"THE BAL OLD DAYS."

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 6 February 1909, Page 1

"THE BAL OLD DAYS."

liONDON r "mS3 A"CENTUEY Black as: the seamy sido .of. London is,- there is at least some comfort in (the knwledge: that things are not so !ba|d as they-usfed'to. be.; Soinoi;Ji.me• {ago the ".Evening, itoifs^ : hitr.TJpon (the happy'idea of ■_< publishing; jt|lks ■ •with old LondonefsJ an3;in'the cojirsb of a hundred , .such.,-inte.'ryieVs,.:;tho '- jjonnger generation haVe been "snp- . ■plied with-a vivid-picture of London 'in. the; so-called "good^old days."' Those were';thy^iiDke^.indeed.|*:Somo of the pl4.men«int'e,^Je>ve'&>ha^ told^ lujrid stp?iesv6^. a'sfeirid^oiEllif^lwhich no on« -reants-^o' seeT^eHvod. i^TKefe fhaTe bjten >i:je^niin{s«eflc«^:;6f garaijttersr, ;riversidpiWaves,r4w:;^&d^sßatchers;. of ari9tociats;^throwii^; atimfo ; f rora, publichoußes"in{6"th^d|ftVout 9v3e > of women pugiiisjts^ ijgh^ting■{{ 6ri-^wagera,y' and stakes;- of "nten; ajidTwomeiL- hanged; before thet eyesVoffmpib'9;, of fashloV •able people;' and 'rolighs, ,y and school ohlldfeii; W Tiis^i^WoVthe 'days', when blackjZilags w^y^d^. over-streets 'closed - to .trafficHm acbtfuhtvo'fc-.cllQlera.v'iifhco_, "flattt^ .?ftii4'>'*";anS.;' thee 'flrgtf Mxookery^ of^a^iEge:i'i&is;ted^.,/i4tel. festering ) ':wi'thini£' stojie^s 1 tErbw ■' of Oxfo^itT^t's;pt£ptiHaVsluiey. was :.. •«t wa^&of^&hy.^Moae^l hovels, • paeke^Vi^JOQ^fammifar: old' felis&^fts; r h§£ h^Jitpt?'inTiSjgr^ ;hWd]|ltis'head^^ kicked" iJv^^geinpl^;t<!;ia4Fl."» n '' ;0 9n^ »lr rtt^Bj^^upieSi...^wi^rs<;re'lat<ii."&ei ■ofgßjl^W -f n^-'tfei^a'rdens,^^? tei^was ap^>arenti^S>l?.tfie :''last ■ tiiing" thought of,-atoijp^iWighti fafKthe ; ' ponny K. gaits', %iere;-;the " audiqfice botlleS.' •; > -Ple%ty.-^)yl{iie»es^temem~. .• b^ihei>«^rri!6*g^^our3,\V l th9,-i.ni- - cit drinking 3en&iible haunhj-;df"the. «j^psJby\th^|^^;thQ 1' t^;J "w-ho ,^^^delfct]iSl^plice"p^So' of \'tfcie^s^at^W^nanßto'v W»tferiod;;: a^ai^lsi^Eifinfs:; vThdy^iave' givon personal of 'the Ch|Utj^t r.j ■lio^H; 4llfeKeD n ingt onr -- au d Sptl^^ldsj-'fjw.^w^^pf'-tHtf ■■-cab-!' ff^^a#^i^ ItT- lamps,lamps, thaQld friara;; 1 thje"oTttTSbiigs -with >: tlierr lionj^ry" oh'otbseßp^^fteeaing -of "the •• -Thames"»anc(~ther*O©ting j.. of-°an»ox'»"" tip,^j|^ac^;'S^lt]^.;.fire?.;~x>&fhj>. ■..-. Houses'-of Parli|iment" and_ the- Tower; • 6t London. si*B^ne?iriy! al the. bid- ' people; a^e^t^^f^hougfi' it . has ' less y^qna^o^ pr«sejttt-.day LondoD.rjias mow hUDge^ aid' Jaore unemployment'•than had-the I»ifdoni;of. fifty or 1 sixty j«mi;-«gih^-"--^S,^;-;'v;. r: ■ ■.. :.:...-.. >