FOR the fifth year in succession the directors of Manufacturing Engineering Co Ltd, Blackburn, gave a Christmas party for members of Highfield Park Veterans' Bowling Club.
And two-year-old Kelly Flood of Belfield Road, Accrington, was overjoyed at meeting Santa at the Enfield Manufacturing Company, Oswaldtwistle.
Nationally, Royal Navy submarine HMS Olympus was in collision with an unidentified merchant ship south of Portland Bill.
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