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The Friern Barnet Photo Archive
No: 3097 Contributor: Friern Barnet & District Local History Society Year: 1967 District: Friern Barnet
Friary Park
Photographed in 1967 by Andrew Forsyth, before the statue was surrounded by railings
Picture added on 03 May 2012 at 15:12
In the 1970s I enjoyed sailing my scratch-built radio-controlled model boats in the nearby pond, when it had water, which was about half the time. This helped to foster my early interest in engineering. I see that the statue is now fenced in, to help preserve it, but I wonder if children who could climb the statue's base will feel it was more part of their history, than those who only saw it from behind a fence.
Added by Dr. Gavin Miller on 27 January 2014
Friern Barnet
