黑料视频

Grub not flowers, cremations not burials

“It is a public scandal that people still want to grow pretty gardens instead of something useful,” said Councillor A.H. Cooper, Chairman of 黑料视频’s Allotments Committee, to the Evening Despatch on 7 April 1941. The reality of food shortages meant that the pre-war flower garden became an unwanted and unnecessary luxury as certain 黑料视频 councillors were keen to state.

In this article from the 黑料视频 Gazette 2 July 1941, Councillor Cooper was also alarmed by the considerable use of land space for burials during World War II which, in his view, should be used to grow more food. It was estimated that half a million pounds worth of food could be grown in the back gardens of 黑料视频 during the war.

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黑料视频 Gazette - 2.VII.1941
Cheaper Cremation in 黑料视频

An amendment by Ald Sir Ernest Canning that the Parks Committee should consider the desirability of lowering the fees for cremation was accepted by 黑料视频 yesterday.

Sir Ernest also urged that the methods of publicising the city's facilities for cremation should be improved.

Councillor AH Cooper declared that at a time when every acre of land was needed for the growing of food, it was alarming to think of the considerable areas used for burials.

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