Metroland meets the tropics: Kiwi Dave Bryson's horticultural homage to his native land

The Metropolitan Line was never part of the life I once lived in London. But I had one of the classic early posters issued by the railway, promoting the cosy domesticity of these outer suburbs: hollyhocks, delphiniums and a Shirley Temple-esque child running down a path to greet her father returning from the office (via the Metropolitan of course) to his castle.






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