The Archive · 1940

Business As Usual

One famous jeweller the situation by saying, as usual until the building goes down. We are ready for our customers now and all the time. Let Hitler know that there will always be an England.'

Berkeley Square, with its miniature yscrüpers, was a mass of broken glass. Hardly an office or apartment on the square had any glass left la their windows. Hundreds of panes of glass from the top to the bottom of ihe buildings were blown out. Air raid shelters in the square, howeve escaped damage.

Despite the havoc on many Land: streets. automobiles yesterday drove as usual through the glass filled Streets, pulling up on the sidewalks to permit passengers to enter shops without waling over the broken glass: Buses and taxis ran

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