Sepia-tinted real photo postcard of Southwark Park, showing the bandstand. Ink: Dear E. / Many thanks for P.C. I had a very enjoyable holiday. There are very rough doings in London, but it seems to be nearly over. This is a view of our park. Hoping all are well. Yours Fred Cole [address in Norfolk supplied]. Southwark Park was designed by Alexander McKenzie, and opened in 1869. One of the original bandstands from the RHS Garden in Kensington was moved to Southwark Park after the Garden was abandoned; it was destroyed during the Second World War but has since been re-erected in replica