A Richmond Parkway"
We sincerely hope that the difficulty of bringing an unwieldly- number of local authorities into active alliance will not prevent something being done in time to preserve a safe way of approach to Richmond Park for those who do not fancy being run over by motor cars. The nearest way to Richmond Park from the west of London is by Priory Lane, but that road, now modernized, has become a kind of speed-track. In a recent letter to the Times, which attracted much attention, Brigadier- General Robert White suggested that a way for pedes- trians and horsemen ought to be made before it is to late along the Beverley Brook. Time is of the essence of the problem. The builders are rapidly filling up the gaps. All the local authorities whose interests converge along the Brook are agreed that this safe and pleasant approach to Richmond Park should be secured ; and as a matter of fact the Ratepayers' Association of Barnes, Mortlake and East Sheen, inspired by its Amenities Sub-Committee, has been advocating it (or two years.
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