“SILENT REVOLT”
Price Boycott Spreads (N.Z.P. A. -Reuter—Copyright) SALE (Cheshire), April 11. The “silent revolt” against rising prices started by a group of wives has spread to more than 6000 women shoppers all over Britain. Their boycott campaign is helping young housewives to shop as wisely as their grandmothers did, the organiser, Mrs Sheila Montgomery, said. The campaign began when Mrs Montgomery, a 30-year-old former district nurse, persuaded nine neighbours in Sale to ban biscuits from their shopping lists for a month. Further bans followed on jam, meat extracts and gravy powders. Now there are 230 boycott groups formed. Mrs Montgomery said: “Most young housewives grew up during and after the war when you were glad to accept whatever the shops offered. But now they have to budget more and more and our campaign is helping them to be more practical and careful. “For instance when we choose an item which we decide not to buy for a month everyone looks around for an economical substitute. The local group members also pass on tips to each other about the best value for money in the neighbourhood.”
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30724, 13 April 1965, Page 10
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“SILENT REVOLT”
Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30724, 13 April 1965, Page 10
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