Tote couture? My old bag’s a classic

Tote couture? My old bag’s a classic

Tote bags | Charity charmer | Handwriting | Starmer’s brakes | Religious conversion

Reusable tote bags have been around a lot longer than Anya Hindmarch’s “I am not a plastic bag” one from 2007 (How the ‘forever tote’ became the It bag du jour, 23 January). In the early 1990s (possibly even the 1980s), Friends of the Earth sold canvas tote bags with the message “Say no to plastic bags”. Mine has been used at least once a week since then.
Tony Green
Ipswich, Suffolk

• I work in a charity shop. I usually drive the till, and find that being helpful and chatty improves the takings My local bookshop has hit on an incredible business strategy: be nice to customers, 22 January). My colleagues insist on calling me the Babe Magnet, but I had to correct them that, given the age profile of our customers, Granny Charmer would be a more appropriate title.
David Felton
Wistaston, Cheshire

Continue reading… Tote bags | Charity charmer | Handwriting | Starmer’s brakes | Religious conversionReusable tote bags have been around a lot longer than Anya Hindmarch’s “I am not a plastic bag” one from 2007 (How the ‘forever tote’ became the It bag du jour, 23 January). In the early 1990s (possibly even the 1980s), Friends of the Earth sold canvas tote bags with the message “Say no to plastic bags”. Mine has been used at least once a week since then.Tony GreenIpswich, Suffolk• I work in a charity shop. I usually drive the till, and find that being helpful and chatty improves the takings My local bookshop has hit on an incredible business strategy: be nice to customers, 22 January). My colleagues insist on calling me the Babe Magnet, but I had to correct them that, given the age profile of our customers, Granny Charmer would be a more appropriate title.David FeltonWistaston, Cheshire Continue reading… Sustainable fashion, Friends of the Earth, Shops and shopping, Retail industry, Keir Starmer, Infrastructure, Labour, Education, Politics, UK news, Fashion, Environment, Life and style, Charities, Planning policy, Schools, Religious studies and theology 

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