A humongous bag of Sunday papers

The shops on Warren Farm road, next to baths was a chip shop later it was a milk bar with a juke box. Next to that was Hilton’s grocery shop, further round was the Home and Colonial grocery shop. In those days 1940s to mid 50s every item ie cheese, butter, sugar and biscuits were cut up and weighed no repack in those days and of course you had to have the coupons to cover your purchases. This was then packed into a home made Hessian bag and carried home. Nowadays people go to the supermarket and go home with a trolley full. Next door to the H and C was brown’s the newsagent, sweet and tobacco shop. I had a newspaper round from here for a few months, I delivered to the length of Hurlingham road, I had this humongous bag and twice a day before and after school I delivered the daily papers. Mornings and Sunday was the worst because of the many different copies of papers. One man threatened me with all manner of punishments because I kept leaving him the Sunday People and he should have had the News of the World