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Belmont Place, Grove Park Station Road, Clifton
Gardens (portion), Bourne Place (portion), Stamford
Brook Avenue (portion), Prebend Gardens (portion),
Vanghan Avenue and Pleydell Avenue ; the majority
having been laid without the intervention of a contractor.
Open Air Bath.
The mixed and family bathing originally started by
the Council has continued to prove eminently successful
and has now been followed by other municipalities.
An independent sample of the water was taken just
prior to cleansing, and the purity of same was proved
thoroughly satisfactory as shown by analysis.
Packhorse Improvement.
A very considerable improvement from a sanitary
point of view has been made by the re-erection of the
Old Packhorse public-house and the removal of all the
old property adjoining same at the western end of
Essex Place to make room for a new Music Hall, the
roadway and footways have both been widened in the
main road, and there will be a 20-ft. passage-way on
either side of the new building.
Education.
A site for a new Secondary School has been purchased
in Burlington Lane from the Duke of Devonshire,
and it is hoped the building will be commenced
this year. A new elementary school for 420 boys is