WINTER woollies and boots by the baleful made a timely arrival in Swindon this week courtesy of the Red Cross Society of the USA for the relief of evacuees.
“Our American friends are far seeing and organise well ahead,”
Mr TH Fessey, the secretary of the Swindon Council Of Social Service told an Advertiser reporter as he showed him a consignment of more than 1,000 summer cotton dresses.
All the clothing was reserved for issue to children and adults evacuated to Swindon and further stocks were expected.
A door to-door collection made by volunteers led by Mr and Mrs Fred Kiddle had resulted in almost 30 car loads of items, most of it as good as new.
These would be distributed among the old and needy of Swindon.
“This phase of the voluntary relief work has now reached to comparatively huge dimensions,”
reported the Evening Advertiser.
“In one month alone an average of about 2,000 are issued.
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