Lights of London were dark during Christmas of 1941.

l t By M. McIntyre Hood : been going on behind the shroud-i by droppng a hail of incendiary LONDON ~As I walked along: doors and Windows of places» bombs on the area from the street< of London 5 West ‘ oi entertaznment. There was en- . End the other ermine. admirw tertainment. inside of course Strand ‘0 buyond 5" Paws ing the blaz= of -i'iiminatious but out on the streets there Cathedral. and In the dlstrict

and decorations Cfarting from were no visible signs of it. BI‘Olmd thal famt’d N‘lfK‘P. Piccadilly and zen: up Regent In nicmory's eye. I could again. These “'91‘9 night-S 0i terror Street. along Oxford Street in; picture these darkened London: and destruction. Looking 935! both directions :rcm Ox.()l‘d c r- ! streets. which seemed to belie} from Trafalgar Square. I coul cus. down Bond Freer. with ith' the fact that this was the festive “‘9 ihi‘ El‘é‘ai masses 0f flame al‘ its shot» aclitter uith tea. season of Chrismas. soaring to the inky sky It did inot seem possible that any of

sonable aliornmcm. my mind , went back to aim in Cit-'istiiias “ADON ABLAZE that Vita] area 0f LOHd0n COUId wagon “119,, Lend” looked But before that festive season survive this fiery furnace. And great deal (“t-WT” That was 2] ended. London was ablaze with. once the district was well and years ago. at the Chris‘mas sea a different kind of illumination- 1 son of 1941. the second Christ deadly and disas‘mui 0" the! mas or mp gornnd Wmld war. weekend betii'een Christmas and | There were no lights on the‘ the MW “’37. German bombers, London street”. mm The “gm ‘7set the heart of the city ablaze

above started dropping massive high-explosive bombs into that charnel house of

smoke. The high-explosiv bombs

the» seemed like a futile effort

d, fence workers. assisted by con-

truly ablaze. the bombers fromi Chrism‘as and New Year or 1941'

[16 The Guardian, Charlottetown, Mon. Dec. 24, 1962.

tore water mains to shreds. halted the flow of w at or to the fire oses maimed largely by members of the Aux- iliary Fire Services. them Canadian firefighters. Long lengths of hose had to be laid down to the Thames. and water pumped from there in what to ‘ halt the progress of the flames HEROIC WORKERS

In the glow of the flames, one , could see the firemen. the aux- . iliary police and other civil de-

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i tingents of troops working mad- i ly to control the raging inferno. ! They looked like pigmies etched l against the fiery glow when

seen l'rom a distance. These two ‘ nights of the weekend between

were nights of heroic deeds by

In this Christmas of 1962. the heart of London is oz in a with light. but it is a happy lidit, commemorating the goodwill and good cheer which permeates this old city at the festive sea son. There was little of these things on these 1941 nights which I recall in London. But time works wonders. and this city which then seemed doomed to utter destruction has risen from the ashes. although some of the scars still remain as grotesqueI reminders of its agonies. And as I walked beneath the bright lights of Christmas listening to the music of the wandering min- .

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strels and singers. the memory i9.“ 9"” of the old wailing of the air-raid . "m"-

sirens and the clanging of that

“whens fadw away and left me lighting have been installed on ' B St

once again with today-o time of Joyous festivity.

20,000 Yule lights brighten Glasgow

Christmas lighting anywhere in [a mile long has been created In- Britain. This was the made by the Lady Lord Pro- llight and beauty for the festive vost. Mrs. the lights were turned on

mas trees and 1700 stars. Five miles of cable have been used t And there are four metallic.

By M. McINTYRE HOOD |A fourth and more grandiose GLASGOW. Scotland— Glas-Ischeme has been erected in ow's city centre can boast oereorge Square. in the city's aving the biggest display 0 tlbusiness heart. In all. an area

cl a i In tie a Christmas fairyland of

Jean Roberts, when iseason. This is an indication of

Sauchlehall Street 3 e ct i o n was on November 14. while the George Square scheme w a s scheduled for lighting on De- %_ '

‘DINNA RIDE AWA'

“DINBURGH 4GP) —- Band- master Maurice Pope. who ac- companied the massed bands at the Argyll and Sutherland High- landers and the Royal Scots Greys on their recent North American tour. says they have had scores of invitations for a return. The 70 performances were seen by 500,000 persons.

"use minaret lanterns. CIII'ISI-l

0 link up the various schemes. 0 t

glittering garlands

The cost of prevlding the lights. erecting. maintain- ing and dismantling them after- wards. is estimated at just over Great crowds of people as- sembled in the city's business section when the lights were. turned on. in two stages. official opening of the Buchan- an Street, Rentield Street and

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to ’the extent to which Christmasi

ive Glasgow’s centre its great- iis superseding the New Yeari

Christmas illumina-lholiday as the traditional perw ilod for celebration in Scotland.

OTJOVER 20.000 LIGHTS

Over 20.000 fairy lights have.

Three different schemes

uchanan Street. Renfield been incorporated in the var- reet and Sauchiehall Street. lious s c h e me 5. which also in-

hundreds. possibly thousands. of

.‘just the ordinary folks of Lon- }don. battling to save their be- loved city from the names.

Coal mines have been Worked in Britain for more than 700

ness of the enforcement of the blackout regulations made it an offence to (‘az‘t'V even an electric

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to t _ y . ’37,: I . > i " rch \\ [h more than a tiny .’-’ V/ :i‘ \r I gleam of lizhi coming from it ff"? / V . ' I" To walk on the crowded side // 4' ‘\\ “ " walks in the heart of London on I} .. ' § ‘ I so evenings of 1941 was a v 3 .l ; ’ "Ni teat callng for great agility in I W ‘ ’- 7' order to avoid (‘OillSlOI’lS with U i“. / ‘ other pedestrians also groping: i I I their way in the dark ,. t :l\ t . ,. . ‘21- ~ A . “law 2. TIME or ALSTERITY ~ ~ ¢_“\»IA ' ' “(i So far as the stores - — ~ - 1 "" ' ' — ‘ in the West fif‘\-‘_ ‘ ~ .

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End were concerned. that was a Christmas season marked by evenings of austerity. There were no gaily-ht w2ndows. no de-

corations dangling

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