Word: chertsey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...locomotive engineers staged a one-day strike that snarled commuter traffic from one end of the London metropolitan area to the other. "We're only working three days a week because of the power cuts, and it takes me nearly that long to get up and back from Chertsey," said one irate commuter. "By the time I get home, the telly's gone off." (All TV stations have been ordered to sign off at 10:30 p.m.) The trainmen, who have refused to work overtime and Sundays for the past five weeks, walked out after the government threatened...
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