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1968 - LADY ALLEN AND VILLAGERS TILT UP, , Today in Apsley Guise, Bedfordshire's one time best-kept village - villagers, led by Lady Allen, wife of 60-year-old industrialist, Sir Kenneth Allen, were demonstrating that the mechanical, suction-type brush sweeper used in their quiet streets, is less efficient than the obsolete brush and bin, Lady Allen, the president of the local Women's Institute, said recently: I'm sure that the local Council are pleased with their machine, but the old street cleaners helped is win prises and be the prettiest village in the area, Lady Allen, and 14 women of the Institute assembled with brooms, etc today, and tidied up the village, KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS:- LADY ALLEN, holding a spiked piece of litter, talking 1.15 game of her clean -up -the village volunteers, when they met for the giant tidy-up in, , A, Eliley._Guiee today___

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60-year-old Apsley Assembled Brooms Clean Cleaners Demonstrating Efficient Guise Helped Industrialist Less Litter Mechanical Obsolete Pleased Prettiest Prises Spiked Sure Sweeper Tilt Villagers Volunteers

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