BRITAIN ENJOYS EASTER
^ — — Received Tuesday, 7 p.m. LONjioX, April 23. As a reaction against six years ot j repression, Britain 's Easter and Bank j Holiday Clouds tjirew themselves wholeheartedly iufo an orgy of enjoymeni I that broke records throughout ' tlie I eountry "for attendances and. monev j spent. There were a hundred thousand at Hurst Park races. It is estimated that visitors to Brighton left half a million sterling behiml them. Twentyflve hundred ears were eount •Ted' iifcfhe peak liour before dusk on tlie 'EoiidbmWorth-ing • Ro'ad. "Luxury c'ars and Qld crocks flled along in a eoiu tinuous convov. Trajns returned tu Loudon packed with tired but happy travellers. Loudoners who did not ris\ a journev, enjoyed a holiday at tlie zoo, on the Thames or in parks.
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 April 1946, Page 5
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