From the 1950s onwards children's entertainments were provided during Whit Week and August.[1]
Summer enterainments for children were still being provided in the 1960s.[2] It was reported that 4,650 children and 1,560 adults attended the children's entertainment in the parks during August 1965.[3] This continued into the 1970s. Having heard that 2,280 children and 946 adults attended children's entertainment in the parks in August 1970, the Amenity and Leisure Services Committee agreed that £150 be allocated for the engagement of children's entertainers during August 1971.[4] By the end of the 1970s conventional children's entertainments held in the parks were being replaced by summer holiday play schemes and adventure playgrounds.[5] For 1981 an entertainment programme was approved, including concerts, band concerts, children's entertainment and events at Tredegar House Counntry Park and John Frost Square.[6]
The Lions Club of Newport was given permission to hold a donkey derby in the park on several dates in the 1960s and 1970s,.[7][8] and to stage a go-kart racing event on 28th August 1977.[9]
The Newport Cub Scouts were granted use of part of the park on 4th September 1976 to celebrate their silver jubilee.[10]
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