Archive (2 life histories found)
'Selling in small towns to family drapers had etiquette'
In 1964 I was given a mini minor and asked to go and sell around the country. This was very hard as every shop in Ireland had dedicated suppliers and travellers calling. We had no innovation to offer other than the personality of the salesman. …
Tags: Sales work, selling, small town
'...picked, packed and delivered about Dublin in the back of the uncle's car (Morris Oxford)'
Leaving school in 1961 it was deemed that I should join the sales office of Foyle Shirt & Collar Co Ltd, Lifford, Co Donegal which was run from 51 Wellington Quay in Dublin beside the Halfpenny Bridge. It was an upstairs office of two rooms, one…
Tags: Customs, Irish fabric, Sales work, Trade