England's Blackout
"Just imagine walking over Cashmere Hills in the flitch darkness for five years.," said Mr T. Grenfell, of Liverpool, writing to a friend in Christchurch recently. He said that the biggest and most depressing feature of the war for the people in England was""the blackout. It was not so bad-if there were only a few people about, but when there was a crowd walking the streets, and a Cog, it was very tiresome. But the people of Britain had a great sense of humour, he saLd r and would put up with anything as long as it was for a good cause.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 85, 27 June 1944, Page 7
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104England's Blackout Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 85, 27 June 1944, Page 7
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