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Rail Strike - Britain carries on
2nd June 1955
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Yes - we can proudly say "Britain carries on" After days of
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inconvenience^, the^wheels are s t i l l turning and
now the police are saying "We think the people are wonderful"
The Home Secretary, Major Lloyd George^visited the Scotland Yard Control
Room, and then toured London's chief traffic a r e a s j i
With emergency regulations governing the public services, tit* Valetta
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Aircraft of the R.A.F. are hmhpdmg in the movement of long-distance mail. The Army, too,
difficulties
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to overcome the long-range transport
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the postal authorities.#
All this has meant further congestion on the roads, so m the leisurely
Thames water-bus has now become the "Worker's express to Tower Pier and
a l l points East" £
It's often said that i t takes a crisis to bring out the best in British
people - and, once again, the old war-time cameradie
is In evidence...
You can't hide behind your #000# on a lorry...
Motorists have responded well to the Government's "Give a l i f t " appeal"
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/ Hitch-hikers soon got picked up -
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To save time and explanation - some displayed their destination. But
motorists are so used to being told to go to unpronouncable places - that
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this one didn't surprise them. %es, i t ' s 6»XliaXLy- / t>he--iTMrte^v^e village in
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So,at the end of a long day, Londoners join those mile-long queues and
wait cheerfully - for better days % j