Coloured postcard of the lake at Finsbury Park, with boats in motion. Ink: Dear Gertie many thanks for letter received, basket safely afraid I cant run down for show should like it I know. Will [?] later Hope you will enjoy yourself [address in Dorset supplied]. Finsbury Park was originally proposed as Albert Park, the third of three new royal parks to be created in London (Battersea and Victoria were the other two); when the plans to make it a royal park were abandoned, it was developed as a municipal park under the name Finsbury Park. It was designed by Alexander McKenzie and opened in 1869; it was restored with aid from the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2003