Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . populated neighbourhood, issituated in Lsk Street, Bcthnal Green. Itis maintained b\ the London County Council. 344 LIVING A DISUSED GRAVEYAKU(DRURY LANE). and having been secured and laid down bythe MetropoHtan Public Gardens Associa-tion, is named after Lord Meath, the in-defatigable Chairman of that body. Here,in this transformed burial ground of ele\-enacres, pale-faced children, factory hands,and workers of all ages spend every avail-able moment; and the playing of theWednesday night
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . populated neighbourhood, issituated in Lsk Street, Bcthnal Green. Itis maintained b\ the London County Council. 344 LIVING A DISUSED GRAVEYAKU(DRURY LANE). and having been secured and laid down bythe MetropoHtan Public Gardens Associa-tion, is named after Lord Meath, the in-defatigable Chairman of that body. Here,in this transformed burial ground of ele\-enacres, pale-faced children, factory hands,and workers of all ages spend every avail-able moment; and the playing of theWednesday night band in the summer con-stitutes their one weekl}- diversion. They arenothing if not critical, these East-Enders, asis proved by the remarks they make onthe programme and its execution. Patrioticairs, and anything with an emphaticall}-marked measure — such as marches andpolkas—meet with un-equivocal appro\al,testified with a sym-pathetic tapping of feetor bumping of sticksand umbrellas. Sunday eveningspent in the CountyCouncils garden on theIsle of Dogs, Poplar,is an experience noteasily to be forgotten :it shows working Lon-don taking rest in itsbest possible little enclosure isanother veritable trea-sure t
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