What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Sir Louis Frederick Pearson CBE 1863-1943 co-founder of Beeston Foundry Co later Beeston Boiler Co gave this park in 1923 as a recreation ground to the people of Beeston Recorded plaque organisation: Southern Broxtowe Blue Plaque Group.
Sir Louis Frederick Pearson CBE was a prominent industrialist and philanthropist, co-founding the Beeston Foundry Company which later became the Beeston Boiler Company; he significantly contributed to the community by donating a park as a recreation ground in 1923.
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