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All where? In all likelihood they will have dispersed widely, don't think they all come from the same nearby town any more. Public transport over the 'festive' season, sparse, I would say (not everyone on low pay can afford a motor car), so recovery of meaningful numbers of bods could take some time.
In RAFG during the Cool War, we reckoned the best time for Ivan to make a move was after about 1800 on any Friday, or over Easter and Christmas leave periods.
Mister B