Madam, - I am a student on the master's course in the history of design and applied arts at the National College of Art and Design. I am focusing my dissertation on Arnotts department store in Henry Street, Dublin, during the period c.1940 to 1970.
I am particularly interested in the ways by which the store promoted its goods through the design of its interiors and window displays.
I am very keen to make contact with people who worked for Arnotts between these years, or who shopped there regularly during this period. - Yours, etc,
GABRIELLE O'CONNOR, 477 Collins Avenue, Whitehall, Dublin 9