Whitestone Pond is something of a local legend so it's great to see the level of care and attention being lavished upon it by a joint repair venture by the City of London and Camden Council.These snaps taken this weekend just gone are of the pond being worked upon as you will soon never see it again.
The pond and it's environs have an incredibly special place in the heart of Hampstead - once known as the cockney seaside we have at last restored the donkey rides and begun to re-create the victorian funfair atmosphere...
http://474towin.blogspot.com/2008/10/where-is-that-white-stone-hidden.htmlOriginally it was called the horse pond and was the place where people coming over the heath and about to go down into Hampstead would run their horse and cart through the pond to clean the mud off the hooves and wheels to stop slipping when going down the steep Heath Street.
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To really return to the old days we'll need to have people back sailing radio controlled boats on it too...
More like 747 votes to lose...
I used to visit there as a kid in the 60's loved riding the donkeys,and watch people sailing their model boats, a favorite memory of mine
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