BANK HOLIDAY CROWDS
(Received August 2, 9 p.m.) LONDON, August 1. Reports from holiday resorts and from Loudon railway coaching terminals suggest widespread disregard of appeals to the British people to stay home for Bank Holiday weekend. The cessation of pleasure motoring concentrated all traffic on the public services. People lined Ihe platforms of Loudon terminals six to eight deep and fought like mud when the trains untie in, not for seats, but merely for a footing. The mad scramble lifted children and elderly persons off their feet. Passengers were standing, clinging to luggage racks, so closely packed that they were unable to turn. They were prepared to face a five or six hour journey in this fashion. Reports the provinces described similar scenes. Birmingham had a record wartime exodus by buses and trains. Four thousand visitors arrived at Bognor Regis, creating a serious food situation. Residents were sometimes unable to get even the rations to which they were entitled.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 261, 3 August 1942, Page 5
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160BANK HOLIDAY CROWDS Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 261, 3 August 1942, Page 5
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