SIR,—Mr. Charles Curran does not know very much about either
the Webbs or the London County Council.
The first LCC was elected.in 1889. Beatrice and Sidney Webb were married in 1892; they first met in 1890. It is therefore hardly pos- sible to refer to the LCC as their offspring. Voting in LCC elections has ranged from roughly 35 to 50 per cent. of those eligible. This, while not as high as many would wish— local government polls are always lower than national polls—is considerably more than 'a handful'; and incidentally gives the lie to the statement that 100 per cent. (I) of Londoners do not know what their Council is doing. The remark that 'nothing is known' about the Chairman of the Council is just rubbish. As to Deptford, if Mr. Curran does not know a joke when he reads one, may I refer him to Mr. S. Meyer's enchanting botik on South London? I am glad Mr. Curran did not find my book dull. Perhaps he will now proceed to read something about London County besides one fifty-year-old poem. Or even look around him at what the LCC has built and done,— Yours faithfully,
MARGARET COLE
Freeland, 74 Holders Hill Road, Hendon, NW4
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