Coloured postcard of the fountain and shrubberies in Handsworth Park, Birmingham, with a view of the church beyond. Ink: [personal message] [address in Ottery St Mary 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