HARDWICK STREET CROFT.

 

 

 

Prior to the construction of the Town Midland Railway Station in 1893, the land at the rear of the Hardwick Street Council Schools was utilised as a recreation ground for the district of Hardwick Street, there being a footpath at the side leading from Hardwick Street into Forest Street. The ground is now occupied by the Midland Railway, the Lawn Tennis Club, and for garden purposes. The foot-bridge, spanning the railway from the schools to the side of Forest Lodge, was opened September, 1887.

Two well-known Sutton residents in Mr. John Knowles Daubeny (for many years a Churchwarden and Chairman of the Duke of Portland's Allotment Committee) and Mr. Benjamin Oscroft, passed away in May and August, 1887, respectively.