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Greenwich had ‘long been
noted for the hospitality it
extends to strangers,’ notes
the guide, with hotels and
private apartments, tea
gardens and ‘temperance
restaurants galore’. In all
‘there is an enjoyable and
inexpensive holiday awaiting
the visitor at Greenwich, and
a variety of interests such as
can hardly be found in any
other place in the kingdom’.
Outside in the courtyard I