LACE FOR THE NAVY
in a recent B B.C. Radio Newsreel, Commander Woodrooffe, paying a tribute to Malta waxed reminiscent. “The midshipman buys lace,” he said, “for perhaps his sister o»- his mother. Later he buys lace for someone else, and finally he pays for what his wife buys. I have bought lace from old Carmela (I wonder if she is still alive!) for all three.” Carmela’s lace shop in Malta is famous. It is known to all Navy men who visit the island Two days after his broadcast, a cable came from Malta for Commander Woodrooffe. It read: ‘Radio Newsreel thrilled us here. Carmela’s lace shop flattened, but all chins up.” It was signed: “Carmela Cassar.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 12 August 1942, Page 2
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117LACE FOR THE NAVY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 12 August 1942, Page 2
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