COUNTESS AS PEDLAR.
TOURING WITH A LORRY. A large motor-lorry, painted in red, white, and blue with a Union Jack on the bonnet, stood in front of Staunton Harold Hall, Ashby-de-la.-Zouch. Leicestershire recently laden with all sorts of articles from greenhouse plants to clothes pegs. In white letters was painted on the side of the lorry: Countess Ferres, Hawker, Staunton Harold. By the steps of the mansion, one of the largest in Leicestershire, Countess Ferres was loading the lorry, but she stopped to sav to a correspondent:— "I "have turned "hawker because the Loughborough Women's Conservative Association is badly in need of money. I tour the villages in the constituency to sell all sorts of goods. I drive the lorry on the village greens, ring a bell, and out come the villagers to do business. . Trade is pretty good 1 ." The countess said no propaganda was mixed with the business and she had secured a pedlar's license in the usual way.
Countess Ferrers looked bronzed and agreed that a hawker's life suited her. However, her career on the road soon ended as her arrangements were made for a fortnight only. All the goods she sold were given by Conservative supporters.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 261, 18 August 1930, Page 3
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