Word: deckers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reason for this, they say, is that in many cases the number of suites a maid must clean is excessive. Another stumbling block, according to Mulvihill, is the double-decker beds which remain as holdovers from the war. These beds are harder to make than the standard kind...
Christmas Present. On Christmas Eve, grinning conductors on Hong Kong's double-decker trolleys politely refused to accept fares. Said they suavely: "It's a Christmas present from the company." This was the trolleymen's way of warning their employers that they were deadly serious in their demand for a 50?-a-day wage increase. The employers were deadly serious, too. After four days of free rides for the populace, during which penniless coolies sprawled delightedly about the upper decks (first class), the management sacked the conductors, halted service...