MR FOOKES' TRIP TO ENGLAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 284, 28 November 1914, Page 3

MR FOOKES' TRIP TO ENGLAND.

[To The Editor Stratford Post.] Sir,— It is so exceedingly good oi Mr Fookes to favor the many readers of the Stratford Evening Post witi such an interesting account of his re cent trip! to. "England that it wouh. be ungracious to raise any questior or controversy with regard to it. A: an Englishman who is intimately familiar with most of the places visited by Mr Fookes (except the coun ties of Devon and Oxford) 1' wolilc like to point out with your permis sion, iir, t,h»t the rotten pfobablj why Mr Fookes did not enjoy the gooc fellowship engendered by bowls wa< that lie associated himself with the suburban father than the countn folk, and, further, that he did noi visit that county where "every flubli. house and hotel has its bowline, green," namely, Norfolk. Had h< visited any country club, especially ii Norfolk, I venture to tlilnk lie woule have experienced a different recep tion. There is indeed a great deal o' tmth in the atatemein that "class distinctions were very pronounced a' Home," but this is so in all old coun tries. At Home, however, each ont intuitively recognises the fact and treat one another with respect whe ther lie is "the rich man at his c'astl or the poor man at his gate," If, a it may happen, there are among you readers those 'who contemplate a fh'i) to the Old Country, I would respect fully adviso them not to stop i) town, especially in Loudon, but to fin: .out a sweet little time worn village ii any county they may select and sta; there, when 1 venture to believe the} will learn more of the real genuinenes: of thd' country folk and see them ii their natural surroundings, and no"as so many visitors do, stay in tin crowded cities or suburbs, where lift is unnatural and superficial.- It ma; not be generally known that all tin Home railway companies publish gra tis a list of apartments and farn house lodgings situate in the distric served by their respective railways and those who take advantage of tin: district can rely on obtaining suit ahle accommodation for their variec need**! It is well, perhaps, in passing to recognise the truth of the ?oyin ; : that "God made the country but, mar made the town," and that the true beauties of the Old Country (uot for getting Scotland, Ireland and Wales are to be found in the country side and not oii the tram car route or clean ly-swept streets of a suburban town Belieying that this reference to a StaV in the counirv, as against a \isi< to the town, may enable a future tripper to see the Old Country as she. is and better understand the . (appar ent) restraint on the part of the Englishmen, I commend to your read ers' notice the County of Norfolk—ii which County, by the way, Lord Nelson was born and educated—when will always be found "a right heart\ welcome" to any one who will take the NorfQllM'oJk c&s, they* find.nfchem, ,)jdj& ther in farmstead, country cottage, 01 bowling green. Thanking you for youi courtesy in inserting this, and also tc Mr Fookes for. his kind contribution —BelieVe me, sir, to remain i GOOD OLD NORFOLK.