There are 18,538 acres of public open spaces and 13,281 acres of playing fields within ten miles of Charing Cross, London. _ The total area of 31,819 acres is just over half of what the National Playing Fields Association considers necessary for London. The inhabitants of Holy Island, off the coast of Northumberland, number 250 in ail. and their loyalty is so good that there is not a single policeman on the island: neither "is there a cinema, a. theatre, a doctor, not any industrial distress. An ideal laxative for indoor workers. I’m! Tills. Gentle, yet th«*wich. lg 3d lin.—* [Advt.] ,
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Evening Star, Issue 20193, 5 June 1929, Page 9
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100Page 9 Advertisements Column 4 Evening Star, Issue 20193, 5 June 1929, Page 9
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