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Originally Posted by Gayle
Are cake makers, t-shirt printers, suit sellers etc worthwhile jobs?
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'Cake makers' -
Well as Master Bun the baker's son (and grandson, and brother), even though it's hard work, you can earn an honest crust. As well as employing hundreds of people, in the sixty five years my family's been making cakes in the area.
'T-shirt printers' -
Can't really comment. Though I did do some hand painted shirts for Kevin Horkin's Accrington boutique in the eighties, which I believe sold quite well.
'Suit sellers' -
Again, can't really comment. Even though an article in the Lancashire Telegraph wrongly printed a report that I was creative director for a suit company in Saville Row. It was actually a shirt company in Jermyn Street I worked for, as well as various other commercial concerns, who employed me as a consultant. Still you can't always believe what you read.
I, and many others, still look forward to finding out the costs of these community art projects, and who funded them. Which will let us, the general public, try and evaluate the value of this sort of art, and if we then consider them to be worthwhile.