Comments on: The Destructor: notes from the archives http://yorkstories.co.uk/the-destructor-notes-from-the-archives/ A resident's record of York and its changes Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: stephen http://yorkstories.co.uk/the-destructor-notes-from-the-archives/#comment-316 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:27:02 +0000 #comment-316 A certain amount of “Stuff”is necessary to get by,it’s the packaging that grates on the nerves a little.Wartime shopping involved no factory wrappings,one took along treasured stiff paper carriers ,with string handles,and hoarded paper bags/newspaper, for the shop to put purchases in,altogether a very satisfactory economic solution to WW2 shopping problem and shortages.I doubt the present climate would encourage such economic measures,not forgetting silly sell by dates,encouraging over consumption and waste.Most wartime pantries had tinned stuff hoarded for 4/5 years without killing people whe eventually consumed them!

]]> By: Mallory http://yorkstories.co.uk/the-destructor-notes-from-the-archives/#comment-315 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 10:57:52 +0000 #comment-315 “Perhaps we should stop buying so much stuff”

Could not agree more.

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