“Most of the articles we make carry friendly messages from the girls who make them. What a pity we don’t, carry that custom into our life in peacetime!’ That remark was made by Mr Hugh Hamilon, director of a world known Belfast linen manufactory, during a talk in the 8.8. C. short wave series, "Bridge Builders.” He explained that, instead of tablecloths, napkins and towels, the factory was now rattling out shirts, haversacks and uniforms. He wondered whether, after the war, it would help their sales if the message sending continued, and what, for instance, would be the reaction of the purchaser of a tablecloth who opened it to find a note inside saying: “If you’re single, drop us a line. If you’re married, never mind?’ '
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 May 1943, Page 5
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