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WENT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS — David and Jane Brooks and son Matthew were 'over home' in England
for Christmas. They review their impression of the fuel crisis and the morale of the people as they found it for
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Travellers back from Grea t Britain reminisce
about energy crisis, crowded trains and bombs
Three District High School
teachers went to England over
the Christmas holidays and each
brought back rather varying
impressions of what it's like to
live in England during the
present fuel crisis and railway
slow-down.
Mrs, Linda Gerard went
strictly as a tourist and spent her
time in the heart of down town
London staying at the Piccadilly
Hotel,
Dave Brooks, his wife Jane and
small son Matthew went to visit
their families in the south-east
part of the country, while Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Davies Combined sight-
seeing and visiting with friends in
the northerly county of York and
at Sutton-on-the Sea on the North
Sea coast.
"I found it somewhat
depressing," said Mrs. Girard as
she recalled that most of the
shops were closed and in
darkness between Christmas and
New Years. Many of the store
windows bore signs stating that
departments that could operate
with day light would open after
the holidays while all other
departments would be closed.
Lighting is cut to a minimum,
she stated, and the hotel didn't
operate on full power but kept its
lights dimmed. "One thing,
though," she remembered, "I
was always warm in my hotel
room ,but we had to plan our
baths as the hot water was turned
off from one to six in the af-
ternoon and from midnight to six
a .m."
Mrs. Girard said she had little
opportunity to speak with anyone
other than the people who came
to the hotel to dine and who were
obviously rather affluent and not
suffering, She said most of those
to whom she spoke supported
Prime Minister Heath in his
stand against the coal miners
union,
Linda had the 'interesting'
experience of being in the Royal
Victoria Theatre when an IRA
bomb exploded in the lobby, No
one was hurt but for a few
mieutes glass and plaster flew
about. In true show-biz tradition,
the performance continued, and
with their usual British fortitude,
the audience sat solidly in their
seats to see it.
After the show, Sid James, the
star, came out and made jokes
about the 'show bombing.' "The
English seem to keep their sense
of humor no matter what," stated
Mrs. Girard. However, she said,
she was sure they were as much
affected as she was when they
heard of a packed pub being
b0-nbed one night.
She felt tourists going to
England right now should expect
'some inconvenience' but that the
people there are trying to keep
things running as normally as
possible,
Due to the fuel shortage, she
experienced some anxiety about
her flight home. Air Canada
advised her to keep in touch
with them daily as unfilled flights
are doubling and tripling up to
save fuel.
"I cameaway a bitdepressed,"
she admitted.
, By contrast, Dave and Jane
Brooks who went home for
Christmas, found all their
acquaintances very happy and
affluent. However, they admitted
Mrs. Jim Glasgow, Exeter, her
son Kevin and daughter Colleen,
returned Tuesday, from a three
week holiday in her native
Northern Ireland.
Mrs. Glasgow, who was
returning to the old sod for the
first time in six years was asked
about her first impressions.
"My first impression", she
said, "was how prosperous the
country looked. New, beautiful
and exciting looking homes are
springing up everywhere. New
roads had been built, and I found
a great change since my last visit
there."
It wasn't until a week or so
after her arrival that she began
to notice some of the destruction
wrought by terrorists. "I saw
several stores, their windows
blown out and covered with ply
wood bearing signs 'Business As
Usual'.
She felt 'Business as Usual'
was the general attitude of ' the
people. "They seem to be just
waiting for something . . . for
things to get better, I guess.
There's no grumbling and they
simply go out and sweep up the
debris and go on living as nor-
mally as possible."
Mrs. Glasgow said she felt
terrorism is really a very minor
part of life in Northern Ireland
although it certainly is a source
of irritation and concern. For
instance, she stated that when
someone knocked at the door you
didn't jump up and answer it
without first identifying who was
there.
She and the children were
visiting her family in Cookstown,
about 35 miles west of Belfast,
and they were within two miles of
the new town hall there when it
was partially demolished by a
bomb. "Three milk cans had
been filled with explosives and
left in the parking lot of the town
hall . . we heard it and saw the
they hadn't had time to move out
and talk to many of the working
class. "The people we knew were
spending money like mad," said
Dave. "They seem to have the
feeling it's not worth keeping,"
They reaffirmed Mrs. Girard's
statement that London was dark
with no neon or electric signs. But
they found that 'lovely . ..very
Dickensian' with old gas street
lights burning where they still
have them and only about one in
three electric street lights
glowing in swirling mist and
smog 'just like it used to'.
However, they admitted it
wasn't sp romantic for shoppers
and shop keepers who are
allowed electric lighting in their
stores for only three days a week,
and are not allowed any heat at
all,
With regard to the three-day
work week, Mr, Brooks said at
the plant where one of his
relatives is employed, the em-
ployees still work five days,
completing the work that
requires electricity in three days
and doing other work by lamp
and candle light the other two
days.
"Most people are working
around the problem somehow,"
he said. However, the Brooks had
heard of some people who were
being forced into a three-day
work week which they agreed
'was rotten.'
Generally Mr Brooks, felt the
British peo-ple were determined
to 'sit this thing out'; that it was a
smoke of it and felt our house
shudder from the blast," She
admitted they were very
frightened at that point,
Mrs. Glasgow stated they
seemed to have no shortage of
money and people were certainly
spending it. "They're gobbling up
old silver, ruby and lustre glass,
antique jewellery and other
antiques with the idea that these
items are better than money in
the bank."
With regard to the gas shor-
tage she said there didn't seem
much difficulty. "The maximum
you can buy is a pound's worth
($2.50 approx.) but local people
can get it anytime."
The Glasgows had the uneasy
experience of having to make
home-coming connections via
London's Heathrow Airport just
at the time when the present
missile scare was at its height.
Mrs. Glasgow said it was very
quiet and while ,security was
close, the six hours they spent at
the airport passed by very
pleasantly.
When she and her husband
made plans for her and the
children to go to Ireland for this
holiday it was for the children's
sake mostly . . . so they could see
their grandparents and other
relatives . . "we didn't expect it
to be a very joyful time but it
turned out to be one of the hap-
piest holidays we've ever had."
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showdown that had to come
sooner or later, as unions became
stronger and management got
weaker. He said the people to
whom he spoke seemed to agree
that the government had to take a
stand, and the outcome of it
would show who was really
running the country.
With regard to gasoline for
automobiles, Brooks said he saw
cars queuing up in London for
petrol but in the country there
was no problem at all, The price
was about $1.00 per gallon and
occasionally .you do see a sign
"Regulars Only.' He said there is
usually a minimum of a one
pound purchase and a maximum
of two pounds ($5.00) but with
most British cars running from 30
to 40 miles per gallon this was no
real draw back.
His wife said she found the
attitudes of the people cheerful
and that they were making every
effort to co-operate with
restrictions by turning off lights
and closing off rooms wherever
possible. In fact, both Mr. and
Mrs, Brooks felt most of the
people seemed to be enjoying
tightening their belts ..."it's
sort of given them a new purpose
for life."
"They still frequent the pubs
and enjoy themselves, and
having to turn the TV off at 10:30
doesn't worry them in the
slightest."
Teacher Ted Davies and wife
who went as tourists and visitors
said the people were keeping
their usual stiff upper lip and
"seemed prepared to put up with
what they had to put up with."
Mrs. Davies said she found the
situation rather uninspiring and
sad especially over the holidays
when no Christmas lights were
allowed. She went on to say she
and her husband were "never
cold" except when they were
walking on the sea-wall at Sutton-
on-the-Sea.
As tourists, transportation
bothered them more than the fuel
shortage: "The trains ran when
they jolly well felt like it and
never on Sunday or late in the
evening. They were terribly
crowded and we often had to
stand or sit on our luggage."
She said there was always
something in the newspaper
about power cuts and you
checked it each day to see if your
area was going to be effected,
All the travellers said cost of
living was comparable to Canada
and Mr. Brooks thought it would
be a good idea to take dollars
instead of travellers cheques if
You were . contemplating a
holiday in England soon.
They all felt the "never
faltering British" would come
through the crisis somehow, and
Dave and Jane Brooks said they
were inclined to think the
situation is "blown out of all
proportion by the media ...the
country really isn't crumbling as
some would have us believe,"
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