Coloured postcard showing a view of the drinking fountain in Queen's Park, Manchester. Ink: [personal message] [address in Stourbridge supplied]. Queen's Park, Manchester, was designed by Joshua Major and opened in 1846; the plan was altered in the 1850s-60s by John Shaw. It was originally the grounds of Hendham Hall, which was demolished in 1880 and replaced by an art gallery (1884) by J. Allison; a drinking fountain in memory of John Ross, who had campaigned for municipal parks, was installed in 1865