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Description: | As part of the war effort a "War Weapons Week" was held in Worksop, the target being £250,000 the cost of one destroyer. To achieve this objective the people of Worksop and district were asked to loan money to the state by investments in Defense Bonds, War Bonds, Saving Bonds and Saving Certificates, and by deposits in the Trustee Savings Bank and Post Office.
The opening ceremony, held at the Market Place on Friday afternoon 9th May, was performed by Admiral Sir William Goodenough, G.C.B.
Each day the project featured a section of local life i.e Miners, Local Industries, Civil Defense etc. A ceremony was held each day at the Market Place, the speakers including the Duchess of Portland, the Marquis and Marchioness of Titchfield, Lord Galway, the Mayor of Worksop and others prominent in local life. At these ceremonies the previous days investment were announced and recorded on the indicator board.
On Sunday a drumhead service, accompanied by Band of the Lincolnshire Regiment, was held at the Central Avenue football ground. Other events during the week were a shop window dressing competition, a concert by the Worksop Borough Silver Prize Band, a concert in the Gaiety Theatre, a dance at the Palais-de-Danse, a model aeroplane competition, and a greyhound racing meeting.
The sum invested during the was £374,943. 5s.4d including £114,450 in savings bonds and £91,181.15s.0d in Certificates.
The photographs were taken on Thursday 15th May 1941. | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | North East Midland Photographic Record | Subjects: | select Please | Source: | Picture the Past OAI feed | Creator: | Brown, Cecil | Identifier: | http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/fronten... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | JPEG/IMAGE | Go to resource |
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