Ancestor Gateway Forum - Childhood Memories, School Memories and Contacts New Topic  |  Search Thread Topic: birthday present (aged 4) Topic Originator: Beth Post Date July 15, 2005 @ 4:09 PM  birthday present (aged 4) Beth July 15, 2005 @ 4:09 PM Reply  |  Email  |  Print  |  Top When I had my 4th birthday my grandma asked me what I would like.  We looked in a toyshop window and she asked me to choose something.  I chose a  fairly small (about 10 inches) toy wooden boat with a lovely sail and mast.  It was painted red and blue and the bits in between were white.  My grandma said "are you sure you wouldn't like something else".  I was quite sure I had wanted a boat like that for ages.   We took it to sail it on a boating lake in the park in Park Road Peterborough. Ed: Thanks Beth.  Does anyone else remember the boating lake?  I don't think its there any more.