Playing fields were created on the site of the old Anchor brickworks in the early 1950s. The remnants of the pit bings which had been used as the source of the clay for the bricks were levelled and a football pitch laid out which became known as the “Top Park.” The former site of the brick kilns was the Low Park.
A putting green and two tennis courts were set out at the east end of the park and Avon Cottage (known locally as “The Veranda”) became the sports pavilion where fees were paid for using the green and courts. Dunipace Amateurs used it as changing rooms. In the evenings, on rainy days, the veranda could be used unofficially as a kick about area.
In 1990 the park was acquired by Central Regional Council for the construction of a new primary school and it opened in the Top Park in 1992. An old folks home and Thistle Avenue were then built in the area of the former tennis courts, though there is still a central green space.
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