Coloured postcard of a view of a rustic bridge in Wanstead Park. Ink: Dear Annie, Mother was glad to hear that your costumed fitted you so nicely. She said she would have liked to have seen you in them. I went to see Gertie Brown get married on Saturday. From your loving cousin Kitty [address in Great Yarmouth supplied]. Wanstead Park was originally the grounds of Wanstead Manor, a celebrated garden with a lake, canal and groups of islands; Repton and Lewis Kennedy both prepared plans, some of which were acted on, but the then proprietor, William Wellesley Pole, who had married Catherine Tylney-Long, the estate heiress, dissipated the estate, and eventually demolished the house and sold its structure and contents. In 1882 the Corporation of the City of London acquired the site for use as public open space, added a golf course and other amenities