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THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE

Wednesday, October 28, 1959

Sylvia Baker’s Letter Home

Travellers take last

tour of London

Before I get on with the past
week’s events, I must tell you
that we covered 20,000 miles in
nearly six months on the contin-
ent.

shown around by one of the em-
ployees. Lloyds is a fantastic
place and I couldn't begin to
describe how it operates.

The building is new, very mod-
ern and the interior is all gr
marble. We stood on a balcony
that skirted a vast office and
watched 2,000 men at work. The
desks were quite large and seated
six men. It was two o’clock when
we were there and a lot of men
were out to lunch. Had we ar

Tuesday was a terrific day for
Janet and I, we met our English
friend, Betsy and started off on a
busy tour. Our first stop of the
day was “Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese
Inn” where we had lunch. The
inn is very old and is in the old
part of London on Fleet Street
where all the newspapers have

e ! rived when all the employees were
their offices. We really had alin the office and at work, we
nice meal and finished up with|would have seen 4,000 under-

crackers and Cheshire cheese (the! writers and brokers. Besides the

English invariably end a meal] office of 4,000 there were numer-
With cheese). Before we left/ ous offices throughout the build-
one of the waiters kindly took us| ing,

down to the wine cellar which|

was built in 1300, and showed us| VISIT ST. PAULS

around. From the inn we walked| gt, Pauls Cathedral was our
to the Stock Exchange building/ next stop and we picked a poor
and spent an hour in the public|qay to go as the choir was

gallery watching men in dark
suits milling around on the floor
below us with note books in hand.
The streets around the exchange
were full of business men in
bowler hats, the odd monocle and
they all carried brief cases and
sported the traditional black um-
brellas. We thought it might be
nice to have a look at Lloyds of
London while we were in the
area. It took us a few wrong
turns and instructions from three
bobbies before we sucessfully
arrived at Lloyds. The doorman
told us he was sorry but we would
have to book for a tour and find
a party we could join. However
this didn’t faze us, we managed
to talk our way ’in and were

broadcasting and we weren’t able
to see the dome of the famous
whispering gallery. By this time
we had covered so much ground
that Janet had to stop and have
the heels of her shoes repaired
and we were able to continue on
to Guildhall, the Mansion House
and Bow Bells. At Guildhall we
were shown the state banquet
room and taken down into the
erypt which is the old wine cellar.
Mansion House is the residence
of the Lord Mayor of London and
visitors aren’t allowed inside.
The Bow Bells were interesting
although they haven’t rung since
the war when the church they
hung in was heavily bombed.

The Bow Bells are famous in

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that anyone born within hearing
distance of them is considered a
Cockney. It was five o’clock by
this time so we thought we would
have a bit of a rest.

TOWER
We chose D

OF LONDON
Dicks’

as a

place to stop. What a fantastic
place! It is an old pub in a ba:
ment. The walls are covered in

stamhps from every place imagin-
able and from the dark stained
open beamed ceiling are masses
of cobwebs, hanging amongst the
cobwebs are dozens of stuffed
cats. This wasn’t the end of the
, after Dirty Dicks we had to
rush off to the Palladium where
Betsy had tickets for’ the early
show. Since we hadn't found time
for supper we ate a box of choco-
lates while we watched the musie-
al revue. After the show we only
had time for coffee and then we
had to hop on a bus for the Tower
of London. Every night at the
Tower they perform the ceremony

of the ke; It wasn’t much of a
ceremony, but it is traditional
and fun to watch. An armed

guard escorts a beefeater, I think
it was, while he locks the three

“| better

gates leading into the Tower
They march back with the jingl-|
ing keys and all stand motionless |
while a bugler plays taps as the}
clock is striking ten. We were!
escorted out through doors and|
started home. It had been a lo!
day, but we had a wonderful time.
We were awfully lucky to
Betsy and her parents, they have
been wonderful to Janet and I,|
and made our stay in London|
memorable. |

meet

| LOADED WITH FLOWERS

At six o'clock on Friday morn-
ing Betsy picked us up and we
went to the flower market in|
Covent Garden. It seems an un-|
earthly hour to be visiting a

flower market I know, but it was
the time when things were really
happening. Hundreds of men
were unloading trucks and push-
ing laden carts thro!
streets into the market
| Flowers weren’t the only
in the market
fruits and vegetables.

the}
area. |

things
also
Nothing!

there w

was terribly cheap and you could
not buy small amounts of any-
thing. The flowers are all sold
to florists and the fruit and vege-
tables to stores. The flower
market was really terrific, there
was color everywhere and it
smelled wonderful. The men in
the market were mostly Cockneys
and really friendly, they are the
type of English I like. After
nearly two hours of getting in the
way of the busy men, we returned
to the car with the idea of visit-
ing the fish market, but we got
lost and by the time we arrived
there wasn’t to much to see.

It is quite a sight to see men
carrying huge baskets of fish on
their heads. Not knowing
we drove tt into the
market and got in a bit of a mess.
There were fish carts everywhere
and we couldn’t go backwards or
forward.

s we were being directed back-

any

wards, half a dozen men kept
yelling at us to “whoa” and
“look out for that ¢: it was all
in fun. Nine o'clock was rapidly

approaching so we had coffee and
Betsy had to leave us and go to

work. I don’t know how she
ever managed as I was dead
tired and ready for bed. Janet

and I took the subway home as it

quicker than driving. Believe me],

the five o'clock rush doesn’t com-
pare with the one in the morning.
I have never seen anything like
it, hundreds of people were rush-
ing for the tube and you couldn't
move, you just inched your way
through the tunnel to the main
platform.

We no sooner home
then we set out a have
so much to do and so little time

arrived
we

ain,

to do it in. We couldn't very
well be in London and not see
the famous Harrods where th!

Queen does her shopping. It is!
a lovely store and you can buy

practically anything there.

In between all this galavanting

around, Janet and I have been
busy on our own, too. Most of
our time has been spent at the

theatre, both matinee and evening
performances. At one show
decided to go native and have
tea served to us during inter-|
mission. We felt we were really|
with it as we sat sipping our
tea and eating our cake. This is
another thing they should do at
home, it is a nice idea.
AFRICA SOON

Ken sailed for Canada, he was
the first of us to leave. T still

we

we will be piling into the old
Bomb and be off to some place
new. In three days’ time, Janet
and I will be off to Africa. Be-
fore Ken left we had a farewell
party. There were Australians,
Welsh, Irish, English and Nor-
wegian kids at it. That is one
of the things about London, you
meet so many people from other
countries who are travelling and
are in the same financial circum-
stances as you are. The weather
is still marvellous, it has only
rained a couple of times. The
papers say London hasn’t seen
anything like this past summer
for 200 years. I don’t think I
mentioned the sidewalk artists in
the city. You find them all along
the streets down on their hands
and knees drawing cats and Don-
ald Duck in colored chalk. After
you have passed the sometimes
not too artistic display, you come
to the hat and the sign that says
they are veterans. The men are
usually dresed in tattered clothes
and have very ‘long hair,

Before I close I have thought
of something you should be pre-
ared for. Iti is the unwritten
code of kids travelling to ex-
change home addresses. I really
can’t remember how many I have
given our address to, but have
told them all they can be sure of
a bed and a few meals at our
house, so be prepared for unex-
pected guests. By the time this
letter reaches you Janet and I
will be on our way to Africa. The
boat stops at the Madeina Islands
so will drop a few lines
there

a from

Toronto Telegram
Shirley McLeod, 19, of
Waterloo, Ont., hopes to
be the first woman to be-
come a Presbyterian min-
ister. She has been study-
ing at Bishop’s Univer-
sity, Lennoxville, Que.,
and intends to study for
the ministry at Presby-
terian College, Montreal.
She has addressed several
congregations in the case
for women ministers.

CHOOL DESTROYED

Oid landmark
burned down

Thursday night, October 22

Lac La Hache news

MRS. MARY Blanchard, Van-|“*S loetted on the former Me-
Jeouver, former owner of the| Kinley property, now owned by
Dayliner Cafe, has been visitine Barnes, about a half mile
friends in the Lac La Hache S02 of Lac La Hache on the
area, (old Cariboo highway.

MRS. "ROSS FRAME and son. ThE first school at Lac La
Stanley went to Vancouver Moe, Hache was one of the prov-

lince’s earliest. It wa.

day to spend the week with her
daughter, Mrs. Empey.

MRS. ALEX BRYCE, accom-
panied by Mr. and Mrs. N. R.
Larson, motored to Vancouver
Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Larson
remained there, but Mrs. Bryce

returned Thursday.

TIRE TROUBLE?

See us

can’t believe the trip is over,
keep thinking that any day now!

C&S Tire Service

the old Lac La Hache log school
was burned to the ground
gin of the fire is unknown.

| This schoolhouse was the sec-
‘ond oldest in the district, being
|built some 75 years ago, and

in
| demolished when the first Cari-
| boo road was built, then they
| built the second one on the Me-

Kinley land.

Many of the old timers, since
| deceased, received their educa-
tion there. Among old timers
who attended ‘this school, and
some still residing in this area
were the Ogdens, MeKinle
|McDougals, Forbes, Felkers and

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