Exhibit : Chronology of the global match industry
Roger is a lifelong collector of matchboxes. His career as musician, journalist and public relations consultant has involved extensive international travel – and enabled him to keep adding to his collection and make research visits to remote match factories.
Fascinated by the diversity of graphic design found on matchbox labels, and by the use of the matchbox as a communications mechanism, he used his personal collection as a treasure trove of knowledge from which to draw on as the basis for his 2001 book “The Book of Matchbox Labels”.
Roger is a member of the British Matchbox Label and Bookmatch Society and a regular contributor to its journal Match Label News.
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