MAY, 1919
Vol. JJ., No. 5
The Journal of the Land Army and Every Country Woman
editorial Office 1 Stone Pletcf, Ktcfbrook Grove, Bfackhcath. S.E.
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gg Land gtrl who comes to London ne.od nov<.'r
fN•I u. complcto strangor, for many of the oamNJ
of tho atrcots hero will romind her of the country sho
has loft.
Who <.•ould \vi8h for auythin~; more countrified
than Coruhlll, Roso ru1~ry Ln.no, 1St. ~Inrt.in's-in -thc·
D'ielda, Bothna.l Ort'<'n, Cold bath Fields, Haymarkot,
or l\1ilford Ln.n<'· Thoso rural nam<>s recall tho days,
hundred~ of yettrs ago, when tho City of London
wM tmrroundcd by fil'lds in which tho citizen8
could tako plcalinnt walk~ with their wives whilo
th<'tr ohildron clambered O\'Cl' Goodman's Style in
Goodman's VtC'Idl!, or. on rare occasions. went
nuttmg on Nutt1ng or Notting H1ll . Tho!i<' W<.'r<.•
tho days when a wm~t London :..tr<'<'t, whir.h
nowadn.yt'dsso crowd<'d with people, that younlrnoc:t
htW<' to fight your way along tho footpath, wa<~ 1\t
ono ltm<' th<> favourite s1tc for the residcnc<'s of thf'
groat nohiC's, llll(l must luwc prcllelltNl. at. th ·
beginning of th<' ~('vcn«-<>nth cf'ntury. the o 1 )pcu-
anc<' of n conhnuou 'l lin<' of palaces with ~ardcnA
slop1ng down to the silvrry Thnmc~. T'"o of
the br~t· known hotel~ in London. the ~n' oy
and tho C\ <'il, both in tho Strnnu, oqtond on
tho ground whf'rc forml'rly c;food tlw mnn-
~•on'l o( Potcr do ~twoy uncln of tlw qncf'n of
Henry CII., and S1r Roh<"rt C{·etl. ~on of lmd
Burlcigh.