War Weapons Week Biggin Hill is making a strenuous effort to support Orpington War Weapons Week, March 22 – 29. The local War Savings Committee, under the direction of Mr F. W. Buck, the secretary, have taken a shop on the Main Road, which will be open during the week for the sale of Saving Stamps and Certificates. It is hoped that all will – Help to foot the Nation’s Bill By putting something in the till. A special effort, under the direction of Mrs Osgood, is being made to…
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Orpington Passes their £100,000 War Weapons Week aim
Great Enthusiasm in town and villages Crowds watch mile-long parade of military and civil bodies Orpington District War Weapons Week, which was inaugurated on Saturday, and will be closed tomorrow (Saturday) evening has exceeded all expectations. The total amount invested up to Wednesday evening in Savings certificates, bonds, stamps, and deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank was £104,000 The aim of the organisers was to raise £100,000. Residents in the villages and in Central Orpington have showed their patriotism by the magnificent response. Village post-offices received amounts ranging from…
Who was Sir Tiffy Cate?
In 1941 a strange figure (or figures) were roaming around towns and cities across the country under the guise of “Sir Tiffy Cate”, but who was this mystery man? In fact the answer is not sinister in the least, though perhaps less likely to happen in these modern days, but it was a sort of games set up as part of the country’s War Weapon weeks, where towns and districts raise vital funds for the war effort through National saving Certificates and Stamps. One such event organised was for a…
Orpington’s War Weapons Week – 1941
March 22-29 £100,000 is the Aim Attractive Programme being arranged The majority of the committees which will be responsible for organising the Orpington District War Weapons Week have now been formed and are busily engaged in their preparations. The aim is to raise £100,000, and every village and organisation in the urban district will be invited to help in the effort. In Central Orpington there will be large indicators which will record the investments each day. Smaller indicators will be erected in the villages. All will be adorned by a…
War Weapons Week Rivalry – 1941
On the first day of Bromley’s War Weapons week, the borough had raised an impressive £202,434 towards the fund, and by the following Saturday they had doubled their figure. However, not wanting to be outdone, their close neighbours, Beckenham, managed to surpass this figure mid-week! These figures appeared in the Kentish Times on Friday 28th 1941. The final score for the weeks were Beckenham £460,968 15s and Bromley £440,730. Making that a total for the Constituency of £1,944,698 in just two weeks! Orpington was aiming for £100,000 when they held…
War Weapons Rivalry – Who will win?
Will Beckenham Beat Bromley? The friendly rivalry between the neighbouring towns of Bromley and Beckenham will be seen in a new light during the coming weeks when Beckenham will endeavour to emulate Bromley’s fine War Weapons Week total. An attractive programme of events has been prepared for the week and below we give a summary. Saturday: Processions will converge on the Town Hall for a ___ parade at 1:45 pm, and the Mayor of Beckenham (Councillor W.J. Sampson) will declare the week open at 2 pm. At 2:15 pm the…
The Money Front: Bromley’s Great Push
Mounting Total in War Weapons Week HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR NEW ZEALAND Stimulating Address at inaugural luncheon Thousands of people watch Naval and Military Procession Bromley gave a most suspicious start to the War Weapons Week on Saturday. Munificent subscriptions for investment in Government securities were notified early in the day. Then amid enthusiastic cheers the Mayor, Councillor H. Lynch-Watson J.P., the president of the Week, announced to the large and influential gathering at the inaugural luncheon in the White Hart Hotel that the total subscription at noon on the first…
Beckenham’s War Weapons Week – Spring 1941
Our aim is £250,000 Says THE MAYOR Citizens of Beckenham: Our great War Weapons Week starts in just over a fortnight’s time. Between February 22nd and March 1st we are pledged to invest no less that £250,000 – a quarter of a million pounds in ONE week. Can Beckenham do it? We WILL do it, and pass that huge total if every home in the district will lend all that can be spared over current needs. Here’s an opportunity to make your money fight-every penny, every pound lent to buy…
In War Weapons Week – 7th Feb 1941
SAVINGS CERTIFICATE FOR EVERY BABY BORN Mayor of losing Borough to pay Beckenham, whose War Weapons Week commences on Saturday February 22, has been set to invest £250,000, a total which should not be difficult to reach. During the week ending March 1, people are not asked to give, but to invest their money, They can buy War Bonds, Defence Bonds, Saving Certificates, or make a deposit in the Post Office Bank, But whichever way they decide they are advised to start saving now. The Mayor of Beckenham at a…
Bromley War Weapons Week
Before the US entered the war, and still with the threat of invasion, War Weapon Weeks was a way to encourage people to save in War Bonds and similar Government schemes to help re-arm. This advert was one of many which appeared in the local newspaper advertising a local ‘War Weapons Week” February 15th – 20th (1941) Bromley’s War Weapons Week Get ready to make your money fight Our War Weapons Week is coming! It will be our special chance to help pay for the huge armaments needed to win this war, Let us…