Good grief!

Love the story of the daughter of a friend of mine. She was going to a fancy dress party at her school and her father (our friend) pinned a pair of knickers on her chest, with the words "Chest of Drawers" She came first.

I think I should have typed 'english' and 'french' - wouldn't want anyone thinking the lower case initial letters were my mistake

Yes of course, Bellanonna - goodness, 25p doesn't sound much to get excited about does it? Five shillings sounds much better!
I have to agree with you GillT57, it seems absurd for any adult to believe it's a chester draws. That would irritate me too. As for the tuition in english and french, I seriously hope they don't get any takers. Very concerning if parents of children needing extra tuition thought that was excusable

Indinana I too used to get five shilling poster lorders for birthdays! I know that in the grand scheme of things that 'chester draws' doesn't really matter, but it annoys me, don't people read anymore? If you even flick through the IKEA catalogue you will see many a 'chest of drawers'. My DD shares my pedantic ways high standards and corrected a poster in our village hall which was offering tuition in 'english, french, .....without capital letters.

..... Or 25p

That's Five Shillings for the youngsters on here

I remember having a 5/- poster lorder for my 7th birthday.

Chester is a lovely wooden chap, I wonder what he draws!

You see 'drawers' spelled as 'draws' all over the place these days, shops, websites, local ads. But 'chester draws' is a classic!

Maybe it was a clever ruse to draw people's attention.

DS used to think he had a chester draws in his bedroom but at least he had the excuse he was only four.

I share your grief!

I saw a notice in a local shop advertising a reduced price bed with storage "draws" underneath.

The estate agent has no excuse, rather like the recruitment person who contacted me wanting to discuss some current vaccines she has

Love it!