We've already posted about Cambridge Street's own poet laureate, Christopher Brennan, but we have uncovered another one. The following verse is referenced in the book "Paddington Sketchbook" by Unk White and Patricia Thompson and also "Paddock full of houses" by Max Kelly. It is from Brennan's friend, Professor John Le Gay Brereton, who wrote:
"Tomorrow night expect me where the cows
Of rural Paddington serenely browse
Where Cambridge Street o'erlooks the placid Chows"
Well the dairy at the Alma street end of White City is gone and so are the Chinese market gardeners. But the peaceful atmosphere that Brennan was attracted to still remains, although not as rural as it was then. Happy new year!
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