Birkenhead, Arrowe Park 1967
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B399048
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Arrowe Park is quite a few miles from the centre of Birkenhead. The estate was bought by Birkenhead Corporation in 1927 from the Leverhulme (Port Sunlight) family. The house seen here was built in c1840 by the Shaw family, who first owned the estate. In July 1929 the 423 acre park was turned over to the Boy Scouts for the world's first Scout Jamboree. Over 30,000 boys from all over the world gathered here, and the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, and Lord Baden-Powell himself visited them. Arrowe Park Hospital and an 18-hole golf course have since been created inside the park.
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