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London Bank Holiday Boom Quietly Fades
United Press reports the August Bank Holiday drew four million Londoners to resorts and countryside. Rail and road services ran at peak capacity with extra trains and boats, hotels filled, and cities emptied as Brits sought sun and leisure before London returns to business.
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