No other great European city expanded as much as London during the twentieth century between the two World Wars. Yet, by a curious paradox, this expansion took place at times of great economic depression. Lured by continual newspaper advertising and the ease of daily travel by new London Underground extensions into Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Buckinghamshire and Surrey, how could modern young marrieds resist the attractions of a new home in the country? Here's a book full of innocent enjoyment of those days when bathrooms were a novelty and Mr Chamberlain was busy keeping Herr Hitler and other problems under control.