The pictures below show Jane's father swimming in the pond in about 1958 give or take a few years. Interesting to note the amount of trees around the pond. I swam in the pond in the early 60's and it looked much the same. The trees are all gone now including the huge Wellingtonia on the far right of the first picture, which remains as a dead stump. Coming from built up areas of run down London, Dagnam Park was heaven to young people able to get out into the fresh air and fields of the Essex countryside for the first time. The second last picture is of my daughter Cher in 1979. Jane's Father may be the first person to appear topless on the Friends website but Cher is the first to appear totally starkers. The last picture was taken in the early seventies and shows the pond with farmer Quilter's beef cattle in the background, ( long before BSE ) Del.