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Sir Patrick Abercrombie 1879-1957.
Laurie Elks has written a presentation about the history of the Lea Valley Park. It can be downloaded using this link. In it he points out that Professor Abercrombie's Greater London Plan (1944/5) laid the background for the creation of the Lea Valley Park. Professor Abercrombie said: "A series of great
reservoirs threads up the valley, extending from Walthamstow
to Enfield and though man made they are
acquiring a charm of their own as trees grow round them
and on their little islands - they are becoming nature
reserves for large numbers of birds and the
resort of privileged fisherman. These areas are
a great open-air lung to the crowded East End -
their preservation is essential...Every piece of
open land should be welded into a great
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