Clearing leaves

The lake in Wardown Park was formed from two arms of the River Lea which flowed south through the park in the late C19. The river enters at the west boundary, 200m south-west of the house (now a museum), and is culverted before entering the lake at the north end. The water leaves the lake at the south end, where it flows out into two arms: a mill race on the east side of New Bedford Road and the river bed on the west side of the road. A small lake was formed between the two arms of the river as it ran through the south of the park, around the present island c 1900, and this lake was enlarged to its present dimensions by the Corporation in two campaigns c 1905.

Today they were cleaning out some of the many leaves that can clog up such waterworks at this time of year.