Southern Rambles for Londoners

1948: with post-war Britain''s sense ''dulled by traffic and by bombs'', this pocket-sized book was a clarion call for readers to rediscover the beauties of the idyllic English countryside. Published by Southern Railways, it recounts the joys of listening to birdsong, picking whortleberries, gazing at the clouds and ''being genial'' in the bars of tiny village inns – experiences that had been obsc...