Spent the morning at Sheffield Botanical Gardens, a place Nicola spent a great many happy hours as a child. They were first opened in 1836 & originally designed by Robert Marnock. After falling into disrepair, the gardens & its listed buildings including the now restored Glass Pavilions, were fully renovated & officially re-opened by HRH The Prince of Wales in September 2003.
Took Chris to go & see the famed Bear Pit. A place that both fascinated & scared the daylights out of Nicola growing up. Until sometime in the 1870's, the Bear Pit housed two bears. They were removed, following an incident when a child fell into the pit and was killed... Now all it houses is a sculpture of a Grizzly bear - a reminder of it's past.
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