East London . f Wapping survives. The London docks cutout a huge cantle of the parish; the place has since been stillfurtlier curtailed by the creation of a large recreation groundof the newest type. Some of the remaining streets retain intheir name the memory of the gardens and fields of theearly settlements; there is Wapping Wall, Green Bank, RoseLane, Crabtree Lane, Old Gravel Lane, Hermitage Street,Love Lane,—no London suburb is complete without a LoveLane or a Lovers Walk,—Cinnamon Street: does this namerecall the time of the wooden nutmegs? Let me, at this point, introduce you to Raines
East London . f Wapping survives. The London docks cutout a huge cantle of the parish; the place has since been stillfurtlier curtailed by the creation of a large recreation groundof the newest type. Some of the remaining streets retain intheir name the memory of the gardens and fields of theearly settlements; there is Wapping Wall, Green Bank, RoseLane, Crabtree Lane, Old Gravel Lane, Hermitage Street,Love Lane,—no London suburb is complete without a LoveLane or a Lovers Walk,—Cinnamon Street: does this namerecall the time of the wooden nutmegs? Let me, at this point, introduce you to Raines you know that in our East London, as well as in theFrench village, we have our Rosiere? The excellent Raine,who flourished during the last century, built and endowed aschool for girls who were trained for domestic service; healso left money for giving, once a year, a purse containinga hundred golden sovereigns, upon her wedding day, tt) agirl coming from his own school who could show four years.
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