Sepia-tinted postcard of a view of a lake in Wanstead Park. Ink: Dear J. Thank you for sending Ns address I suppose she will be back at Shanklin very soon. How are you getting on. Uncle E. is going on well but will not be back just yet. [address in Shanklin 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