Object number
98/28/1-8
Description
Eight blue bags made from thick paper and folded flat and stamped 'Sugar // 3lbs gross'. They were used in the grocery trade for weighing out loose sugar, and during World War Two the sugar element of harvest rations for farm workers was issued in this type of bag. The bags belonged to the donor's father, whose brother was a grocer in the Bracknell area in Berkshire from 1908.
Physical description
8 sugar bags: paper; good condition- faded slightly
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: SUGAR BAGS // Accession number: 98/28/1–8 // … // Recorder: JMB // Date: 8.8.99 // Description: 8 blue bags made from thick paper and folded flat. // Stamped in black SUGAR // 3lbs gross // Dimensions: 26 cm long x 17.0 cm wide // Associated information: Originally belonged to [donor’s] father whose brother was in the grocery business in the Bracknell area from 1908. Bags of this type were used for weighing out loose sugar in shops. // Note form JMB. The sugar element of harvest rations for farm workers during WWII was issued in bags of this type.’
Production date
1908-01-01
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