The Opening of the Clarence Park Grand Stand, 1894
By Janet Ouston
Clarence Park was given to St Albans by Sir John Blundell Maple MP, proprietor of Maple's, the fashionable London furniture store. The park was opened in 1894 by the Duke of Cambridge in a celebration " ... not dampened but not spoiled by heavy rain."
Grand Stand Opening
Photo St Albans Museums (ref T865)