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At midsummer 1907 the family was thankfully able to leave what de la Mare could now admit was 'the horrible little flat' in Samos Road for a home not a great deal bigger, but much more pleasant in Worbeck Road, Anerley, a few streets off.
From The Life of Walter de la Mare by Theresa Whistler.
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Welcome to Kent...
Posted by: Matthew Crockatt | October 23, 2009 at 04:51 PM
That there looks like shrubbery to me - which suggests a road inhabited by 'professional' folk - bank managers, solicitors, and now booksellers claiming their rightful status. You'll be getting asked to countersign people's passport photos next.
Posted by: charles | October 23, 2009 at 05:04 PM
Kent by council, but SE20 by postcode, Matthew.
Charles, it's a bit deceptive, I still play 'count the attack dogs' on my way to the Co-Op.
Posted by: JonathanM | October 23, 2009 at 05:31 PM
Absolutely nothing to do with anything, Jonathan, and sorry for butting in, but I just wanted to say that (just in time for the Christmas rush) I have given the shop a huge amount of free publicity on my blog, www.yourlifeisanimpossiblity.blogspot.com (you have to look pretty hard, but there it is in the 9th (9th!) paragraph of entry 23/10/09. This should guarantee you, um, probably no new customers at all - but at least I tried! All the best, James
Posted by: James Young | October 25, 2009 at 12:19 PM