FOND memories of a Teesside park are being sought as part of a £1.3m heritage lottery bid for refurbishment.

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council wants to put a pictorial history of Locke Park, in Redcar, together in its bid document, and is appealing to the public for photographs which can tell the story of the 70-year-old park.

The bid covers a range of improvements including new railings and footpath regeneration, refurbishment of lake edges, a new visitor centre with a meeting room, a new play area and interpretative boards for nature studies.

Geoff Briggs, the council's senior parks officer, said: "The old photographs play an important part in the bid process, satisfying the Heritage Lottery Board requirement for historic documentation.

"The photos can be of any topic or subject, ranging from holiday snaps, landscape, wildlife, etc. We can promise that all photographs will be returned to their owners after copies have been made."

Anyone who can help should contact Mr Briggs at the Cargo Fleet offices, Middlesbrough Road, PO Box South Bank 20, TS6 6EL.