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Exactly a century ago, a leading geologist called Walter Johnson wrote about the wildlife and vegetation then found on Wimbledon Common. At a time when the land was far less wooded than today, the views stretched as far as Epsom Downs and Harrow

This reader has supplied their name and address but has requested it not be published What a pleasure it was to read the letter from C Matthews . Words such as ‘idiots’, ‘rag’ and ‘whingers’ remind me of the former un-politically correct -