CARS ON ROAD AGAIN

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 212, 7 August 1945, Page 5

CARS ON ROAD AGAIN

BRITAIN’S BANK HOLIDAY

LONDON, Aug. G,

Cars which had been laid up since the outbreak of war were on the roads of England for the first Bank Holiday since the defeat of Germany. Most people went to sea and river resorts although the heat wave had given place to cooler cloudy weather. People who spent the night in the open stood yawning and dishevelled in early queues for food. All the seaside resorts were densely crowded. The crowds at the main-line stations moved out to the roast and to the country, but the rush, which reached its peak earlier in the week-end, diminished to the proportions of a normal Bank Holiday

The fairs on Hampstead Heath and other open spaces drew tens of thousands. There was an early move to Lord’s for the opening day of the Test cricket match and the dog tracks were crowded.

The railway men in London returned to work after the “no Sunday work” strike but the Liverpool strikers stayed out for the holiday. The normal rail services were run from Liverpool despite the strike and only a few local trains were cancelled.