of ordinary objects pays well. Their value is often quadrupled.



Prepared stencils and designs are available from hobby shops.

You can work in attic or basement and need invest very little in

supplies. Saleable items are initialled tumblers, stools, trays,

jugs, boxes, waste-baskets, greeting cards, toys. Sell your work

to gift shops on a sale or return basis.

(2) ADDRESSING AND MAILING SERVICE

This work can be obtained by writing or telephoning department stores,

retail and mail order firms, addressing bureaux, and direct mail

services listed in the telephone directory. You can advertise your

service under "Employment" in local newspapers and in the telephone book.

(3) COLLECT AND SELL COINS

Coin collecting is booming. Supplying collectors is a profitable

home business. Get to know values by reading books and catalogues.

Buy carefully from reputable dealers and from private sources through

classified ads in local papers. Sell through private contacts and

mail order advertisments in "Coins" and other collectors' and hobby

magazines, and in "Exchange & Mart " Weekly, under "Coins". See No

113 on Home Mail Order Business . Combine with No 79.

(4) CORRESPONDENCE CLUB

Your income is from fees charged for people to join the club to receive

the names of others who wish to correspond. In this home mail order

business you cater for some special interest: hobbyists, coin or stamp

collectors, booklovers, prize contest enthusiasts, writers. Place

classified ads in writers', hobby, mechnics and women's magazines,

also "London Weekly Advertiser" and "Saturday Tit Bits".

(5) PROFITABLE SEWING AT HOME

There is money in a home dressmaking service. It often pays to specialise.

Some do well re-modelling old dresses, or making novelties or children's

wear. A sign in your window, a card on Y.W.C.A. notice boards and

students' bulletins, classified ads in the local newspaper and calls

on dress shops and gift stores bring business. See manuals at your local

library. A money-saving idea if you make children's dresses is to buy

bulk remnants from large manufacturers. A firm selling cotton print

and patterns, is J.W. Coats & Co Ltd., Nelson, Lancs. Useful magazine:

"Pins and Needles".

(6) MAKING LAMPS AND SHADES

at home pays well, as they often sell for many times the material costs.

Lamp shades can be made in home workshops from linen, plastics, silk,

paper and parchment. Local public libraries have manuals on the subject.

Outlets are gift shops and department stores. Co-operate with interior

designers.

(7) RENTAL BUSINESS

This has mushroomed into an attractive new business opportunity.

People like to borrow, do-it-yourselfers rent professional equipment.

Many men are doing well these days by acting as rental agents for all

manner of things - power tools, trucks, cars, electric generators, etc.

There is no capital investment because you act as middleman between the

person owning the equipment and the person renting it. Advertise in local

newspapers.

(8) ANIMAL BREEDING

Pedigree dogs and other pets command high prices today. It is important

to start with the right stock and keep to the instructions given in

handbooks available at local public libraries. Two females mated at

different times of the year could prove profitable. People in all walks

of life make a good income from breeding not only dogs but cats, canaries,

budgerigars, etc., but dog breeding is particularly profitable. Whatever

type of animal you choose to breed, it pays to go in for unusual ones,

such as Papillon dogs, Persian cats, Chinese hamsters, etc. Sell through

classified advertisement in local newspapers and "Sunday Times".

(9) BASKETRY AND CANE WORK

can be successful if you keep a good standard of workmanship.

Use bright enamel paints for finishing and keep to standard designs

and articles. Study the market and offer your products on sale or

return to gift and novelty shops, stores, women's exchanges etc.

Basketry and other wickerwork with raffia, needs, etc...,appeals

to many people. Popular items are lamp shades, baskets, mats, trays,

footstools, hats, chair seats and backs.

(10) LOCAL NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT

Suitable if you are a good 'mixer' and have good local knowledge and

write plain English. Start by sending local editors specimen reports.

(11) CRITICISM OF WRITERS' MANUSCRIPTS

Profitable if you are keen, have some flair, and study writers'

manuals. Advertise in "The Writer", "Writer's Review", and "Writing".

(12) RESEARCH SERVICE

Writers, lecturers, business companies and others need free-lance

specialists to look up information which can be found in public and

special libraries, museums and trade associations. Get work through

classified ads in literary and writers' magazines. Home operators can

earn ?2.50 to ?3.00 per hour. Your local reference libraries will help.

(13) BUYING AND SELLING ON COMMISSION

Start with an outbuilding or store room until you can take a small shop.

No knowledge of your goods is necessary. Take a commission of 15% to 25%

on everything you sell. Suppose a customer brings in a table, chair, or

camera for which he asks a certain price. When you have found a buyer

you notify your client, who collects the cash and pays your commission.

Your only expenses are for the space, and classified ads. Furniture, T.V.

sets, cameras, typewriters, prams, sell well.

(14) IDEAS FOR CARTOONISTS

Cartoonists pay well for ideas and gags that suit their style.

Write to cartoonists care of the magazines in which their cartoons appear.

(15) AT-HOME BABY SITTING

is an increasing in-demand spare-time activity. Mothers bring their

child to the baby-sitter's home, some taking seven or eight at once,

charging by the hour, plus something extra if a meal is given. Combine

with No 92.

(16) AGENCY SUPERVISORS

working from home are wanted by Buying Protection Services, 20 Gorham,

Rottingdean, Brighton. BN2 7DP.

(17) INVISIBLE RE-WEAVING

This service is popular and rewarding because it salvages costly

garments at considerably less cost than would be needed to replace them.

There is particularly good scope in small community neighbourhoods.

Various firms which give help to home operators advertise in

"Exchange & Mart", notably the Invisible Mending Co., Shaftesbury Avenue,

Piccadilly Circus, London. W.1 and British Invisible Mending Service,

1 Hinde Street, London. W.1.

(18) HANDBILL DISTRIBUTION

for business firms and other advertisers can be profitable.

Door-to-door delivery can be arranged with senior school-children.

Sales letters sent to department stores and other local advertisers

can bring good results, also advertisements in "The Trader".

(19) RUG AND FURNITURE CLEANING

is a growing business. In America especially, more and more people own

and operate an 'on location' rug and furniture cleaning franchise,

such as Service-master, 2117 North Wayne Ave., Chicago 14, Illinis.

In England similar firms advertise in "Exchange & Mart", "Sunday Times",

and "The Observer".

(20) SELL MAGAZINES

This requires no office and it can be evening work. Write to publishers

requesting the right to get subscritions. Approach schools, hospitals,

offices and private people in their home and at their business. Solicit

orders by telephone and direct mail advertising. Or concentrate on

back numbers which can be bought and sold through advertisements in

"Excange & Mart". Old boys' weeklies such as "Magnet" and "Gem" sell well.

(21) HOME MANUFACTURING

Many saleable products can easily be made at home, and sold through

gift shops and other retailers.

(22) USED CORRESPONDENCE COURSES

at reasonable prices are in demand and several people in America are

running this type of mail order business. They include second-hand

instruction manuals and self-improvement books in their lists.

Advertise under "Educational" in "Exchange & Mart". Combine with NO 114.

(23) UPHOLSTERING AND FURNITURE REMODELLING

Once you have learned the "know-how" this can pay well. Public libraries

have some good books on the subject and a lot can be learned from craft

and hobby magazines. Many start with just a box of hand tools and some

special equipment. They call in a specialist for extra difficult jobs

and get discount prices on their work. Advertise in local papers.

(24) WINDOW DRESSING

calls for, of course, artistic ability and skill with tools, plus

imagination. It is advisable to get tuition in the subject at evening

classes.

(25) MAKE PLYWOOD NOVELTIES

and sell through gift shops. Popular items: weather vanes, ships,

squirrels, dogs, birds, row-boats, name and address backgroungs,

picture puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, jewel boxes, comic plaques, doll

furniture.

(26) JUVENILE CLOTHING EXCHANGE

Many women in the suburbs of London and other cities run a children's

clothing exchange, where mothers exchange children's unwanted,

out-grown garments for others and pay an exchange fee. This project

can be combined with the sale of boys' and youths' wear such as shorts,

T-shirts etc., of your own make, or from wholesale suppliers listed

in "The Trader".

(27) BOOK INDEXING

Indexing books for non-fiction publishers is pleasant, profitable work.

The technique can be learned from handbooks in public libraries. Work

is obtained by writing to non-fiction publishers listed in the "Writers

and Artists Year Book".

(28) DANCING LESSONS

Needs skill and a gift for teaching. Local classified ads bring pupils.

Teach in your own home at first. Special classes for middle-aged

people pay well.

(29) HANDWRITING ANALYSIS

This is a service which can be profitably advertised with classified

ads in magazines and newspapers. The skill can be acquired from manuals

on graphology.

(30) REMINDER BUREAU

With such a service you undertake for an annual fee to remind people

of birthdays, wedding anniversaries, dates for payments, etc. You get

your customers through "Personal" ads in "Sunday Times" and "Observer".

(31) RAISING RABBITS

has the advantage of three markets: selling fur, breeding stock,

and meat. This project can be started in a large backyard free from

local restrictions against raising animals. Get "know-how" from local

library.

(32) ENTERTINING

in the form of singing, recitations, magic, dancing, doing a comedy

act etc., calls for skill in your particular line, and a "way" with

an audience. To get bookings it is necessary to become well known in

your area by giving benefit performances for charitable affairs,

hospitals and orphanages. These can lead to paid bookings at clubs,

social gatherings, night clubs.

(33) EMBROIDERING

beautifully decorated cigarette cases, velvet compacts, pin cushions,

baby dresses etc., is profitable. Sales are through gift shops. Get

"Embroidery" magazine which advertises opportunities and a correspondence

course from Embroiderers Guild, 73 Wimpole Street, London W.1.

(34) DRAW CARTOONS FOR MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS

Cartoons are well paid today and there are some excellent handbooks

and correspondence courses on the subject. Some cartoonists do well

by specialising in supplying industrial magazines with cartoons.

Markets are listed in "Writers and Artist Year Book".

(35) DECORATED CANDLES

These are good sellers to gift shops. Study craft magazines,

visit gift shops, and try to turn out something different.

(36) PART-TIME PUBLICITY WORK

You supply public relations help to small businesses in your area,

arranging press parties, preparing news releases, arranging interviews,

etc. Know-how can be obtained from handbooks on public relations at

your public library.

(37) MAKING & SELLING HANDMADE SHELL DECORATED JEWELLERY

For this home business you need artistic ability, finger dexterity

and knowledge of the market. Handbooks give full information. Sell

through friends, neighbours, church groups, members of women's clubs,

gift and novelty shops, dress shops and beauty salons.

(38) DOG TRAINING

If you have the gift for it and the necessary know-how from books on

dog training you can get this kind of profitable work with regular

advertising in the local press. This can be combined with the sale

of dog requisites.

(39) BOOK-KEEPING SERVICE

Local newspapers often contain part-time vacancies, or you can

approach grocers, service stations, clubs, public houses and various

retailers who may need a home book-keeping service, rather than a

more expensive firm of accountants, to help prepare and maintain

tax forms and records. Training can be obtained at evening classes

or by correspondence from School of Careers, Aldermaston Court,

Aldermaston, Berkshire.

(40) MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE AT HOME

This means calling in independent and chain retail stores of all kinds

and soliciting volume orders. You handle no merchandise but send the

orders to the factory which then ships the order direct to the retailer.

There is no selling door-to-door to consumers. You need no office,

only a telephone and some stationery. Ask your reference librarian

for books.

(41) WOODWORKING

using 3/8" or 1/2" plywood, is profitable if you can make such items

as attractive bedside cabinets and kitchen fixtures, and charge not

more than 100% above the cost of the materials. Consult your local

library for books.

(42) A MENDING SERVICE

for single men, business girls, school-teachers, professional people

and over-worked housewives can pay well. Advertise at week-ends in the

classified section of your local newspaper. This work can be combined

with some other sewing.

(43) RAISING CANARIES, BUDGERIGARS AND PARAKEETS

You need a sunny room, starting with one or two pairs of birds. Sell

the offspring to friends, neighbours and local pet stores.

(44) MAKING AND SELLING FOODS

This pays handsomely. Items in demand are cakes, jams, jellies,

maple syrup, apple cider, cheese, cookies, candies, etc. Sell through

gift shops, tea rooms, hotels, grocers, and by small classified

advertisements in national Sunday newspapers and women's magazines.

It is usual to fix prices by doubling the cost of ingredients.

(45) MODELLING

Photographers, art schools, advertising agencies, moving picture

agencies, department stores, T.V. stations, want women, men and boys

as models for advretising, illustrations for clothes and other products,

magazine illustrations.

(46) PROFITS IN KNITTING

This is a home activity that pays well. Women buy sweaters, dresses

and two and three-piece suits; men need mufflers, gloves, socks,

jackets, sweaters; and children's knitted wear is also in demand

at good prices. Sell privately through local babywear shops, gift

shops and other suitable retail outlets; by mail order; also by

approaching suitable firms. If your standard of work is high you

may get homework from firms such as Harrop Bros., (Sirdar Wools),

Africa House, Kingsway, London W.C.2, Emu Wools Ltd, 15 Woodstock Street,

London, W.1.; Lavender Knitting Mill Ltd, 21 Kingly Street,

Regent Street London, W.1.; Laines du Pinguin Ltd., 7 Lexington Street,

London W.1. A sample of your work may be requested. Write for details,

enclosing s.a.e.

(47) NURSERY SCHOOL

Many women with the necessary experience with children earn good

money operating a nursery school simply by making their services

known through local classified advertisements.

(48) NOVELTY, TOY AND BRIC-A-BRAC SHOP

Interesting if you can make articles in demand that also sell

to wholesalers, mail order houses, stores, souvenir shops, gift shops.

Typical items: paperweights, desk sets, book-ends.

(49) DEMONSTRATIONS

Details of an attractive range of luxury skin care products for

demonstrating from your own home at generous profits are obtainable

from B & G Delaney, 18 Wellington Square, Chelsea, London SW3.

Agents to sell beauty preparations are wanted by Avon Cosmetics Ltd.,

84 Baker Street, London W.1.

(50) SELLING SHIRTS

to friends and workmates at actual wholesale prices is a popular

spare time activity. A free starting outfit of actual shirting samples,

coloured illustration, etc., is offered by K.L.Shirts, 349 Edgware Road,

London W2.

(51) HOOKED AND BRAIDED RUGS

and novelties made at home sell well in local shops. Lamp and vase mats,

handbags, hot dish mats, seat covers, toilet seat covers, backrests and

slippers are in demand. Rugmaking kits are obtainable from Winwood

Textiles, Kidderminster, Worcs.

(52) COLLECTING AND SELLING SCRAP METAL

is profitable. If you have transport you can start by collecting scrap

in your locality. Your local library will have a book on metal

identification that will tell you how to identify steel, lead, zinc,

bronze, brass, iron, etc. Your librarian will help you to track

down buyers.

(53) SELL PRINTED STATIONERY

There are many outlets, stationers, friends, and by mail order.

Books giving the know-how are obtainable from your public library

and new and secondhand printed machinery is advertised weekly in

the "Exchange & Mart". Profits are good and reliable work much in

demand. Start spare-time and develop into full-time.

(54) MUSHROOM GROWING

This can be conducted in a shed or basement. A thorough knowledge

of the subject is essential. Sales can be made through a sign in

your window; through local newspaper advertisements or a roadside

stand; and to local greengrocers, restaurants and hotels. A mushroom

growing kit is available from BM1, 421 London Road, Mitcham, Surrey.

(55) MAKING CURTAINS AND RUGS

is a pleasant home occupation. Many people are glad of such a

money-saving service. Get business through telephone and personal

calls, letters and classified advertisements in local newspaper,

sell privately and through gift shops. Get supplies at trade rates

through wholesalers listed in the telephone book and in craft journals.

(56) A FILM DEVELOPING SERVICE

can be a very profitable occupation, especially in the summer.

You can work from home and get business by offering chemists 25%

commission to act as agents.

(57) CHILDREN'S PLAYROOM

Some women have developed a profitable second income by turning one

of their rooms into children;s playroom, fixing it up with bright

walls, games, puzzles, toys and books. They take in neighbours'

children aged from 4 to 10 for an agreed rate per afternoon,

leaving parents ree for shopping etc.

(58) CURIOS AND NOVELTIES

Made at home, these items can be sold directly to the public or

through retail outlets such as gift shops, novelty and curio shops.

(59) COLLECT AND SELL AUTOGRAPHS

These can be picked up, often cheaply, from estate sales and

secondhand bookshops, also by writing to famous people telling

them how much you appreciate something they have done or written

(such letters often bring a thank you note). Sell by mail order

through classified ads in the literary magazines. Combine with No 87.

(60) BABY SITTING AGENCY

A baby sitting (and invalid sitting) agency is well worthwhile.

Operators advertise for baby sitters in the local newspaper and

check their suitability. The agency mails postcards to parents,

women's groups and church groups making known its service. Fees

to parents range from ?2 to ?3 per hour (more after midnight).

The agency takes 20 per cent to 40 per cent of the sitter's fee.

A one-woman or one-man agency can handle 35 to 40 sitters.

(61) BUYING AND SELLING OLD CHINA AND GLASS

It is possible to make good profits by buying certain types of old

china and glass from secondhand stores, auction sales, etc., and

selling them privately and to antique dealers. It is necessary to

get to know the subject and which items are in demand; this can be

done by studying books in the public library.

(62) FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE REPAIRING

If you have the ability there is good scope in this field because

everywhere people like to be able to call in someone to salvage old

furniture, remodel lamps, fix chairs and sofas, etc.

(63) MANAGING BLOCKS OF FLATS

Owners of apartment houses are often glad to pay 5% of the rent to

someone who will collect monthly rents, place income in the bank,

superintend maintenance and show people over vacant flats. Some

people make a good income of this, managing several blocks of flats.

Books on the subject are likely to be found in local libraries.

A classified advertisement offering your services in the local

paper could be tried.

(64) FELT CRAFT

it is quite easy and often highly lucrative. Home operators obtain

low-priced kits from supply houses, scraps from departent stores,

milliners and mills, and make toy animals, table mats, handbags,

holders, hot dish pads, slippers, hats, belts glass cases, felt

flowers, purses. Sell to gift shops.

(65) OPERATE A SPARETIME AGENCY FROM HOME

Details of various agencies from Wessex First Aid Co., 6a Royal Parade,

Kew Gardens, Richmond, Surrey; Progressive Insurance Brokers, 7 Judd

Street, London W.C.1; Garden Estate Nurseries Ltd., 4 Station Road,

Wytleaf, Surrey.

(66) WRITING FOR MONEY

Thousands of magazines pay well for articles and stories that suit

their public. Many beginners get into print with the help of manuals

such as "Write for Money" (from your authorised distributor). Markets

are listed in "Writers and Artists Year Book".

(67) A HOME REPAIR SHOP

for toys, dolls and household items is appreciated in most towns.

Such a service can be made known with announcements on notice boards,

a sign in your window and with classified advertisements in local

newspapers.

(68) PREPARING CURRICULUM VITAE (C.V.'s)

on your home P.C. and printing out on daisy-wheel or laser printer.

Very prestigious results are achieved thus materially assisting job

candidates. Fees of ?25 - ?50 can be collected for the finished product.

Advertise your service in local/national newspapers.

(69) WORDPROCESSING SERVICE

from home using P.C. appropriate software as 'Wordstar' and a daisy-wheel

printer. Reports, special letters, quotations, invoices can easily be

produced using state-of-the-art peripherals. Customers will be small

businesses such as builders, doctors, accountants. Demand will be regular.

All data is kept on magnetic discs and can be amended or extended with a

few keystrokes. Charge an hourly rate negotiated with the client.

Get work through notice boards, classified ads.

(70) DRESSMAKING FOR OFF-SIZED FOLK

Because so many people cannot wear the standard-sized costumes sold

in shops, this is an excellent speciality.

(71) WRITING COMPUTER SOTWARE

Children love novel computer games thus creating a constant demand

for new and better arcade quality software. If you have programming

skills (or these skills can be acquired through local college courses)

then writing these games using computer language could prove a very

profitable venture. Companies marketing these games (Commodore, Atari,

Amstrad, Sega, Nintendo etc) either buy them outright or pay royalties on all

copies of your game sold.

(72) ILLUSTRATED LECTURES

There is money in this. Build up a collection of colour slides on two or

three popular subjects. Read up these subjects over a period. Then write

offering to give illustrated talks to clubs, civic organisations,

educational institutions and employees of business firms. Projectors

can be hired.

(73) HAT RENOVATING

A number of women in small and larger towns add to their income by

giving 'new life' to hats, changing the style to make them look new

and different. Classified local advertisements and personal

recommendations bring customers.

(74) POULTRY BREEDING

If you have the inclination and the space, plus some ability for

buying and selling you could look into this possibility, studying

the journals and manuals on the subject at the local library.

(75) HOME IMPORT-EXPORT BUSINESS

This field bristles with opportunities and involves only very modest

expenditure to start. One operator claims to make an average of ?15,000

to ?20,000 a year and he started with very little capital. The necessary

know-how is easily acquired; there are reliable manuals on world trade,

showing how to start, how to get government help, how and where to buy,

how to sell locally and by mail, etc. There is a good deal of useful

information and a wealth of source addreses in "Export-Import without

Capital" (from your authorised distributor).

(76) PRINTING SERVICE

Selling printed items (letterheads, envelopes, forms etc.,) through

local solicitation involves no equipment, no stock, no financial

investment, no figuring. You find a wholesaler printer who will

supply a catalogue and samples; these do the main job. This idea can

be extended to a mail order printing service, operated through

classified advertisements in such periodicals as "Exchange & Mart",

and "The Trader". Many people are getting 20% to 30% discount on

jobs they feed to their printer - a quick and easy sideline income

that combines well with a mimeographing service.

(77) PREPARING SPEECHES

If you have the ability to prepare speeches there is well paid work

to be obtained from persons active in trade associations, literary clubs,

political groups and social clubs. A letter, with your business card,

sent to the secretaries of such associations may well lead to interesting

work. Payment can be quite high according to the type of speech and the

amount of research needed . Combine with No 66.

(78) PART -TIME TAXI DRIVING

It is necessary to be over 21 years of age and to possess a driver's

licence. Apply to local taxicab companies.

(79) DEALING IN POSTAGE STAMPS

gives plenty of scope today with the ever-increasing interest in stamp

collecting for pleasure and profit. There are over 3 million collectors

of stamps in the British Isles and about 12 million throughout the world.

Even if you confine yourself to supplying collectors in Great Britain,

you can make a good income. Many people are earning ?75 to ?150 weekly

(and much more) selling postage stamps by mail order from home.

You can get started without investment as a number of suppliers

"drop ship" direct to your customers, so that you do not have to carry

a lot of stock. Some leading mail order stamp dealers, now making

thousands of pounds a year, started on the kitchen table. Offer the

right stamps in the right manner and you cannot fail to make this

absorbing hobby profitable. Nor do you need experience and knowledge

of stamps if you follow the simple method given in Stanley Green's

"Profitable Stamp Dealing" (from your authorised distributor) which

shows exactly how to start and reveals tested money-making and

money-saving techniques. This project could bve combined with No 114.

(80) PAPER HANGING

if you can do it well, is a wanted service. Insert classified ads

saying you will decorate houses at low rates (get the know-how from

library books). Request a discount of 20% on wallpaper supplied by

retailers.

(81) PLASTIC CRAFTWORK

can be carried out on a card table at home. Manuals are readily

obtainable showing how to make jewel boxes, paperweights, candleholders,

pen-holders, cigarette boxes, costume jewellery and ornamental plaques

for gift shop outlets.

(82) THERE IS MONEY IN CARS

first in selling used or new cars, second in running a motor insurance

agency. You can buy used cars cheaply at weekly auctions and sell

for excellent profits from home. Advertise in your local paper under

cars for sale. Details of a motor insurance agency are obtainabe from

Gambles and Childs Ltd., Quebec Street, Leeds.

(83) PART-TIME SECRETARY

Many women do secretarial work at home for dentists, doctors and

lawyers who do not require a secretary all day. They call for the

client's recordings from a dictation machine and perform the work

at home, at a considerable saving for the client. Other likely

customers; ministers, associations, mail order frims, stores,

restaurants, gas and electric companies. Freelance secretarial

vacancies are dealt with by Freelance Secretaries, 36 Cavendish Road,

Chesham, Bucks. (Tel. Chesham 2620). Enclose a stamped addressed

envelope when writing.

(84) POTTERY CRAFT PRODUCTS

can now be made at home at low expenditure on kits and clays from

craft supply houses. There is a good market for gaily-decorated

tiles for hanging on walls, decoration of fireplaces, etc., small

pitchers and mugs, vases and flower bowls.

(85) PROFITS FROM PLASTIC LAMINATING

There is a demand for this service because so many people have

documents and papers they want to preserve from deterioration by

having them covered with a layer of plastic that is airtight.

Business firms want photos, cards, maps, charts, clippings, etc.,

protected. Firms that show you how to get started advertise in

"Exchange & Mart".

(86) PET OWNER SERVICE

Shampooing and boarding pets is a sought-after service in

higher-income areas. Poodle clipping is also in demand. Your local

public library probably has books on dogs and clipping. Cards

displayed at newsagents and classified advertisements in local

newspapers bring this kind of business.

(87) LOCATE OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS

This pays well. You place two-line classified ads in literary

periodicals such as "Books and Bookman", "Times Literary Supplement",

"Time and Tide", offering to find scarce books a "free search service".

You insert other ads indicating specific titles wanted in "The Clique".

As offers come in you fix the price to your customer (double or treble

the price you are quoted) on a postcard. Contact several large

secondhand book dealers, tell them that you are in the book finding

business, and get their prices and terms. Useful manual:

"Money from Old Books" (see page 12) from your authorised distributor.

(88) TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE

Such services are used by lawyers, doctors, repair men, contractos

and others who are not always able to have someone to answer

'phone calls'. Many housewives, shut-ins, married couples and others

find that a telephone answering service pays well. A monthly fee is charged.

(89) COMPUTERISED BOOK-KEEPING/ACCOUNTING SERVICE

Using a home P.C. and software such as "Sage" or "Pegasus"

accounting packages you are able to offer a fully computerised

book-keeping and accounting service including; purchase ledger,

profit and loss accounts, sales ledger, nominal ledger, profit forecasting.

Book-keeping and VAT returns are the bane of all small/medium

businesses. Many will be happy to off-load on to your service

allowing them more time to actually running their businesses.

Hard copy of ledgers are printed out for use by chartered accountants

for submission to inland revenue and customs and excise officials.

Fees are negotiable but ?25 per hour should be the minimum aim.

Contact local Chamber of Commerce for names of potential local

businesses and run classified ads in local/regional newspapers.

(90) TOY MAKING

calls for a keen interest, market study and initiative; in demand are:

tricks, games, game boards, masks, educational toys, models, puppets

and any other types. Felt for soft toy-making is obtainable at low

prices from Griffiiths & Co., 6 Hanover Street, Merthyr Tydfil and

from B.Brown(holborn) Ltd., 32 Grenville Street, London E.C.1 Kits

are available from Cuddlycraft Supplies, Lewes Street, Brighton, Sussex,

and from Hobbies Ltd., 78a New Oxford Street, London W.C.1. Eyes,

squeaks and growls for soft toymakers are supplied by Swisscross Ltd.,

202 Tulse Hill, London S.W.2. Get know-how from project books and

popular hobby and science magazines and from toymaking manual available

from Christine Veasey Publications, Elm House, Elm Street, London, W.C.1.

In this home-shop field an original idea can make a fortune.

(91) TEACH TYPEWRITING

Many stenographers take a typing class at home in the evening,

using rented typewriters and ads in local papers. Combine with NO 110.

(92) A LIST BROKING SERVICE

can provide a good income, spare-time or full-time. List Broking

is big business in America and is a fast growing field in the U.K.

It is the use of one firm's mailing list by another non-competing firm.

Operating such a Mailing List Exchange is easy and profits are high

. Instruction manuals on the subject are advertised in the various

mail order journals.

(93) CHINCHILLA BREEDING

is equally profitable. This can be undertaken at home since most people

have a spare corner or cupboard under the stairs to keep the cages.

Chinchillas are becoming extremely popular animals hence this can

become a very profitable croft business.

(94) WEDDING VIDEO SERVICE

offering a personal video of this special occasion is a profitable

usage of a "camcorder". Many young brides want a living momento of

their wedding-day. ?20-?30 per copy can be realised for 1-2 hours work.

Up to a dozen copies can be sold from each ceremony. Advertise in

your local paper. A "camcorder" can be purchased as cheaply as ?450.

(95) TYPEWRITER REPAIRS

A home typewriter repair service can pay well. Get business through

office supply stores and small classified advertisements in local papers

at weekends.

(96) WATCH REPAIRING

can be highly profitable. A watch repairing course is offered by

Watchcraft, 121 The Broadway, Wimbledon, London S.W.15.

(97) STENCIL CUTTING

for churches, clubs and business firms pays well. It is simply

typing on to a wax stencil (without the typewriter ribbon). Erasures

and corrections are made with a liquid which may be bought at any

office stationery shop. Combine with Bo. 110.

(98) SELLING OCCULT AND METAPHYSICAL BOOKS BY MAIL

is interesting and can be profitable. In England a reliable advertising

medium for such books is "Prediction"; in America "Fate". Source of

supply: New Knowledge Books, P.O. Box 9, Horsham, Sussex. Combine with

No. 114.

(99) SILK SCREEN PRINTING

can be excellent home business. The process is used for greeting cards,

posters, show cards, personalised place cards, etc. This method of

printing by stencils through tautly stretched silk in a frame is easy

to learn and there is no scarcity of manuals.

(100) T.V. REPAIR SERVICE

is a good spare-time business. There are useful manuals on the subject.

(101) SELLING INSURANCE

This is growing enormously and the future market is very great.

Most insurance companies have training facilities. Men and Women act

as sole proprietor, operating their own business in their own time.

See No. 82.

(102) SIGHT-SEEING GUIDANCE AND LECTURING

is usually seasonal work. It is necessary to be a fluent talker and

know how to handle people. Become familiar with the points of

interest you will talk about from handbooks at your public library.

Apply to sight-seeing companies in your area.

(103) SECOND HAND BOOK SERVICE

Books can often be bought cheaply at private sales, from markets and

side-street secondhand bookshops, and through classified advertisements

in "Book Market" and "Exchange & Mart" (under books). They can be sold

to specialist booksellers and through classified advertisement under

"Books" in "Exchange & Mart". A list of books to look for worth ?6 to

?850 per volume, is given in the manual "Money from Old Books", available

from the distributor of this manual. Combine with No 114.

(104) DESK TOP PUBLISHING

Armed with an Apple Macintosh computer and software such as "Pagemaker"

and a laser printer (total outlay for second-hand equipment ....see

'Computer for Sale' in "Exchange & Mart"....as little as ?3500) and

a few hours home training from the 'user friendly' manuals accompanying

this equipment you have the basis for a ready made business.

Charge ?25 - ?40 per hour for preparing the artwork for letterheads,

manuals, business cards, etc. Customers will be small printers, large

printers with overspill, mail-order dealers.

(105) MONEY FROM YOUR CAMERA

Sizeable incomes are being made by free-lance photographers.

Clubs often want group shots of the membership. Home portraiture

pays well. Local business firms buy pictures of their products.

Retail stores want photographic show cards. Picture postcards of

your town may sell well through local newsagents, stationers and

gift shops. Many find it profitable to contact business firms offering

to photograph merchandise for illustration in their sales literature.

"The Writers' and Artist' Year Book" contains a detailed list of firms

wishing to buy all types of photographs. Correspondence courses are

advertised in "Amateur Photographer". Agencies that consider photographs

for syndication at best prices are: Keystone Press Agency Ltd.,

Keystone House, Red Lion Court, London E.C.4. (Tel:353 9634), Associated

Press Ltd., News Photo Dept., 83/86 Farringdon Street, London E.C.4.

(tel:583 1691).

(106) HANDYMAN SERVICE

Profitable odd jobs for local householders include furniture repairing,

patching up cement, simple plumbing, washing cars, sharpening lawn

mowers, garden tidying, fixing labour-saving devices, shelves, etc.

With the help of the popular manuals available anyone can give first

aid for the metal fitting and utencils in the house. It is often

possible to pick up commission through work obtained for paper hangers,

plasterers, carpenters, etc.

(107) 'TRAINING VIDEO' MAKING

Many small and medium sized companies place much emphasis on group

training. This is very time consuming in terms of staff employed

on training tasks. Offering a 'training video' service will attract

such customers. A training session is 'video recorded' and the company

use this to impart the required skills to groups of their employees.

(108) WRITING SHORT PARAGRAPHS

Most people can write tips on household management, cookery, child care,

etc. Jokes, anecdotes, children's sayings, business-building gimmicks,

etc., are in demand. Many such items receive sizeable cheques from

magazines. Combine with Nos 66 and 77.

(109) MAKE AND SELL COSTUME JEWELLERY

Home-made costume jewellery sell well to jewellery outlets, gift shops,

hairdressers shops, clothes boutiques, and by direct mail. It is

possible to start with limited capital. Read books borrowed from

the local library, study trade journals, and literature issued by

manufacturers of fittings and supplies. Catalogues from Leisurecrafts Ltd.,

Romford Road, London E.12. Write also to Gemcraft, 96 Grove Vale,

London S.E.22.

(110) HOME TYPING

pays well if the right techniques are followed. Business firms,

professional people and associations in your area need typing done

by free-lance typists. Authors need novels, short stories, plays,

non-fiction books and articles typed and they are easily reached

through classified ads in writers' and literary magazines. Type

name lists for business firms such as department stores and mail

order houses. See "Money from Home Typing" (from your authorised

distributor).

(111) COLLECTION SERVICE

Many people with the ability to write good letters have done well

helping business firms with their overdue accounts. Sample collection

letters given in handbooks from public libraries can be adapted to

suit various types of businesses. Charge customers from 10% on all

money brought in.

(112) TELEX/FAX/PHOTOCOPYING SERVICE

Communication and fast coying are vital requirements of modern

businesses and executive professionals. Second-hand fascimile and

photocopiers are cheaply available. You can charge 10p per photocopy,

?1.00 per minute for fax transmission and ?1.50 per min for telexing.

Advertise your service in classified sections of local newsapapers.

This business can be dovetailed with an existing business or run from home.

(113) HOME MAIL ORDER BUSINESS

You can start and operate a profitable mail order business at home

with limited capital if you go the right way about it. Starting with

almost no capital it is possible to make ?100 a week part-time and ?700

(and much more) full time. "I've found mail order a wonderful, a proven

way to make high profits in spare time, at home. I think it is the finest

spare-time business of all", writes James Carr, author of a well known

Mail Order Course. "You can start anywhere", he writes, "using your kitchen

table for an office. You do no personal selling. You can start with a

modest amount of savings and grow big. Possibilities are practically

unlimited if you use these techniques (described in his course).

A home mail order business changed my whole life".

Fortunes have been made by selling books, manuals, folios and

correspondence courses by mail. Other sound lines are selling gifts,

novelties, kitchen gadgets, stamps to collectors, running an envelope

addressing service, list broking service or print agency. Mail order

know-how is essential and obtainable from such courses as those

described on the LIBRARY page of this DISC.

(114) SELLING SELF-HELP AN 'HOW' BOOKS BY MAIL

This is the most satisfactory type of mail order business. Easy,

pleasant and profitable, it is an ideal spare-time or full-time activity,

especially suitable for the beginner in mail order. We do not know of

anything else that can be sold as easily and with as little capital as

books. They bring continual repeat business for related books. No

licence is needed to sell books. Bookselling by post in the way we

recommend provides the easiest, most inexpensive way to get mail order

experience. Certain types of books are not easily available in local

shops - such as self-help and 'how' books. Your prospective customers

run into millions. People buy more books of this type every year.

We specialize in such books which sell well by post: manuals on additional

income, spare-time earning, practical reference books, popular

psychology guides, health manuals and occult books. Typical classified

advertisements you can insert are "INCREASE YOUR INCOME! Free list

of money-making manuals" (Your name and address). Manuals on Spare-time

earning, Mail Order etc., List Free"

"Moneymaking Opportunities for Homeworkers. Details free".

These advertisements costing under ?15 each are suitable for the

"Employment: Various' section of "Exchange & Mart" and classified

sections of "Saturday Tit Bits", "Homemaker", "Reveille",

"London Weekly Advertiser", "Do-It-Yourself", "Yorkshire Evening Post",

"The Trader", etc., You can start in this field on a shoe

string - just the cost of your first few classified ads and a

supply of circulars and manuals from us. Tested circulars such

as "Money-Making Manuals" can be supplied.

(115) CRAFT WORK

Because good craftsmanship is scarce today home craftsmen can readily

sell attractive work through gift shops, furniture stores and other

retailers, also privately. Unusual bookshelves, bookracks, bookends,

novelties, wireworks, marquetry, leatherwork, etc. Addresses of

handicraft materials and hobby kit suppliers are usually obtainable

at local public libraries.

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