GOOD FRIDAY.
FIGHTING ENGLAND.
In Factories, Banks, Shops, Business As Usual. I_uitr»l l'ross Association.— <*«►!■>• rijrlir. (Heed. !).:?•) a.m.) LONDON, April 11. (jood Friday in fighting Kngland was ! dillerent from any other. Factories all over the country and even hanks I and shops in London o]>orated as usual. ! I here were practically none of the usual charabancs, motor ear-, cydi-ts and hikers which have clammed ovcrv road on every public holiday since Londoners first became oh-iv—cd with their ''day in the country" idea. Many, however, went to church before work. There were no now.-papers, but here and there people could be seen reading pra\or books as thev travelled to work. j Many Kngli-limoii and their wives and children were killed in their homes bv bombs iu the earlie-t hours of Good I'l'iday. ISIII, and other- may be ilooiucd to die before another uav come-, because the bombers' moon reaches the full at !'.l."> to-night.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 86, 12 April 1941, Page 7
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152GOOD FRIDAY. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 86, 12 April 1941, Page 7
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