London, Mar. 24.
HOP assistants were swept off their feet in an attempt to meet the demands of buyers yesterday. Not only in London, but in suburbia also; it was just like an old pre-war Saturday morning, with cars jammed along the pavements which were crowded with chattering women.
Easter is a great holiday for Britain, and the Britons were enjoying it to the full, as it was unknown when the next vacation was coming.
The war was pushed aside on this holiday morning. Low-flying British fighting planes which skimmed over the tops of houses, near one of the outlying parks made a "target" for the silent practice of anti-aircraft -batteries, but attracted so little attention that scarcely anyone in the streets turned their eyes in the direction of the planes.
The usual morning custom of counting the number of barrier balloons aloft was generally forgotten but there gun crews were always ready for instant action.
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