WOG HEADGEAR FROM WARWICKSHIRE
LONDON The Warwickshire town of Atherstone, population 6,' 000, whose main I vctivity is hat-making, has taken to he fez for prosperity. i These hats are heing made in ' ihousands of dozens for the natives i of Africa, India and Arabian counries. j One reason why the native of Lon- ' '.on has difffoulty in huying a new trilby is that in Li'beria his well- ' 'ressed counterpaft is clamouring for i new fez- from Britain. i Home requirements in men's hats are restricted by the Board of Trade ' to 30 per cent. of the industry's out- ' put. , Native storekeepers are sending he most fiattering letters with their --rders to Atherstone. Mr. A. T. Haton produced a sample Zrom Nigeria. It hegan: "Great is the Zame of your firm arid overwhelming is the desire of my customers to buv x fez made by yoiur most noble raftsmen. The hat-makers of Atherstone have snough worik to keep them husy for hree years. f _____
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5289, 30 December 1946, Page 2
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164WOG HEADGEAR FROM WARWICKSHIRE Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5289, 30 December 1946, Page 2
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