NIGHT IN LONDON

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 107, 1 November 1940, Page 8

NIGHT IN LONDON

ALMOST PRE-"BLITZ"

LONG HOURS OF QUIET

"TOO GOOD TO BE

TRUE"

(British Official > Wireless.)

(Received November 1, 2 p.m.)

RUGBY, October 31

London's nightly alert sounded somewhat earlier than on the last few nights, and Londoners settled down to the usual nocturnal concert of bomb and barrage. So much has this habit grown in the Metropolis that some uneasiness seemed to be felt when "raiders passed" sounded, also earlier than usual. A small number of bombs were dropped in scattered districts, but the early attack died'down and the night was still. All the regular transport services of tubes, omnibuses, and trams resumed.

(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.)

(Received November 1, 2.15 p.m.)

LONDON, October 31

'The feeling was expressed during the day that the stormy weather was likely to keep the enemy away tonight.

London streets, so long deserted from dusk to dawn, assumed almost a "pre-blitz" appearance, as buses, which normally pull up beside the footpaths, felt their way through the murk. Taxis defied the darkness, dashing to their destinations. The general feeling was that it was too good to be true.