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Murray · Shows & fairs

Shows & fairs, 1940

483 stories in Murray's papers · page 25 of 25

Ambulance Fair

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 December 1940 · page 6

Though rain last night [?]used a curtailment of business at the ambulance fair, the function is meeting with considerable success. The superintendent…

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Swimming Carnival Results on Saturday Night

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 December 1940 · page 3

Postponed from Thursday night because of inclement weather, the Swimming Club’s weekly carnival was held on Saturday night at the Edward[?]…

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HOLBROOK P. AND A. SOCIETY To Hold Patriotic Show in 1941

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 December 1940 · page 3

At a meeting or the committee of the Holbrook P., A. and H. Society, at which there were present Messrs. D. 3. Hulme (president), J. C. Bowler,…

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Fair Sex on War Job

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 December 1940 · page 4

These women have given up pre-war work and have volunteered for munitions to help the country. They are receiving instruction at the L.C.C. Beaufoy Institute, Kennington. Miss D. King, pictured above, was a beauty specialist, but now she works on a milling machine…

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