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Et après mars, lorsque l’atelier fut prêt à produire, la plupart des pipes Dunhill étaient complètement faites « maison ». | Et après mars, lorsque l’atelier fut prêt à produire, la plupart des pipes Dunhill étaient complètement faites « maison ». | ||
<blockquote><q> | <blockquote><q>Après l’ouverture de sa propre usine, la plupart des pipes Dunhill étaient complètement faites « maison ». Quelques unes des têtes sélectionnées et gradées dans les débuts du processus de fabrication en 1920 pouvaient venir de St Claude en France. Cependant, peut-être du fait que leur qualité baissait ou qu’elles devenaient trop chères, Alfred Dunhill établit un atelier de tournage de têtes au numéro 20 de St Pancrace Road, près de la gare de King’s Cross".</q> The White Spot Division.<ref name=hener>Hener, K. S. Product Line Director - The White Spot Smoker's Accessory Division and Walthamstow site. (Conversations held between 2019 and 2020).</ref></blockquote> | ||
<blockquote><q>The first pipes were made by two men on the upper floor of Nº. 28 Duke Street. By 1912, when the pipe was well and truly on the market, Father had about half a dozen hand-picked craftsmen in a workshop in Mason's Yard, a short distance from the shop. They worked from eight in the morning until seven at night and, when required to finish pipes the shop would sell next day, later than that. No question of a five-day week or of water to wash with. Like every employee, they received a small commission based on sales and they worked hard because, with the ginger-haired man they called the Guv'nor bounding up the iron staircase several times a day, they were in no doubt about the urgency and importance of their work.</q> Mary Dunhill <ref name=mary22>Dunhill, Mary (1979). Our Family Business (p. 42). Great Britain, The Bodley Head.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote><q>The first pipes were made by two men on the upper floor of Nº. 28 Duke Street. By 1912, when the pipe was well and truly on the market, Father had about half a dozen hand-picked craftsmen in a workshop in Mason's Yard, a short distance from the shop. They worked from eight in the morning until seven at night and, when required to finish pipes the shop would sell next day, later than that. No question of a five-day week or of water to wash with. Like every employee, they received a small commission based on sales and they worked hard because, with the ginger-haired man they called the Guv'nor bounding up the iron staircase several times a day, they were in no doubt about the urgency and importance of their work.</q> Mary Dunhill <ref name=mary22>Dunhill, Mary (1979). Our Family Business (p. 42). Great Britain, The Bodley Head.</ref></blockquote> | ||