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This was the original site of the Platform cannons. The original gardens were lost when road improvements were made and the story behind them is forgotten today. The area was redeveloped in 2016 to create a sightseeing spot with flat grass and terraced steps so the departure berth of the Titanic can be seen without entering the docks. A mention of Vokes Park in the minutes of the Council’s Public Lands Committee meeting in 1952 caused Alderman ‘Tommy’ Lewis to ask: “Where did the name come from?” The mayor, Alderman E Burrow said: “I have lived in Southampton all my life and have never heard of this land called Vokes Park.”