THE government's plans for complete abolition of food rationing were almost complete.

The next step was the derationing of margarine, butter and cheese.

The Fish family had three PCs on the beat in Blackburn.

Fred and Jim joined their father William Fish who was retiring after 27 years police service.

And the Rev R Nelson told a women's service in Blackburn Cathedral that women who descend on American Servicemen camps in coach tours were a blot on the moral reputation of the country.