LONDONERS IN EXILE
ONDONERS can live for years in one street and not know their neighbours; but now, in air raid shelters, and in war work, Londoners for the first time are getting to know Londoners, says Mrs. K. C. Cresswell, News from London indicates the truth of her comment. News from Wellington substantiates it, for Mrs. Cresswell last month succeeded in forming an association of Londoners in exile. She was a nurse during the last war, and now finds her family going away to this one. Wanting something to do, Mrs. Cresswell placed an advertisement in the newspapers, was surprised at the response, and delighted at the success of the first meeting of local Londoners. Members of her association must have lived seven years in London or be the close relatives of true Londoners. "News from London," the new name given by the NBS to what was originally known as "Daventry News," is heard by these newly introduced old friends with special interest,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 71, 1 November 1940, Page 42
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