tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post6888743059252547116..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: A Stylish Paper Shopping Bag, c. 1850Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-40966933635219365742013-10-20T06:45:41.636-04:002013-10-20T06:45:41.636-04:00Scrapiana ~ Thanks so much for this - Loretta and ...Scrapiana ~ Thanks so much for this - Loretta and I loved it! Fascinating to see that the shopfront is still in use. Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-76070142884390876902013-10-17T07:08:12.372-04:002013-10-17T07:08:12.372-04:00Thanks for that. I didn't know when paper bags...Thanks for that. I didn't know when paper bags were introduced. Good to know.<br /><br />My husband grew up in Stamford, so your post piqued our curiosity. Funnily enough, 7 St Mary's Street is now a ladies' clothes boutique named Black Orchid. A picture here: <br /><br />http://www.localdatasearch.com/stamford/other/fashion_accessories/black_orchid-10800667<br /><br />Nice to think of that building once dispensing sweet edibles.<br /><br />As you might guess from this picture, the town and its shop fronts are remarkably well preserved, and the place is still rather as it was in the 19th century; in fact, the BBC used it as the backdrop for its adaptation of George Eliot's 1871 novel Middlemarch in 1994.Scrapianahttp://www.scrapiana.comnoreply@blogger.com