QUIET NEW YEAR EVEN IN SCOTLAND
LONDON Jan. 2. In the first black-out of the New Year even Scotland was most subdued. Revellers remained in their an*] local public houses. There were no sirens and no rattles for fear of alarming the public and hindering air-raid precautions officials. Church watch services were few owing to the black-out difficulties Journalists, censors, and the try of Information buried the hatchet while Sir Walter Monckton made a speech wishing happiness and “peace after victory” in 1940. Crowds gathered in gloomy Piccadilly Circus, but they were a few stragglers instead of the. traditional throngs. j
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Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 3, 4 January 1940, Page 8
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101QUIET NEW YEAR EVEN IN SCOTLAND Manawatu Times, Volume 65, Issue 3, 4 January 1940, Page 8
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