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LONDON SHOPPING AREAS LINED WITH SANDBAGS A description of the transformation of London’s fashionable shopping areas since the outbreak of the war was given in Auckland by Mrs. Percy Upton and her daughter, Miss Peggy UJjton. Streets, which were before lined with well-dressed shop windows, now presented a dreary front, they said, as the windows were all outlined With sandbags. Squads of girls were to jje seen everywhere, working furiously at filling these bags and placing them in position.
An anxious time was spent for a while by Mrs. Upton, whose youngest daughter, Miss Cecil Upton, was absent in Russia during the tense days before war v/as declared. She landed in England on the first night of the war, having sailed in a Norwegian ship, and found London under a blackout. During the voyage a German aeroplane had circled low over the ship, and had eventually flown away after ascertaining its nationality. Miss Upton has returned to Oxford to complete her studies.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20079, 27 October 1939, Page 8
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164ROADS TRANSFORMED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20079, 27 October 1939, Page 8
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