Bristol, Eastville Boating Lake c.1950
Photo ref: B212293
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Photo of Bristol, Eastville Boating Lake c.1950

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Leisure time with the city, though it is highly unlikely that the Frith cameraman would have hung around long enough to see if the fish were biting. This is one of a series of photographs taken by Frith photographers for possible use as a postcard.

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Memories of Bristol, Eastville Boating Lake c1950

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Eastville Park swimming pool was built in 1905, and the lake in 1909, with the present boathouse dating from 1925. Since then, local road building has resulted in the loss of the original boundaries of the park and its walls, gates and drinking fountain. The swimming pool was turned into a community garden in in the early 1980s and the bowling greens, though nearly 100 years old, are still very popular. Original Victorian drinking fountain and toilets remain.