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Rushden Echo & Argus, 9th June 1944, transcribed by Kay Collins
Wartime - Book Collections in WWII
These three adverts in the same edition were each sponsored by different traders.

Northamptonshire Great Book Recovery and Salvage Drive.

10th June 24th

Books

Higham Ferrers
Target 6,000

Rushden
Target 30,000


Books, Magazines, Periodicals
For

The Navy, The Army, The Air Force,

The Merchant Navy, Blitzed Libraries

And Munitions of War.

Book The Date—10th June—24th June.

Space Kindly Donated In National Interest by Rushden Co-Operative Society Ltd.

Northamptonshire Great Book Recovery and Salvage Drive.

10th June 24th

Books

Higham Ferrers
Target 6,000

Rushden
Target 30,000


Old and unwanted books and magazines have given you great comfort.
Give them to the school children so that they can be
Sent to the

Navy, The Army, The Air Force And Merchant Navy.

Space Kindly Donated by Fairey Bros., 7, High Street, Rushden

Northamptonshire Great Book Recovery and Salvage Drive.

10th June 24th

Books

Higham Ferrers
Target 6,000

Rushden
Target 30,000

Books Magazines and Periodicals

To reach a target is good! To double it is better.
But to treble it is the determination of the
Borough of Higham Ferrers and the Urban District of Rushden.

Give the school children your unwanted books and help them to become
"Field Marshals" in the book recovery army. Whatever its condition—give it.

Space Kindly Donated In National Interest by Wanklyn, Jeweller, 54. High-Street. Rushden



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