6 JANUARY 1956, page 13

City And Suburban

By JOHN BETJEMAN I DOUBT if there are many people who knew Livonia Street, Soho, London. It was the last untouched Georgian Street in that district, and was a cul-de-sac on the......

Half Way Down Below

By A. H. BARTON M OONEY and Cranmer looked across Sliema Harbour, watching for a ship's boat and each remembering the same event. 'Couldn't happen now,' said Mooney, 'with ships......

Upsetting The Apple-cart Those Who Love Devon Must Be...

for sad changes in its scenery. The Year Book of the Devon branch of the National Farmers' Union recommends that old cider orchards should be grubbed up and laid down to more......

County Magazines This Column Is So Often An Obituary Of

England's beauty that you may have the impression that no one cares for any- thing except by-passes, concrete lamp-standards and making things convenient for motor-cars. But I......

La Ronde I Have Had A Letter From Lord Gage

about the Christmas-card ramp to which I referred a fortnight ago. He says : 'This year we have had about 300 cards—this includes a number of trade cards from hotels. etc.—but......