Hello My name is Princes "POPPY"
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IN 1953 I HAD A TWO PIECE SUIT MADE AT JOHN COLLIER. THE MATERIAL WAS SELECTED UNDER FLUOESCENT LIGHT, AND I DISCOVERED WHEN WEARING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT IT WAS A BRIGHT BLUE, RATHER LIKE THE COLOUR OF THE SUIT WORN BY TRIGGER IN ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES.
I RESOLVED THEN TO TAKE IT TO MY LOCAL BRANCH OF ACHILLE SERRE IN WOOD STREET, WALTHAMSTOW TO HAVE IT DYED DARK BLUE.
WHEN TRYING ON THE SUIT AFTER DYING THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS THAT THE MATERIAL HAD LOST IT'S TEXTURE AND HAD THE CONSISTANCY OF A WET DISH CLOTH!!! THE SUIT HAD ALSO SHRUNK SO MUCH THAT IT WOULD ONLY FIT WEE GEORGIE WOOD.
BACK I GO TO THE LOCAL BRANCH WHERE I WAS REFERRED TO A NOTICE IN SMALL PRINT THAT REFERRED TO DYING BEING AT THE OWNERS RISK, AND WAS TOLD TO WRITE TO HEAD OFFICE BUT THEY THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE LITTLE OR NO SUCCESS.
I DULY WROTE EXPRESSING MY DISAPPOINT WITH THEIR TREATMENT TO MY PRECIOUS SUIT AND AS CLEANERS AND DYERS OF LONG STANDING THEY SHOULD GIVE UP THE DYING AND CONCENTRATE ON CLEANING. I REQUESTED COMPENSATION FOR THE COST OF THE SUIT, BUT WAS REFERRED TO THEIR CONDITIONS OF SALE AND SENT A POSTAL ORDER AS AN "EX GRATIA" PAYMENT FOR THE COST OF THE DYING.
I WASN'T TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT AT THE TIME BUT IT HAS GIVEN ME AND OTHERS A GOOD LAUGH SINCE.
BOB SYMONS RAYLEIGH.
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IN 1953 I HAD A TWO PIECE SUIT MADE AT JOHN COLLIER. THE MATERIAL WAS SELECTED UNDER FLUOESCENT LIGHT, AND I DISCOVERED WHEN WEARING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT IT WAS A BRIGHT BLUE, RATHER LIKE THE COLOUR OF THE SUIT WORN BY TRIGGER IN ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES.
I RESOLVED THEN TO TAKE IT TO MY LOCAL BRANCH OF ACHILLE SERRE IN WOOD STREET, WALTHAMSTOW TO HAVE IT DYED DARK BLUE.
WHEN TRYING ON THE SUIT AFTER DYING THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS THAT THE MATERIAL HAD LOST IT'S TEXTURE AND HAD THE CONSISTANCY OF A WET DISH CLOTH!!! THE SUIT HAD ALSO SHRUNK SO MUCH THAT IT WOULD ONLY FIT WEE GEORGIE WOOD.
BACK I GO TO THE LOCAL BRANCH WHERE I WAS REFERRED TO A NOTICE IN SMALL PRINT THAT REFERRED TO DYING BEING AT THE OWNERS RISK, AND WAS TOLD TO WRITE TO HEAD OFFICE BUT THEY THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE LITTLE OR NO SUCCESS.
I DULY WROTE EXPRESSING MY DISAPPOINT WITH THEIR TREATMENT TO MY PRECIOUS SUIT AND AS CLEANERS AND DYERS OF LONG STANDING THEY SHOULD GIVE UP THE DYING AND CONCENTRATE ON CLEANING. I REQUESTED COMPENSATION FOR THE COST OF THE SUIT, BUT WAS REFERRED TO THEIR CONDITIONS OF SALE AND SENT A POSTAL ORDER AS AN "EX GRATIA" PAYMENT FOR THE COST OF THE DYING.
I WASN'T TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT AT THE TIME BUT IT HAS GIVEN ME AND OTHERS A GOOD LAUGH SINCE.
BOB SYMONS RAYLEIGH.
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