THE KING BUYS SCISSORS.
King George VI paid a penny for some scissors at the British Industries Fair. The scissors are worth much more than a penny, and are interesting for the way in whiph they have come to the King (says the "Children's Newspaper"). They are 110 years old. Handmade, they were intended for the Duke of York, a son of George the Third. The .Duke was expected to visit Sheffield in 1827, and the Cutlers Company had an assortment of steel articles ■ made for him, all packed in an oak casket, enriched wilh a crest. But the Duke never went to Sheffield, for he died a week or two before his proposed visit, and; the casket and its valuable contents remained in the city of steel. Carefully preserved, they have, now been given in the original casket to the King, the Duke's great-great-grandneph'ew.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 108, 8 May 1937, Page 21
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145THE KING BUYS SCISSORS. Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 108, 8 May 1937, Page 21
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