Hi all
I wonder if anyone knows about the safety pins that George Goodman Ltd provided for Queen Mary's Dolls' House?
I have a card of six teeny safety pins which my grannie was given when she audited a company in Birmingham in about 1935. She became a chartered accountant in the early 1930s, and was taken on by her company because they needed a female auditor as one of their clients was a nunnery! (The story passed down is that when she sat her exam there was only her and one other woman among 900+ candidates.)
The attached image clearly states that they made safety pins for the dolls house - but this is a single pin, part of Selfridges' 16th birthday celebrations in 2025.
The card I have is for 6 "Empire Safety Pins" with no manufacturer mentioned... but I guess it's from George Goodman also. Perhaps she was asked to audit Goodmans because they made female oriented things such as pins, jewellery and hair curlers!
I hope this is of interest, and welcome any further information.