SATURDAY CLOSING OF SHOPS
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—"Let Well Alone" takes as his main argument the need of the "vast army' 'of workers to do their shopping. When did they shop before the 40-hour week' was granted them? Is it not a fact that the majority of this "vast army" cease work from the hour of 4.30 p.m. to 5 p.m., and so have from then till 5.30 p.m. on four days, and till 9 p.m. on Friday to buy their personal needs, while the mere 20,000 or so shop assistants do their shopping during lunch hour? "Let Well Alone" fears that a large percentage of the present Saturday trade will be diverted to other channels: thus Tom wants a new hat; Alice a new pair of shoes; but do without because the shops are closed on Saturday.'' Absurd, isn't it?—l am, etc..
SHOP ASSISTANT,
(To the Editor.)
Sir, —Your, correspondent "Let Well Alone" states that the shops being open on Saturday morning is a convenience and a necessity for the great body of workers so that they may have a reasonable time to purchase their requirements, with which I quite agree. This being so, then the shopping public should not require to shop on Friday night. Let us have either one or the other, but not both.—l am, etc.,
CLOSE 5.30 ON FRIDAYS,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 60, 8 September 1937, Page 10
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