ROYAL TOUR
8.0.W. RU.BGY, April 7. The King and Queen made an extensive tour of the Tvneside to-day, including two shipyards and a large electrical works. At one shipyard three employees whose service aggregated 167 years were presented to Their Majesties. Several others presented had over fifty years’ service each. The tour ended with a visit to a big war factory where Their Majesties saw some of the latest British weapons and equipment. (Rec. 7.10.) RUGBY, April 8. During a, tour of northern . shipyards the King and Queen were shown at Sunderland the latest methods of saving time ip the construction of merchantmen. Their Majesties talked and shook hands with workers who cheered the Royal visitors. A worker’s representative told their Majesties: “We are all a happy family here.”
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Grey River Argus, 10 April 1943, Page 4
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129ROYAL TOUR Grey River Argus, 10 April 1943, Page 4
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