Advertising poster, Trentham Gardens

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Date:1935

Description:As a result of sewage contamination in the River Trent, Trentham Hall had become uninhabitable by the early twentieth century. After the fourth Duke of Sutherland, Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1851–1913), failed to find a buyer for the property, the Hall was demolished. However, the gardens at Trentham were given a new lease of life as a public attraction overseen by Trentham Gardens Limited.

The large colourful poster featured above is an advertisement for Trentham Gardens ‘The Beauty Spot of the Midlands’ from the early twentieth century. The poster advertises the gardens and ‘mile long lake’ at Trentham, as well as new facilities which had been added including rowing boats, a miniature railway, an open air swimming pool and a playground.

Garden historian Sue Gregory suggests that by this time a ballroom, which the poster boasts was the ‘largest’ in the Midlands, had also been built on the site of the old Kitchen Garden.

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Donor ref:D593-H-13-69 (201/46415)

Source: Staffordshire County Record Office

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