearance, the park was much loved and used by us local children – our parents used to say that it was neglected, as it was right on the border of ‘Brum and Smerrick’, and neither of the councils wanted to put money into a park when it was used by people from the other side of the street.
Nothing changes very much, does it!
Sylvia Fry (nee Baddeley)


Hi, my name is Pete Bloomer.

I lived in Black Patch for a few troubled years 88-91. My memories are not great, I lived in Merry Hill Court when it caught fire twice and then in its shadow on Foundry Lane in a very run down, unheated maizonette, before the housing association took over.

Black patch park was a bit of relief from a difficult reality of being unemployed and in a really run down council estate.

I remember towards the end of my stay in 1991 how ridiculous it seemed that sandwell council who had clearly put our lives at risk in Merry Hill Court (they couldn't find the money to keep a front door on the block!) had spent a lot of money putting a concrete barrier around the park to stop travellers from staying there.

I knew something of the history and enjoyed seeing ponies grazing on the park. I didn't get to know the travellers but felt a respect existed in Black Patch for there visits (different from acute local hostility to travellers, I experienced up the road off windmill lane, victoria park).

I wish the campaign to keep the developers hands off Black Patch park well and hope that somehow the park can be returned to the travellers and local people. I think that there has been so much ongoing persecution of the travellers way of life that it is fantastic that there is a claim to some inner city land which might again be used legally. So many sites have been closed down. Can the friends include this in their plans?

All the best