Saturday, August 27, 2016

A visit to Canterbury, summer 1910


Ima and her brother Mike continue their travels in England. 


Left Bruges 2:10 for Ostend      
       Sailed for Dover 3:30 arrived 6 P.M.
       
Arrived Canterbury Wednesday [August 3] 9:30 P.M.
       Hotel Statler’s Temperance 6 shil[lings] pension, A very good, unpretentious place. The Cathedral, the close, and the ruins behind the cathedral make a very impressive whole. This cathedral is a transition example of perpendicular Gothic and with the Norman influence. The raised choir is exceptional and very lovely. I shall never forget the view from Mercery Lane, from the corner where it is said the Inn stood at which the Canterbury Pilgrims halted--(Chaucer). I found Canterbury well worth a long stay. We had here an interesting walk along High Street.
       Soldiers--passed in long procession on bicycle--and fresh wholesome boys in characteristic school costume filled the street as it was commencement day at the fine preparatory school here.

And then, on to London--umbrella-less? 

       

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