Z118/F/6/2

File on the local press containing letters in reply to letters appearing in local newspapers and information on BARA events and including, amongst other things, the following: - reaction to a piece entitled "Greatest non-event of the century" in Bedfordshire Times about a BARA meeting [May 1969]; - very detailed reaction to a letter in Bedfordshire Times criticising BARA and recommending the building of the airport [Jun 1969]; - exchange of letters in Huntingdonshire Post with the leader of Thurleigh Emergency Committee for Democratic Action, who supported the building of the airport at Thurleigh [Jun 1969]; - refusal of Bedford County Press to sponsor BARA events, despite sympathy for their cause [Jun 1969]; - refusal to Consumer's Association magazine Which? To become involved in the Third London Airport debate since it was a political and social question where the Association could make no contribution based on its own research [Jul 1969]; - reply to letter criticising "expensive" publicity at a meeting in Wellingborough [Northamptonshire] with little support [Jul 1969]; - reply to letter asking about progress of fund raising activities [Aug 1969]; - reply to Bedfordshire Times article "Yes to the airport" based on a selective poll of people in Bedford [Sep 1969]; - reply to a letter criticising the short dresses worn by BARA Commandos [Oct 1969]. [BARA 6]

May-Oct 1969

From: 1969 To: 1969

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Bedfordshire Airport Resistance Association,
Thurleigh Emergency Committee for Democratic Action,
Bedford County Press,
Consumers Association

Bedfordshire Airport Resistance Association, pressure groups, Bedfordshire Times, airports, Huntingdonshire Post, Thurleigh Emergency Committee for Democratic Action, Bedford County Press, clothing, THURLEIGH, Wellingborough, BEDFORD