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Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Oct 04, 1947

Page

9

The London Summer of Roosevelt? A Sunny Cricket Reverie

A vivid Sunday chronicle of warm weather, cricket at Lord's and the Oval, and public life in London. The piece notes Middlesex versus Gloucestershire title hopes, Attlee era readers, and crowds from Swansea to Bath enjoying a golden English summer while theatres begin late. It contrasts the peaceful city scene with a strange, quiet London evening.

Lord's Denis Compton Middlesex Gloucestershire London Stclock Bury Avenue Piccadilly Jeika

London Evening Strolls Show Street Artists and Signals

Readable fragments describe Pall Mall pedestrians near Carlton House Terrace and Marble Arch, with pavement artists creating chalk drawings and hoping for patrons. Mentions Montgomer y replacing Lord Kitchener in a scene, bands in parks, and glimpses of umbrellas, costumes, and city life, all in a nostalgic, lightly chaotic tone.

Pall Mall Carlton House-terrace Montgomery Lord Kitchener London Arskin Marble Arch Green Park Piccadilly

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