Mystery Item
28th October 2018
These are fun items – do you know what they are? In the 1900’s plastic carrier bags didn’t exist – which is probably a good thing! In the upmarket stores your goods would be packed and wrapped in brown paper or paper marked with the stores name. The shop assistant would then tie the parcel closed with string or ribbon and one of these handles advertising the store would be hooked around the string at the top so that you could carry it safely. A little more classy that that 10p carrier bag but you do have to wait a