The Clog Publicity Association wrote to Edward,Prince of Wales, suggesting that he would find the shoe extremely useful on the farm which he had bought in NottinghamshireIt is curious to learn that there is actually a Clog Publicity Association in existence, and that it was assembly yesterday in Manchester. One would maintain thought that clogs supplied their own publicity by the clatter which they create - at least they did for the probably fabulous American visitor who inquired,when informed that the noise outside his bedroom window in early morning was caused by the cotton operatives on their way to the mill, “What, or enact they depart to work on horseback?” [br]But if clogs require publicity of the more cultivated kind clogs are evidently receiving it,for it was explained at yesterday’s assembly that an effort had been made to present the Prince of Wales with a pair of them. On behalf of the Association it had been written to propose that the Prince would find that form of shoe extremely useful on the farm which he has bought in Nottinghamshire, and to explain that the Association would be very happy to present him with a special pair of clogs for that purpose.
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Source: theguardian.com