Posted by CWinifred on May 04, 2007 at 02:39:05 from 129.33.1.37 user CWinifred.
In Reply to: Re: City Children posted by LaurenceMonkhouse on May 03, 2007 at 16:06:28:
I've always thought it odd of Susan to criticize the Ds for being brought up in towns in particular.
Though, if the Walkers were brought up mostly facing the sea, perhaps they didn't notice the towns behind them.
Falmouth
Pop. (1901) 11,789.
Plymouth
Pop. (1910), 126,266.
Portsmouth
(1901), 188,133.
Chatham
area population in 1901 exceeded 110,000.
Harwich
Pop. (1901), 10,070.
for comparison
Ambleside
Pop. of urban district (1901) 2536.
London
about 7 million (1911).