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The New-style Hop-picker The Salvation Army And Other...

organisations still carry on their work during the month or six weeks of hop-picking. Casualties always occur, for the pickers come with several generations of relatives; old......

Country Life

Ir is a matter for thought that a Cockney in the country now takes on this column of rural affairs, following one who had, natively, the " way of a countryman " (a happy phrase,......

The Annual Invasion 1 Begin At The Moment When The

bacchic pilgrimage of some forty thousand folk takes ' Kent by storm. Hop-picking is now in full swing. Everybody is cheerful because the prospects are so good. Apart from......

Spectator Competition No. 36

Set by D. R. Peddy From time to time there is controversy about the alleged political significance in Alice in Wonderland. A prize of I'S, which may be divided, is offered for a......

SPECTATOR COMPETITION.No. 34 Report by Derek Hudson " Barrie told me he liked to see a woman's cloak flung over his chair," wrote Lady Kennet in her diary. A prize of f5 was......

In My Garden

The opulence of which I wrote above has been most apparent in the flower and vegetable gardens. I have never seen lawns looking so lustrous. This spring I gave mine a copious......