THE THRIFTIEST TOWN.
Is thero any town in the .United Kingdom thriftier tihan Leicester? It seems doubtful,'judging pheets of various organisations, amonq the workers tlierej which were issued recently. Tho tnrift efforts.; for. the year constitute a record. '■;" At tho Leicester Savings Bank the deposits 'have increased by : £269,000 during the year, and there has bech aii increase in the depositors -of 3600. Total' amount standing to the credit of .63,666 depositors is now £2,226,000,, equal to £9 per. head of the total population^)!.the xity. 3?he city has long "enjoyed the honour, of haviiig more of its iiouses owned by workers than 'any other .large town in the United Kingdom. Leicester Permanent Society has now 21,570 members, and the receipts last year reached £930,262. This is also a record. There are other thrift organisations in the city domg'goqd work, and one society 'has, advanced to 3400 sniall owners of properties mortgages' on their freeholds. H
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17112, 6 April 1921, Page 11
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155THE THRIFTIEST TOWN. Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17112, 6 April 1921, Page 11
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