Winchester, Wednesday … The city’s Coronation mayor, Major J. R. Pinsent, presented Mr. Alec Sherriff, of Messrs. Sherriff and Ward, drapers, of High Street with a first prize cheque for £250 and a Daily Express silver cup awarded the “Things to Wear” section of the nation-wide contest. The presentation was staged at the Odeon Cinema, North Wall, On the screen, Mr. C. F. Betts the manager showed a slide of the winning window display while on the stage stood the two-foot-high cup, now the absolute property of the successful firm.
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GRO0528 Devonport: John Ryland Pinsent: 1888 – 1957