The armistice saw an eruption of celebration in the streets of Tamworth, here's a look at how they celebrated the end of the war.

Updated November 9 2018 - 6:08pm, first published 6:00pm
Extract from the ‘Daily Observer’ published November 12, 1918: How Tamworth celebrated the armistice
Extract from the ‘Daily Observer’ published November 12, 1918: How Tamworth celebrated the armistice

So much feeling, pent up during the four weary year, could not be restrained, and the natural consequence followed – Tamworth went mad. It was noise, noise, everywhere. Fireworks cracked and fizzed, bells rang, whistles shrieked, motor horns honked, bugles sounded, kerosene tins rattled and every conceivable instrument that could make a row lent its weight to the saturnalia of sound.

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