Letter from JWW to GHW

Family letter in my possession

Part 2 of 3.

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"your future is assured as a designer, not only for actual designs, but also for colourings, which as you know is a very important factor. Your reputation is already known by morethan one manufacturer and it is unfortunate both for you and as that your development has attained success which it undoubtably has, at a time when customers cannot appreciate the "value" of design as quite apart from quality of any cloth it is put upon. Well Geoff old boy don't get too despondent things may turn and if they do we should come away pretty quickly, if they don;t as I have said before your reputation is assured. What I have said of yourself applies also in Phil's case, but in a more marked and responsible ... (sphere?), your "