The forecast of a London with practically no noise in its streets_ is really no more than the contemplation of a development which has been proceeding for centuries (says the ‘ Westminster Gazette ’). The IJlcet street which Dr. Johnson loved must have boon paved with uneven lumps of stones over which springloss carts bumped their way with tremendous noise. Even the youngest of us can remember a London through the air of which the cab-whistle shrieked. The war rid us of that nuisance. Wood pavements and tho reduced number of horses have served to reduce other noises. _ London is the most silent of great cities.
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Evening Star, Issue 18255, 20 April 1923, Page 5
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104Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 18255, 20 April 1923, Page 5
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