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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Page 11
... Smoke - room steward on the " And he mentioned a ship I had travelled in . I remembered him at once then , a very smart , obliging youngster , a pattern of smoke - room stewards ; and smoke - room stewards , you must remember , are ...
... Smoke - room steward on the " And he mentioned a ship I had travelled in . I remembered him at once then , a very smart , obliging youngster , a pattern of smoke - room stewards ; and smoke - room stewards , you must remember , are ...
Page 87
... smoke and blurred buildings and factory chimneys . There seemed to be no end to it . In the vague middle , dominating everything , was an enormous round white tower , which I afterwards learned was a new gasometer . It looked bigger ...
... smoke and blurred buildings and factory chimneys . There seemed to be no end to it . In the vague middle , dominating everything , was an enormous round white tower , which I afterwards learned was a new gasometer . It looked bigger ...
Page 165
... smoke - and there is plenty of it in the Potteries - does not hang well above the towns like a dark cloud , as it does in other industrial districts , but seems to drift heavily just above the roofs . Never before have I seen such a ...
... smoke - and there is plenty of it in the Potteries - does not hang well above the towns like a dark cloud , as it does in other industrial districts , but seems to drift heavily just above the roofs . Never before have I seen such a ...
Contents
Chapter Page | 1 |
TWO TO BRISTOL AND SWINDON | 14 |
THREE TO THE COTSWOLDS | 37 |
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