Coloured postcard showing a view of the subtropical garden in South Park, Darlington. Ink: [personal message] [address in France supplied]. South Park, Darlington, was originally Poor Howdens Farm, assigned in the will of Sir James Belasses (1636) for charitable purposes; in 1850 the trustees of the charity decided to use the site for a municipal park, which was opened in 1853 and bought by the local authority in 1877; the bandstand and fountain are listed