Uncoloured photographic postcard of a view of the 18th-century grotto in Wanstead Park. Ink: Dear Ethel / Just a line to wish you an enjoyable holiday in case I do not see you before you go. I am glad the weather is more favourable, & perhaps you will have the best of all. With much love from all at 17 from Maud [address in East Ham 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