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BRITISH NEWSPAPERS --
Commenting on a complaint from a Mr. Arthur
Purdey about a large gas bill, a spokesman for
North West Gas said, 'We agree it was rather
high for the time of year. It's possible Mr. Purdey
has been charged for the gas used up during the
explosion that destroyed his house.'
(The Daily Telegraph)
Irish police are being handicapped in a search
for a stolen van, because they cannot issue a
description. It's a Special Branch vehicle and
they don't want the public to know what it looks
like.(The Guardian)
A young girl who was blown out to sea on a set of
inflatable teeth was rescued by a man on an
inflatable lobster. A coast guard spokesman
commented, 'This sort of thing is all too common'.
(The Times)
At the height of the gale, the harbourmaster radioed
a coast guard and asked him to estimate the wind
speed. He replied he was sorry, but he didn't have
a gauge. However, if it was any help, the wind had
just blown his Land Rover off the cliff.
( Aberdeen Evening Express)
Mrs. Irene Graham of Thorpe Avenue , Boscombe,
delighted the audience with her reminiscence of
the German prisoner of war who was sent each
week to do her garden. He was repatriated at the
end of 1945, she recalled -'He'd always seemed a
nice friendly chap, but when the crocuses came up
in the middle of our lawn in February 1946, they
spelt out "Heil Hitler''!!( Bournemouth Evening Echo)
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