FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE

SEPTEMBER 28, 1948

A RESOLUTION calling for the end of clothes rationing was unanimously passed by the conference of the National Chamber of Trade, at Bridlington, Yorkshire, yesterday. Mr r. Bradshaw, of Bury, said: ‘The public is utterly weary of being ordered and regimented by a soulless bureaucracy.’

SEPTEMBER 28, 1957

TELEVISION ‘fever’ is causing more children to squint. In the past year, cases in lincolnshire have jumped 44 per cent, says Dr C. D. Cormac, the county medical officer. But the doctor does not want to stop boys and girls from viewing. His advice? To limit the time they watch to guard against strain.