Today is…World…Sauntering Day…
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So to celebrate World Sauntering Day and the many joys and the art of sauntering, here is a terrific newspaper article from 1890 that praises sauntering in all its glorious forms.
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If you’re a saunterer yourself (or can sometimes saunter and ‘consider the lilies’ when it’s required), we’re sure you’ll enjoy reading this humorous essay.
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We hope that sauntering will be announced (at some future date, there’s no hurry…) as an official event at the Olympic Games…
Glasgow Herald – Saturday 23 August 1890
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However, not everyone was happy about sauntering. Here is a report about an anti-sauntering vicar who, like Socrates stirring up the Athenian youth, wished to act as a gadfly to shake folk out of their sauntering ways.
Western Morning News – Monday 13 March 1939
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http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000329/19390313/030/0005
2 comments On World Sauntering Day – 19 June
I want to know who this Victorian newspaper columnist was!
Great writing.
Ha ha! Yes, it’s a terrific article. Think it would take a wee bit of digging to find out who wrote this article. Regards, Grant.