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Perfect place for a music lover,
Locals made the airtight cover

WhO did?

Parsons and Hayter (makers of 'airtight'
manhole cover in bandstand pit)

Swanage Bandstand will be 100 in 2023 and it’s now looking good after a major campaign by The Friends of Swanage Bandstand. Originally built in 1923 by Walter Macfarlane of Glasgow. Storm damage put it into a very poor condition and it was threatened with total demolition which in turn made a lot of people very determined to make sure that did not happen; hence the formation of the Friends of Swanage Bandstand. They then raised the money to fully restore the rare sunken bandstand, to install continuous seating on both levels, plus six really nice seats on the top level. It’s now being used by many groups including Swanage Town Band. (Words + photo by Alan Houghton)

Concert at the Bandstand
Perfect place for a music lover.
The airtight cover.
Joseph Parsons and Charles Hayter were Swanage-based builders around the turn of the 19th/20th century. They built a number of commercial premises in Institute Road and Station Road, Kings Road East, in Studland and presumably elsewhere. They ran a stone business as well, and there are a number of different designs of manhole cover referring to them. However it's possible that the actual manufacture of the covers was subcontracted to another foundry. It's not clear whether Parsons and Hayter completed the groundworks for the bandstand. Both Hayter and Parsons also worked independently (or rather, with their sons); Parsons & Son into the 1950s at least, and Hayter & Son from 1828 or earlier.

Head SW., into Station Place; S. and round corner to crossing; then back and turn left into Kings Road West.

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Perfect place for a music lover,Locals made the airtight cover

WhO did?

Parsons and Hayter (makers of 'airtight'manhole cover in bandstand pit)

Perfect place for a music lover,
Locals made the airtight cover

Parsons and Hayter (makers of 'airtight'
manhole cover in bandstand pit)