Noisy neighbours
Sir,—Far be it from me to disparage my age grow, which deserves some of the respect it doesn’t always get for the mere fact of its lengthy survival in our modern world, but I really must challenge the home-spun wisdom of E. Priestley’s dear old Granny. Possibly she lived before the age of Masefield, one of whose most memorable lines Ihave only too often endorsed: "Life’s a long headache in a noisy street.” To suggest that simply to be alive is better tian having to put up with unavoidable annoyance day by day is a negative sort of argument, since none of us know what lies on the other side of the grave, but certainly if I find myself after death at close quarter for all time with electric drills, motor lawn-movers, barking dogs, and bawling infants I shall know I am in hell. Yours., etc., DEAR OLD GRANNY MANQUE. March 25, 1971.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32565, 26 March 1971, Page 8
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