Sir John Spencer

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    “People’s backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “I have a Vision of the Future, chum.
    The workers’ flats in fields of soya beans
    Tower up like silver pencils, score on score.”
    —Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

    “Whether in the bringing of the flowers or the food
    She offers plenty, and is part of plenty,
    And whether I see her stooping, or leaning with the flowers,
    What she does is ages old, and she is not simply,
    No, but lovely in that way.”
    —Bernard Spencer (1909–1963)