DECLINE IN SILK HAT TRADE
Denton, a little town in Lancashire, famed for manufacture of silk hats, sees prospects for the trade diminish. No apprentices are being encouraged to enter this particular branch of the hat manufacturing business. • All workmen at present employed are skilled craftsmen, who are veterans. The world demand for silk hats is said to have fallen to about six dozen a week, most of which are manufactured at Denton.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21773, 12 October 1932, Page 12
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73DECLINE IN SILK HAT TRADE Otago Daily Times, Issue 21773, 12 October 1932, Page 12
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