CHEERFUL SPIRIT
NEUTRAL IMPRESSED CONDITIONS IN LONDON READY TO FACE ORDEAL (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 30, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 29 Heavy anti-aircraft fire heralded the 23rd consecutive air attack on London. At the same time, in the early stages of the enemy’s appearance over Britain, his bombing aeroplanes seemed also to be visiting very widely distant areas. A neutral observer commented on the fact that the famous week-end habit of the British has now been turned to a new purpose. He had noticed that a large number of Londoners of every class had travelled out of London to a quieter area to get at least one good, night’s rest in place of repose broken by the noise of every British and German explosive. What impressed the neutral most was the cheerful spirit with which Londoners packed trains to the metropolis on Sunday night, ready to face the ordeal of the senseless air bombing for another week.
He said: “Far from running away from London these people seemed to be running back to it. No wonder the British are so hard to understand.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21231, 30 September 1940, Page 8
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183CHEERFUL SPIRIT Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21231, 30 September 1940, Page 8
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