'Holland on Thames'.

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'Holland on Thames'.

An extract from the article ‘Countryside Notebook’ by ‘Harvester’ Holland on Thames. Few of us would describe Canvey Island as ‘this most exotic spot in the British Isles’. I can think of many other places that would better fit that description – though I must hasten to add that I do not mean this disparagingly – yet it is just the description given to it by the writer of an article in ‘The Daily Express’ of July 28, 1912. The article which has …