After a brilliant Good Friday we have had an overclouded but still a fine Bank Holiday, and there have been the usual crowds at all the popular holiday resorts. Notwithstanding the rivalry of the reopened Alexandra Palace, the old Crystal Palace at Sydenham attracted considerably over eighty thousand people—a Bank-holiday record. But even these huge figures were exceeded by the Alexandra Palace. Since this beautifully situated pleasure resort on Muswell Hill was closed some nine years ago for want of adequate support, an enormous new population has grown up in the north of London, till the Alexandra Park has been surrounded for a great distance on every side with bricks and mortar. The new venture starts therefore under very promising auspices.
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