Pen-Friend in London

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23061, 11 June 1938, Page 8 (Supplement)

Pen-Friend in London

- .Dear Anne Shirley. Would you like to know about my pen-friend in London ? She tells me very interesting things »and sends me photographs and postcards of places which Bhe has visited. She saw the funeral procession of the late King George V., and she saw the Crown jewels in the Tower of London, •which were on display before the Coro-

nation. They were in glass cases, with iron bars 2in. thick around them, and iptwere guarded day and night by "beef-p-eaters." She has seen the H.M.S. Vic-K-tory, which is at Portsmouth, and sent '/ : jne two postcards about it. One is a . photograph of the deck and shows tlio v.epot where Nelson fcll on October 21, S 18Q5, and the other is of the lower deck, where Nelson died. &-V- She has been inside Westminster t Abbey, has seen Buckingham Palace. > the changing of the guard and tho |r Tower Bridge. fc*?' In her last letter she told me all pabout her visit to The Monument which the great fire of Lonpdon. It is about 300 ft. high and the f charge is 3d to go inside. There is a 5 long, winding staircase inside which " goes to the top, and if it is a fine dav fVshe said, you could see nearly the whole

£- of -London. p ; Every year she goes to the Cam- } bridge-Oxford boat race and tells mo ■ all about that, too. She has seen all the members of the I Royal Family on various State occa-

sions,. and makes her letters so interesting that it is almost as good as seeing them myself. Of my 21 overseas pen-friends, she is the most interesting. I hope I have not bored you, Anne, so I will close before I do so.—Best wishes from your pen-friend. Edith Davey (15), Kakahi.