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Tho August Bank Holiday this year was marked by fine weather, and consequently the parks and open spaces were thronged with holiday-makers. Hnmi>stond lbwlh was visitocl by some 200,000; over ll'i.OlK) people went to Kew, n-liiile large ihiiiilhts spent tho day on the river. The two giwlest attractions in tho London area were tho Festival of Umpire and the Coronation Exhibition at Shepherd's Bush, while Earl's Court was a good third. More than 100,000 passongei-s were carried, it is calculated, on tho "All Red Route" Railway at the Crystal Palace. Tremendous numbers of people travelled to the various soasido places. Nearly lii,ooo persons went to Southend, ami 17,000 to Yarmouth. Among tho holiday resorts nearer homo, Epping proved one of the most popular, some 14,000 people going down to tho forest,

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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1247, 2 October 1911, Page 2

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Untitled Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1247, 2 October 1911, Page 2

Untitled Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1247, 2 October 1911, Page 2

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