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'Duck pond' in Finsbury Park
Just spent a lovely afternoon having lunch with my Sister , at a pub out in the middle of nowhere in the Essex Countryside. The weather was just beautiful. It reminded me of those seemingly endless childhood sunny days when our parents used to take us to FP. If we were lucky, we would be allowed to go on a large motorised boat that would take us twice around the 'duck pond' (as we called it) for 6d. Is there still a boat doing such trips?
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The straws used to collapse before you finished your drink, but Hey, we thought that we were the bees knees.
Crikey.
I remember the long hot summers hanging out at the FP adventure playground (when it had the zip line) in the late 70's & early 80's......
No H&S in them days.
Yeah , I'm referring to the adventure playground that once existed down at the entrance by Lidl (used to be the City Pram & Toy Company - got my 1st bike there).
The adventure playground was next to the 'ordinary' playground that had the climbing frames and super swings that we all used to launch ourselves off of.
Do you remember the viewing platform that once stood inside the park at the Oxford Road entrance ? It's gone now - I wonder what happened to it.......
My Dad bought me the game 'Mousetrap' from that shop when it first came out. Where was the Oxford road entrance? The only other entrance that we used, took us over a bridge with wooden panels each side, which we accessed down a side street. As you got to the bridge, on the right hand side, was a white Art Deco building that was something to do with films. as you crossed the bridge ( over railway lines) into the park, there was tennis courts to the left. This path took you to the duck pond. Is this the entrance?
[as you crossed the bridge ( over railway lines) into the park, there was tennis courts to the left. This path took you to the duck pond. Is this the entrance? ]
Yes , that's the place , I thought is went through Oxford road !
I've just checked on Google street maps - it IS Oxford Road , an annexe of the Oxford Road that junctions Upper Tollington Park.
When I was a kid the white building (which is now a college) was a clothes factory..... I think . . . . .