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08

Oct
2017

In On This Day

By Nicola Gauld

On This Day, 8 October 1917

On 08, Oct 2017 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld

Birmingham Daily Post

Monday 8 October 1917

EARLIER CLOSING IN BIRMINGHAM

The Early Closing Association have made a successful canvas among the Birmingham city drapers, with the result that it has been agreed to close establishments at seven o’clock on and after today. It is expected that this action on the part of firms in the centre of the city will lead to an earlier closing in the suburbs.