Old traditions disappearing in the new London

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: June 4, 1989| Author: | Copyright information

LONDON Of people and places impervious to change, one thinks of the Englishman and his dearest London as among the most stubborn.

Consider how steadfastly the British have held onto their walking sticks. Their proper drizzle attire. Or the ceremonial tea at 3.

They cherish the city's venerable architecture though it is darkened from the days when the coal fires burned as furiously as did the English poet Samuel Johnson's love for this land of lime trees and lukewarm lager. It was Johnson who in 1777 penned, "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all ...

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