Sepia-tinted real photo postcard of a view of the lake in Valentines Park, with swans, children, and spectators. Pencil: Dear Maura, I have waiting a line from my daughter so I thought I would [send?] you one glad to hear you are happy and enjoying yourself but above all I hope you are better and that the change will do you a lot of good with love to you and John from your loving Mother XXXX [address in Felixstowe supplied]. Valentines Park was in the late 19th century the home of the philosopher C. Mansfield Ingleby; how much of the current layout was the work of his gardener William Earley has not yet been established. Ilford Council bought the property in 1902 and adapted it for use as a municipal park. From the 1920s cricket was played there, and it is the home of the Ilford Cricket Club