English Journey: Being a Rambling But Truthful Account of what One Man Saw and Heard and Felt and Thought During a Journey Through England During the Autumn of the Year 1933 |
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... Bournville . There were several good reasons for doing this . To begin with , I was interested in the manufacture of chocolate , having bought and eaten in my time great quantities of the stuff , and having several times , when I was ...
... Bournville . There were several good reasons for doing this . To begin with , I was interested in the manufacture of chocolate , having bought and eaten in my time great quantities of the stuff , and having several times , when I was ...
Page 71
... Bournville 6.5 . Infantile mortality per 1,000 live births : England and Wales , 69 ; Birmingham 72 ; Bournville 56 . Some years ago , the heights and weights , age for age , of Bournville children and children from one of the bad areas ...
... Bournville 6.5 . Infantile mortality per 1,000 live births : England and Wales , 69 ; Birmingham 72 ; Bournville 56 . Some years ago , the heights and weights , age for age , of Bournville children and children from one of the bad areas ...
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... Bournville has not been able to experiment more with rows , courts , quadrangles ; but I was assured by those who know that their tenants greatly prefer to be semi - detached . Within these limits , Bournville has done its work very ...
... Bournville has not been able to experiment more with rows , courts , quadrangles ; but I was assured by those who know that their tenants greatly prefer to be semi - detached . Within these limits , Bournville has done its work very ...
Contents
Chapter Page | 1 |
TWO TO BRISTOL AND SWINDON | 14 |
THREE TO THE COTSWOLDS | 37 |
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