Duchesne Record | 1913-06-27 | Page 7 | London and Its Lumber

London ondon and Its Lumber London Is the most conservative city In Europe if not in the world It loves its lumber You may still see those notices attached ch d to lamp posts which announces Standing for Four Hackney Hack ney Carriages or whatever the number number number num num- ber may be though for ten years in one case to my own knowledge for twenty-five twenty no flO vehicles of any kind ha have ve stood there Perhaps it is as well that these relics should remain they are a tiny part of our social history They will probably remain when we weare weare weare are flying t to dinner or the theater In omni omni s. s By that time people wont won't know what hackney carriage meant and there will be discussions In the Notes and Queries of the period For each generation hands down to the next certain nuts to crack