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== Dunhill Commercial == | == Dunhill Commercial == | ||
[[File:S-l1600.jpeg|thumb|right|140px|Dunhill Flyer - 1983]] | [[File:S-l1600.jpeg|thumb|right|140px|Dunhill Flyer - 1983]] | ||
<Blockquote><q>From the day Bill Carter accidentally dropped one onto the green carpet and they had noticed how this colour enhanced the appearance of the grain, pipes were always presented on a green pad under a strong light by salesmen wearing cotton gloves. And so that salesmen could give undivided attention to his costumer, his colleagues - including Father himself - tidied the counter for him, putting away unwanted pipes in the drawers of their cabinets.</q> Mary Dunhill. <ref name= | <Blockquote><q>From the day Bill Carter accidentally dropped one onto the green carpet and they had noticed how this colour enhanced the appearance of the grain, pipes were always presented on a green pad under a strong light by salesmen wearing cotton gloves. And so that salesmen could give undivided attention to his costumer, his colleagues - including Father himself - tidied the counter for him, putting away unwanted pipes in the drawers of their cabinets.</q> Mary Dunhill. <ref name=mary23>Dunhill, Mary (1979). Our Family Business (p. 43). Great Britain, The Bodley Head.</ref></blockquote> | ||
The following video is a commercial that shows us a bit of Dunhill in 1981. | The following video is a commercial that shows us a bit of Dunhill in 1981. | ||
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