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- seems to be the custom. Even the ’shingles* are built of bricks. Every village and there sure was a bunch of them, looked almost the same as the last.
Talk about fine roads though, say Dad, you’d be in your element over here with a fine little "cob". All mace.damized or asphalted and running through the finest farming oountry imaginable, They don’t trouble to build fences over here on the farms, but grow hedges instead. Every inch of ground we passed was either in cultivation or occupied by a village or town. Nothing is all uwed to go to waste. Why they build tunnels a mile long with only about four feet of earth above the bricked in part, rather than run up a slight hill and spoil that much land for farming purposes.
As we drew near London the stations came about every two minutes, each with its little collections of brick houses on either side of the track, the village on the right hand side and that on the left another. We were hitting up-a 70 mile an hour clip around here,, and about noon hit the outskirts of London.
Three of us looking out one window (open of course) and three out of the other, and everybody yelling at once. Passed some huge manufacturing plants around here, including the Eastman Kodak Go., and ttee McVittie, Price Buscuit Works, Just after leaving the Ohelsea, Football grounds behind us, we crossed the Thames over Chelsea Bridge, and were in London nroper.
Densely populated is novword for it, as the yards we passed fairly poured forth kids arid grownups to give us a cheer as we passed. Caught a glimpse of Crystal Palace, a hugh glass covered building. Passed such well known stations as Kensington, Clapham Jet,, Willesden Jet., all in London. Usual.ly stopped long enough for us to squander a few pennies on the slot machines in exchange for small biscuits, candy and gum. They tasted good too as apart from what we had at Rugby, we had subsisted on dry bread and bologna all day.
Leaving London behind us now and fast approaching Shomcliffe Some fine residences at Buckley, and a hugh hospital (Canadian) at Orphington, to whioh a draft of 200' men were sent from here last week.
Arrived at Shomoliffe about 1,30 P.M, and marched from there to Sandgate about two miles. Pretty warm too but we didn't mind as we were very glad to think that at last we had reached a resting place. (I*m going to leave you here for this sitting as it is "getting on" and have only time for my "tea" and cakes before "retiring".
Sunday April 2, 19l6.
I had my "tea and cakes" whioh cost me four pence and also retired, and have been so busy since that I Haven’t had time to resume my narrative until now.
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