Hearing all your sad tales of your local fabric stores closing has made me
realise that we in the little Island of Jersey must be extremely fortunate in
having "Hamon's" of King St., Saint Helier, to patronise.
This fabric Store - situated in a late-18th Century building on our Town's
main shopping street, - is still operated by the Hamon Family [Armory - Azure,
a Lion rampant, reguardent, Or, - first recorded in 1331 Gregorian] - and all
the staff have been there for decades, and are all either in their 60's or
older - [one or two much older], - with the benefits of decades of fabric-shop
experience. Compared with younger shop staff locally, I cannot praise our
Hamon's staff highly enough.
The range of goods is huge - and the shop is stacked high with bolts of cloth
[and the ceilings are very high]. If Mr. Hamon hasn't got what you require,
then he'll "move heaven and earth" to obtain it for you! "Obliging" doesn't
even come close!
Yours in Service,
Matthew
["Messire Matthew Baker", Governor & Castellan of Jersey, 1486-1497:
Motto - "Si vis pacem, para bellum" (Trans:-"if you wish for Peace, prepare
for War") ]
aka. - Julian Wilson, - late-medieval Re-enactor; Herald, Historian, &
Master Artisan to
"The Companie of the Duke's Leopards",
[the Island of "old" Jersey's only mediæval living-history Group]
Meet us at < www.dukesleopards.org >"
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