ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 185, 4 May 1936, Page 3

ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT

Lecture By Mr. Alan C. Browne

The charm of the English lake district' was described for the staff of the Sanitarium Health Food Depot and Cafe on Saturday night by Mr. Alan C. Browne, who returned to New Zealand recently after spending four years in England bringing to the notice of the people be met the tourist advantages of New Zealand. Mr. Browne illustrated bis lecture with his own slides, Mr. A, Leigh Hunt acting as operator. Mr. Browne dealt with Hugh Walpole’s district, one of the most beautiful nnd romantic in England. Taking scenes in "Hogue 1 Herries,” "Judith Paris." and "Vanessa." three of Walpole’s novels. Mr. Browne described them and showed pictures of them, beginning with scenes in Keswick. He showed photographs of the old druids’ circles, of Watendlath, Derwent Water, and Borrowdale. He also dealt with the life and sport of the lake district, telling his audience of the sheep farming.-fox hunting, sheep dog trials, and rock climbing. One of rhe most striking pictures was of the war memorial erected on Oren I. Gable, the mountain which the Rock and Fell Climbers’ Club bought and presented to the nation. The memorial, a bronze tablet set info the summit rocks, records the deeds of the members of the club who died in the Great. Wnr The lecture concluded in the valley of Watsdale.