Wanstead, 100 years ago

Name: Wanstead Backgammon Society
Start: 2024-12-30T19:30:00+00:00
End: 2024-12-30T23:00:00+00:00
Location: The Duke

This picture is from 1921 and shows a band playing for the crowds in #wanstead. Sidney Jackson, my Grandfather on the piano. @thegentleauthor @ShopEatWanstead @WansteadParish @lovewanstead @FWP2009 @Wansteadium pic.twitter.com/324Z4YXSBr
— Philip Jackson (@pjacksonphilip) March 13, 2021

This is very cool – thanks to @pjacksonphilip for sharing it. Clicking on the tweet will let you see the photo in detail. Can anyone work out where exactly it was taken? Bearing in mind the presence of Sidney Jackson’s piano, we’re tending to think it’s in the Christ Church gardens.