Coloured postcard of the lake in Handsworth Park, Birmingham, seen across a shrubbery, and showing a drinking fountain. Ink: [personal message] [address in Kings Norton supplied]. Handsworth Park, Birmingham, was designed by Richard H. Vertegans and opened in 1888, under the name Victoria Park; it was extended in 1895 by the Borough Surveyor, Edwin Kenworthy. The park included a house called Grove House, later Park House, eventually demolished in 1968