COUNTESS AS PEDLAR

Southland Times, Issue 21192, 19 September 1930, Page 3

COUNTESS AS PEDLAR

TOURING WITH A LORRY. A large motor-lorry, painted in red, white and blue, with a Union Jack on the bonnet, stood in front of Staunton Harold Hall, Ahsby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, recently, laden with all sorts of articles from greenhouse plants to clothes pegs. In white letters was painted on the side of the lorry: Countess Ferrers, Hawker, Staunton Harold. By the steps of the mansion, one of the largest in Leicetser- . shire, Countess Ferrers was loading the lorry, but she stopped to say to a newspaper correspondent:— “I have turned hawker because the Loughborough division Women’s Conservative Association is badly in need of money. I tour the villages in the constituency to sell all sorts of goods. I drive the lorry on to the village greens, ring a bell, and out come the villagers to do business. Trade is pretty good.” The countess said that no propaganda was mixed with the business and she had secured a pedlar’s license in the usual way. Countess Ferrers looked bronzed and agreed that a hawker’s life suited her. However, her career on the road soon ended, as her arrangements were made for a fortnight only. All the goods she sold were given by Conservative supporters.