Straw
hat stall at Luton market, 1920 [Z1306/75/17/43]
Thursday
31st January 1918: At a meeting of the Luton War Pensions
Committee a strong protest has been made against the holding up of the scheme for training discharged men for the hat industry. The Committee appointed to oversee the scheme
were almost on the point of resignation due to the procrastination of the two
Government departments responsible, which apparently had a difference of opinion
as to how it should be carried out. Rumour in the town blamed the
manufacturers, on the one had for trying to make something out of the scheme,
and on the other for holding it up because they could not make anything out of
it! In fact the manufacturers were anxious for it to go ahead, not for profit
but simply to assist in the good work of training the disabled. A minimum of
twelve trainees was required for the scheme to start - there were currently
eight applications from men hoping to be trained, but there had been many other
enquiries which came to nothing because the work was not ready. The Committee
agreed to protest strongly to the Government departments which were causing the
delay.
Source:
Luton News, 31st January 1918
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