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Delta throwback: Citizens build their park

It was a terrific citizens’ initiative in Delta. These throwback photos from the early 1950s show residents fundraising to create Annieville Park. The Annieville and District Playground Association purchased an eight-acre parcel of land in 1949.
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It was a terrific citizens’ initiative in Delta.

These throwback photos from the early 1950s show residents fundraising to create Annieville Park.

The Annieville and District Playground Association purchased an eight-acre parcel of land in 1949. By 1952, the land had been cleared of brush and trees and an access road (112th Sreet today) to the park was graded and gravelled. The park was turned over to Delta in 1958.

The association continued to raise funds for landscaping and equipment for the park until it disbanded in 1970. The Delta Archives photos show the Annieville and District Playground Association's Ladies' Auxillary holding one of their fundraising garden parties.

 

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