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SHANNON was a 50-1 outsider who, 150 years ago, won the Goodwood Cup in “a most sensational race” ahead of some “clinking good horses”. When…

“I REMEMBER the pond and fountain in Friary Gardens,” says Ann Gladstone, in response to our query a couple of weeks ago about a feature that was in the centre of Richmond’s park until the 1950s. “It was pretty, it may have had a few water lilies in it, and people threw coins in while they made a wish.” Ann has lived for much of her life in Richmond. “We used to have our November 5 bonfire in the middle of Newbiggin, and we built snow igloos during the harsh winter of 1947,”...

A 1950s picture of Friary Gardens, Richmond. Behind the bench is a circular garden, and in the path on the right theres the remains of a trench - was this the water supply to the circular fountain IN Richmond’s Friary Gardens, there used to be a pretty water fountain, set in a delicate circular stone bowl with a jet bursting out of its centre. The start of the celebrations of the 950th anniversary of Richmond Castle has led older residents of the town to wonder whatever happened to the fo...

IN Richmond’s Friary Gardens, there used to be a pretty water fountain, set in a delicate circular stone bowl with a jet bursting out of its centre. The start of the celebrations of the 950th anniversary of Richmond Castle has led older residents of the town to wonder whatever happened to the fountain which they remember gushing away in their youth in the 1940s and 1950s. Can anyone tell us anything about it? Do you remember seeing it? In the 1985 book, Remembering Richmond, which was...