SUMMING JOB

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31129, 4 August 1966, Page 19

SUMMING JOB

Fat Girl In Laundry ffl.X. Pre«» Assn. —CoptrriffflW LONDON, August 2. Margaret Haddow, who weighs 16 stone, got a Job in a laundry recently after presenting her “ideal qualifications 75 ; “I’m strong and very fat.” Margaret, aged 21, saw the job advertised in her local newspaper. Hie advertisement said: “Strong, fat woman or girl who wishes to sUtn offered tough but well-paid job. White Heather Laundry,

Mr C. Wfllaatns, the tawdry owner, explained Ms advertisement by saying: “It’s a hot job and whoever does it w® lose weight. I have worked It out that 90 times a day she will have to lift 4Olb leads of wet washing into a giant dryer with a heavy door. “Then she will have to unpack the toad and walk a mile a day pushing the laundry about in heavy wooden trucks.”

“I especially wanted a fat girl because she will have the incentive to work knowing she wiH get thin,” said Mr Williams.

Margaret Haddow, wiping her brow between lifts, said: “I thought the advertisement was cheeky, but I was cheeky enough to answer it I am determined to get down to nine or 10 Stone. I’m fed-up with people making remarks about weight”