Historical information

The bag is probably not connected to the contents.
The feathers would have been used by Marjorie Burton to decorate or trim hats.
Marjorie Burton ( nee Whiteman), born 12 June, in Birmingham, England came to Orbost in 1995.
In England she did office work – typing, shorthand and secretarial work - in accountants’ offices and also trained as a comptometrist with Burroughs in London. She came from middle-class working church-going family. Her mother was a milliner who made many of Marjorie’s clothes, hats and outfits.
Marjorie married in 1938 to a salesman who later became a mechanic in the R.A.F. during WW11.

Significance

This item is an example of the materials used in handcrafting women's hats and reflects the skills of women women necessary during WW11 when clothing became scarce. Clothes rationing began on June 1, 1941, two years after food rationing started. Clothes rationing ended on 15 March 1949.

Physical description

A brown paper bag containing feathers for hat trimming. Some are loose and others are attached to covered wire mounts. the feathers are dark brown.

Inscriptions & markings

LYONS - diagonally across paper bag in black print. There are addresses of U.K.shops on either side .