In fact he had seen and followed with keen interest many important changes in the educational, political, religious, social and industrial worlds. Labour' troubles were acute when he was a youth, and then as now there was much poverty, misery and suffering through riots, strikes, and the destruction of valuable pro erty, He could remember when there and flour costing The bread then neither white nor good though there were some compensations as butter, cheese, milk and eggs were cheap' and plentiful. He took a great interest in cricket which was the greatest of the was young. Marsden was the York. shire champion, being such a good batter that he' wa stuy at the wickets during the whole of an innings, Mr, Darwent was very proud of the achievements of his own. County in that game, Quoits too was very popular, his father being the best player in the town, Pugilism was rife and one of the favourite sports, the' police being neither able to prevent nor interfere with the prize fights without gloves,
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