1907: Significant blow for the handkerchief industry
- gmdavison
- Jan 7, 2022
- 1 min read
Updated: Mar 8, 2022

Dr Hugh Scott, Medical officer of health for the combined districts of East Sussex speaking at a public meeting at Cuckfield, said that the linen pocket handkerchief was an abomination, and could not be too strongly condemned from a health point of view.
Examiner (Launceston, Tasmania) 23 Dec 1907, Page 3
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/214831111?searchTerm=Cuckfield
Photograph by Tim Green, Morris Dancers in York, part of Joint Morris Organisation Day of Dance, 23 April 2016
Contributed by Malcolm Davison.
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