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Title: Rambling Recollections of Chelsea
by an old inhabitant

Author: J. B. Ellenor

Release Date: May 26, 2010 [eBook #32548]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RAMBLING RECOLLECTIONS OF
CHELSEA***

Transcribed from the 1901 The Press Printers edition by David Price,
email ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Kensington Local Studies Library
for allowing the use of their copy in making this transcription.

[Picture: The "Old Swan," Chelsea]

Rambling Recollections
of Chelsea and the
surrounding District
as a Village in the early
part of the past century

BY AN OLD INHABITANT

[Picture: Decorative design]

LONDON: The Press Printers,
142 Strand

[Picture: Picture of the author]

INTRODUCTION.

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_In offering my early recollections of Chelsea and surrounding
neighbourhood_, _I thought they might be interesting to many of my old
friends and neighbours_, _and while away pleasantly some of their leisure
moments_. _The idea of compiling them from a diary_, _spasmodically
kept_, _only occurred to me when confined to my room_, _to pass away some
of the weary hours_, _and I certainly found the task extremely
advantageous_. _Accordingly_, _I have had them printed_, _for
presentation to my friends_, _as a souvenir of our old friendship_.

_Highfield Lodge_,
_Wandsworth Common_.
_June_, 1901.

CHAPTER 1.--Early Recollections.

In my early recollection Chelsea had many industries characteristic of
the village, which have entirely passed away. The only conveyance--a
two-horse stage coach, called the "Village Clock"--used to run from the
Cross Keys, in Lawrence Street, twice a day, for one shilling t