The Archive · 1941

Scottish Plenty

Apropos of the latter, a friend just back from Scotland, where she stayed in two or three different places, makes our mouths water by her description of the ease with which un-rationed things can be got—chickens at pauper prices (in London a not too ey ae costs 12s. 6d), bacon, eggs, milk, anything "Sweets seemed rather more scarce, but ho mealls invisible, Tinned things plentiful and at ordinary prices. This happy luxuriance appears to prevail in towns as well as in country, Why do the Scots come to England? But we are promised an improvement—all the Canadian Cheddar cheese output, new potatoes from Eire, and "offal" (by which charming word the official mind designates kidneys, liver, tripe new buildings will be all steel frame and concrete, By the way, I see that Lord Quickswood (you probably remember him better as Lord Hugh Cecil) protests against the idea of replanning the City of London on boulevard Ines, urging that its character and charm are bound up in the narrow twisted lanes that it had preserved even from before the Great Fire of 1666, There is much in this. But the character also depended ters.

A Bitleting Officer in Our Association Our most lease convey to the. largely on the buildings, many of which, if not antiques like Katharine Patr's house, at least took us back to fo. the days of Scrooge and Marley, Now they are gone, and so in making a from which "prove new world" we may as well plan the fébtiilding on brave new Dn, Division and it is part of lines, collect Woollen comforts for cing a Gürdéning Girls The Woitiét's Farm and Garden Assotiation, which though independent Works in conmiéetion with the Women's Land Army, has just brotiitht out an interesting report on what ut does to train girls as gardeners. They Serve an apprenticeship of six thoriths tinder à head gardener on a piWéte éstdte, and if they cannot keep themselves during the training they Are given board and lodging free and Some pocket-nohey. It seem rather wonderful that there are enotigh in this Division. to thank you for a grand cot of woollens knitted by the members and called up, I shall be curious to see how it works out,. Two ladies I know ty up Whose Édrüenet has been called engaged 4 labd gif recently, but the result was not a success, Among all the young girls I. can think of I do hot remember one who took the the management trades gardening is one that demands an interest and aptitude for it, and that indefinable sympathy for.fowers môn as "the n) wich since the epoch-making flight of the Wright brothers.

May ago, plant facilities had 7 bout doubled consisting of a ni wR zi rr pi for the present to. go on buger with tea and coffee, So T be able to earn a cheap it giving my allowance to a nelghseems very satis-fled with the results'it is getting.

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