Item 03: James I. Marshall diary, 24 November-12 December 1916 - Page 5

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Friday 24th. November
London at last, about 3 pm at Waterloo Station. Waterloo Stn. is well set out, and splendidly lighted with glass roof. Heavy pall of haze and smoke makes things look gloomy, but according to what one reads, that is nothing unusual.

We marched around, over Westminster Bridge past the Houses of Parliament, which I could only think of as wanting a dusting. Traces of the stones' original whiteness still show but it is mostly covered with soot and dirt. I seemed to have read so much of it and studied the construction and design so much, that it made no impression on me at all. To my mind the Sydney G.P.O clock is just as interesting as Big Ben to look at and I suppose just