It will be a full 53 years ago but the memory of that walk through Greenwich Park on a Saturday in September 1971 has never left me.
I was in my second year at Manchester Poly and the pull of Well Hall and the family were still strong and so
I found myself back home with three friends.
Lois was from Weston and Mike and John from Leeds and we travelled down from Manchester in John’s van on the Friday night.
Even now I have to say I haven’t forgotten the kindness of David Hatch who agreed to put Lois, Mike and John up on his floor.
It was a brief stay and most of it is a blur except for the walk from the gates on the Blackheath side through the park to Wolf’s statue, the observatory and that view down to the river.
At any time of the year that short stroll is pretty good but in late autumn it is magic. The leaves are on the turn and the bright sunlight can still surprise you with its degree of warmth and the way it brings out the colours all around you.
Now we never made it across the river but had we I am sure we would have been rewarded with a view like this.
All of which just leaves me to reflect on the postcard which was marketed in the USA and carried the imprint of the American YMCA of which there must be a story, but not for now.
Location; Greenwich
Picture; Greenwich Park, 1905 from the series Greenwich, marketed in 1911-12 by Tuck & Sons, courtesy of Tuck DB, https://tuckdb.org/
I found myself back home with three friends.
Lois was from Weston and Mike and John from Leeds and we travelled down from Manchester in John’s van on the Friday night.
Even now I have to say I haven’t forgotten the kindness of David Hatch who agreed to put Lois, Mike and John up on his floor.
It was a brief stay and most of it is a blur except for the walk from the gates on the Blackheath side through the park to Wolf’s statue, the observatory and that view down to the river.
At any time of the year that short stroll is pretty good but in late autumn it is magic. The leaves are on the turn and the bright sunlight can still surprise you with its degree of warmth and the way it brings out the colours all around you.
Now we never made it across the river but had we I am sure we would have been rewarded with a view like this.
All of which just leaves me to reflect on the postcard which was marketed in the USA and carried the imprint of the American YMCA of which there must be a story, but not for now.
Location; Greenwich
Picture; Greenwich Park, 1905 from the series Greenwich, marketed in 1911-12 by Tuck & Sons, courtesy of Tuck DB, https://tuckdb.org/
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