. Vanishing England . nd the Rhine Provinces. Whowould have thought that this decayed harbour rankedfourth among the ports of the kingdom? But its glorieshave departed. Decay set in. Its prosperity began todecline. Railways have been the- ruin of Kings Lynn. Themerchant princes who once abounded in the townexist here no longer. The last of the long race diedquite recently. Some ancient ledgers still exist in thetown, which exhibit for one firm alone a turnover of some-thing like a million and a half sterling per possessed of a similarly splendid waterway,unlike Ipswich, the trad
. Vanishing England . nd the Rhine Provinces. Whowould have thought that this decayed harbour rankedfourth among the ports of the kingdom? But its glorieshave departed. Decay set in. Its prosperity began todecline. Railways have been the- ruin of Kings Lynn. Themerchant princes who once abounded in the townexist here no longer. The last of the long race diedquite recently. Some ancient ledgers still exist in thetown, which exhibit for one firm alone a turnover of some-thing like a million and a half sterling per possessed of a similarly splendid waterway,unlike Ipswich, the trade of the town seems to have quitedecayed. Few signs of commerce are visible, exceptwhere the advent of branch stations of enterprising OLD WALLED TOWNS 37 Cash firms has resulted in the squaring up of oddprojections and consequent overthrow of certain ancientbuildings. There is one act of vandalism which the townhas never ceased to regret and which should serve asa warning for the future. This is the demolition of the.
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