FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE

JULY 1, 1940

A WARNING that the Germans are about to launch an invasion was given last night by Mr Chamberlain. ‘We know,’ said the former prime minister, in a broadcast speech, ‘that the Nazis are even now completing their preparations for an attempt to invade this country. At any moment the invasion may be launched by sea and air.’

JULY 1, 1955

A BBC representative at the East Suffolk Parish Councils’ Association meeting yesterday was asked to have a word with an announcer who says ‘tomorrer’ in weather forecasts. Rev. Leslie Smith, of Great Blakenham, said: ‘He makes it very difficult to educate our children.’