People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.

Quote by John Betjeman

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I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I...

I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I...

Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.

Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of...

Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of...

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of...

Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of...

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity...

Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity...