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  1829 -
  It was a cold winter that year....
  
  ICE on the Thames....
  
  Large masses of ice were floating on the Thames on Friday. Should the severity of the present frost continue a few days longer the navigation of the river will be materially impeded, if not altogether arrested. In some parts above London where the atmosphere is not influenced by the heated currents of the Great Metropolis, we understand that the surface is nearly frozen over. The inland navigation through the country is entirely stopped and wagons and vans are provided by the proprietors of canals to convey the goods for which there is no longer any water carriage.
  
  The Serpentine River - on Thursday owing to the fineness of the day and the improved quality of the ice the skaters were very numerous. We saw many new faces and a few of the veterans whose performances were the object of attraction to the ladies who were seated in carriages on the north bank. The figures of 3 and 8 and the "mazy" intricacies of the Turks-Cap, or 8 circles in one, were effected with great ease and elegance by Mr ATKINSON, Captain HERBERT and Messrs MONTAGUE. Both sides of the water presented a very gay appearance from the presence of the line of equippages on the north and the pedestrians on the south. The watermen from the Thames had arrived and were busy in erecting their tents and tables, the best ice was found near the Humane Society's house and where the sweepers were employed it was excellent. As usual the concourse was greatest near the wall of Kensington Gardens and there the depth is not 6-feet. At the east end and in the centre the Humane Society's boat was placed; a very judicious arrangement but we heard of no accident, a strong and sharp easterly wind blew during the day.
  
  (Kentish Gazette 27 Jan 1829 p.2 col.2 )

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