THE MORRIS MOTOR WORKS AT COWLEY [To the Editor of
the SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—There is another side to the interesting picture drawn by your contributor of the Morris motor works and their founder. The fair City of Oxford is a priceless possession. It is unique in its combination of wealth of glorious buildings, romantic associations, and historic interest and natural beauty. The Morris motor works have grievously damaged this beauty and charm. They disfigure the immediate land- scape in which they are placed, and worse still they are the cause of the growth of the ugliest and meanest part of the town for about a mile along the Cowley road. Can the material advantages of a flourishing industry compensate for the damage thus done to that beautiful city, that "queen of romance " ? The prospect of the spread of the Morris works, which is imminent if your correspondent be correct, makes one shudder when one sees what it has already done.—I am,
Sir, &c., FRANCIS HUGHESDON. Sydney House, Malvern Wells.
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