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English Village Green Had Cricket, Bass-Ball

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Text	A "rambling" railway passenger reflects as he passes through the English countryside: "The rambler sees a pretty white spire peeping out of the woodland before him . . . . The road leads to Stoke Green. Alas! We may lament for what is no more, and the name is a mockery. There was a village green some twenty years ago . . . . and the cheerful spot where the noise of cricket and bass-ball once gladdened the ear on a summer eve is now silent." Ah, the good old days. "Railway Rambles," Penny Magazine, Oct 23, 1841, page 412. Accessed 2/11/10 via Google Books search ("railway rambles" penny 1841). The location is evidently about 20 mi W of London. Source: Tom Altherr, "Some Findings on Bass Ball," Originals, February 2010, page 2.
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 |Text=<p>A "rambling" railway passenger reflects as he passes through the English countryside:  "The rambler sees a pretty white spire peeping out of the woodland before him . . . .  The road leads to Stoke Green.  Alas! We may lament for what is no more, and the name is a mockery.  There <i>was</i> a village green some twenty years ago . . . .  and the cheerful spot where the noise of cricket and bass-ball once gladdened the ear on a summer eve is now silent."</p>
 <p>Ah, the good old days.  "Railway Rambles," <u>Penny Magazine</u>, Oct 23, 1841, page 412. Accessed 2/11/10 via Google Books search ("railway rambles" penny 1841). The location is evidently about 20 mi W of London. Source: Tom Altherr, "Some Findings on Bass Ball," <u>Originals,</u> February 2010, page 2.</p>
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