no fishing now- but I think all of us (at our advanced ages!) would see the Eagle as a scary place now - not the idyl of our youth
dont think the area has changed- just our threshold of fear!
i remember us recovering gas meters which had been stolen,emptied and then chucked in the lake!
Eagle Pond Wanstead
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Fredline
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Re: Eagle Pond Wanstead
Eagle Pond today. 
If you have no grease with you, and your rings are full of ice, do not cut out the ice with a pen-knife but get your man to put the rings one by one in his mouth, and so to thaw the ice.
John Bickerdyke.
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Aitch
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Re: Eagle Pond Wanstead
When the water was low we used to set the rods up in the water... Thigh waders were required in those days...
We were always careful to put a pair of plimsoles in the bottom of your box as they turfed you out of the Eagle pub if you were wearing waders...
We were always careful to put a pair of plimsoles in the bottom of your box as they turfed you out of the Eagle pub if you were wearing waders...
Just one more cast love, and I'll be on me way home
Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but pictures and memories
Leave nothing but footprints, take nothing but pictures and memories
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Ian.R.McDonald
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Re: Eagle Pond Wanstead
Tony and I walked round to the Chinese restaurant in the High Street.
The reaction of the owner " You no come in- you have Fishy Boots!" will never be forgotten!
Happy Days
The reaction of the owner " You no come in- you have Fishy Boots!" will never be forgotten!
Happy Days