[Bell Historians] Ludlow

[Richard Offen]

> You must forgive a degree of exaggeration. The point is that he 
wasn't
> "a Shropshire Lad", although many people assumed that the poems were
> based on his own childhood and youth. In fact, 'Shropshire' is seen 
as
> an idealised version of England at the end of the 19th century. I
> think he liked the sound of the place names - Bredon, Ludlow, Clee.
> 
> John Camp

It's still an idealised version of England at the end of the 19th 
century, that what makes it such a delightful place to live!

R