A sweepstake on Saturday's football results used to be "the thing" now it's a sweep on "the Blitz."
And the Englishman's love of "a flutter" is helping to beat the Nazi airmen.
Thousands of employees in the offices and factories of Britain are ud (3) jumping in pairs, open to all ponies. boosting the totals of the local Spitfire Funds by- having a Saturday "tanner" on a forecast of the number of German raiders our fighters and A.A. guns will bring down in the coming week.
In many cases a good percentage of the takings goes to the local Spit-fre Fund—just as it used to go to the factory's sports or welfare club.
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