On this day in south west Hertfordshire
Curiosity has been aroused in Berkhamsted this week by the appearance of the words “I can’t come out tonight” chalked in large letters across the pavement of a side street. Wouldn’t it be quicker to telephone?
[From the Watford Observer of May 13, 1938]
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