After the War
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CIVIL DEFENCE – Mr. H. R. Emery had estimated
the cost of the re-instatement and redecoration of the ARP rooms,
Frogmore Street, at £46 10s.
Summary of Council Minute, 7th August |
While the war had been over for some time, there were still 12 evacuee children in the town, two of whom were accompanied by their mothers. Most were still in the town in June, and 5 were still staying in the town at the beginning of 1948.
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COAL: [At a Council Meeting] Mr. R.
Seymour brought up the allegation that trucks of coal were arriving at
their destinations much below weight. At Northampton station 10 ton
trucks had been averaging 9 tons 4 cwt he alleged, yet when officials
made an advertised check the full 10 tons was received.
Mr. Badrick alleged that the Co-op generally suffered a five or 6 cwt loss of coal from. Bucks Herald, 20th August |
There were many controls and shortages. Food parcels were still being sent to Britain to be distributed to the needy and in June the Clerk reported the receipt from the Dominions of a further 5 cases, containing 272 tins of food, which it was decided should be distributed to persons between 65 and 70, the previous distribution being to the over 70 and others recommended by the British Red Cross Society. In January Mr. C. J. Badrick was nominated as a trade member of the Tring Food Control Committee. In April the Council resolved that a strong protest be made to the Regional House Coal Officer that Tring was not getting its fair allocation of coal. Two months later they decided that the Ministry of Food be approached to secure a better allocation and variety of meat and offal at Tring, and in September the Clerk reported that he had received the approval of the Ministry of Fuel and Power to the appointment of Mr. W. K. Luck as Fuel Overseer at a salary of £75 p.a.
There was also much discussion about the form Tring’s war memorial should take. A questionnaire was circulated and by the time of the March Council meeting there had been 107 votes for a sports ground, 67 votes for improvements to the Victoria Hall, and 180 votes for a public garden with paddling pool. Unfortunately the enthusiasm for voting was not matched by financial contributions, and the Council decided that all that could be done with the £20 6s 2d subscribed was at add names to the existing memorial. There was disquiet in the town about this parsimonious approach. The Tring Ratepayers’ and Householders Association suggested that as there was an urgent need for maternity home, this would make a suitable war memorial and while the Council agreed to go ahead and add the names to the First World War memorial, they also set up a committee to look at other possibilities, and to raise money. [The Memorial Gardens, at the East end of the High Street were later opened.]
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War Memorial Fund.
— As was to be expected, considerable interest is being taken in the
appeal for this fund. The general feeling seems to be one of
satisfaction that definite action is at last being taken to provide the
town with a worthy memorial. A novel suggestion, which has been made and
acted on by a well-known Tring Shopkeeper, is for business men to give
£1 for every year they have been in business in Tring. His welcome
contribution on this basis was £25, and others have since followed his
worthy example.
Bucks Herald, 1st August |
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