Our Stories Part 3

Hall and Oval – the community slowly takes ownership

Between the 1900s and 1920s the Deans Marsh community, acting through the Trustees of the Hall all of whom were or had been community members, and its Committee members who were also locals, purchased the 20 acres at what is now the Memorial Park site from Mr Edgar Mountjoy. That sale process seems to have begun or at least been agreed to in principle well before 1912, but full payment was not made until 1920. As we have seen, this land was used by the community as a sports ground from at least the 1880s, well before the purchase process even began. Keep reading…