THIS fantastic picture of the fountain in Blackburn's Corporation Park was taken in 1908.
The fabulous feature stands proudly at the main entrance of the park and was gifted by William Pilkington, the mayor of Blackburn, at the time of the opening of the park in 1857.
It was one of four fountains he donated.
But the display provided by this one, with its 20ft spout, was not appreciated by all.
On windy days, the water tended to blow on people sitting on the nearby benches and, in view of the £30 a year it would cost to make the fountain work satisfactorily, the town council voted in 1935 on making it into the ornamental flower bed by filling in its large lower basin.
The park cost the town £3257 (£110,000 in today's money) when the corporation bought it at £65 an acre from the Lord of the Manor, Joseph Feilden, in October 1855.
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