THE BLACK-OUT
Sir,-—Residing quite close to the City Council Chambers, some members of a household where the radio was not in use, and there were no other noises, "••Jed to hear or perhaps to recognise •he warning. The all clear was quite Kund, but wo ;i, O S( , U scd to the roar o' aeroplanes, etc,, that the deep, continuous moan <we were expecting sharp ifl second blast?) took a time deliver its n ?:-age. The radio would not on this occasion have helped us hut to many it would be a real warning if a "blast" could be put over the local stations. Would not week-night test, without previous warning, be a more offer‘lve test, as well as of the assembling of the E.P.S, as of the black-out?-xrnjrs, etc,,
January 22. 1942
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23545, 24 January 1942, Page 5
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