Calum said he would like to see a picture of why I had that memory, so here it is (you can see both the tree and the bench)…

Those of you who have read the original post will note that I thought the park had been spoiled by the addition of a children’s play area.  The play area is now situated just behind the tree and it extends to where you can just about make out the wheel of a car on the left of the picture.

Sorry about the quality of the photo, the scanner hasn’t done the colours justice.