From a Traveler’s Notebook

Castleford

The grim colliery town of Castleford, in Yorkshire, was an important Roman station; but it no longer has either a castle or a ford: nothing but miles of dreary streets of dismal houses, with here and there a gloomy pub. It is a big place, densely populated, portions of it condemned and derelict. Civilization’s only outpost, aside from the neo-Gothic Anglican church, is the Theatre Royal, where a little band of young actors struggles valiantly against cinema and tele vision. Thus far, their only popular success has been Dracula.