Ducks Nest Luncheon Bag

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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16 020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	23 Jun 2021 11:31
	Has anybody else come across a 'duck's nest basket' ? It was a rushwork, soft sort of basket that labourers would take their dinner to work in. My grandfather called his his 'luncheon bag' and I do have a photograph of him with it beside him. They were reputed to be impossible to fill because they expanded so and you might fit in a rabbit or anything else purloined for a meal quite discretely. As a child. I thought the pattern of holes in the basket weave resembled the little spots where the cats whiskers leave its top lip so always called that bit of the cat his 'grandad's dinner bag' and, truth to tell, still do! I thought I might write a little article about it for our village magazine and tried to Google it but all I could find was wicker baskets to put beside your pond to encourage mallards to nest there. Now, I know there are others who are far more adept at Googling than I am so I wondered if anybody else might be able to find it. Off you go!
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	23 Jun 2021 11:58
	Was this shopping bag shaped, ie handles, or over the shoulder type bag?
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16 020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	23 Jun 2021 12:00
	Over the shoulder as I recall.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	23 Jun 2021 12:04
	Square/oval, with a lid?
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	23 Jun 2021 12:15
	Anything like this: (4 down on the right!) https://www.dealsan.uk/buy/picnic-basket
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16 020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	23 Jun 2021 12:15
	I think so but really don't remember that well. What you are describing could be a sidlip used for sowing seeds.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	23 Jun 2021 12:59
	I, like you - give up! :-D :-D :-D
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 1 460 Send Message	Lyndi	Report	23 Jun 2021 13:47
	Could it be like this one? https://www.liveauctioneers.com/en-gb/item/61151414_vintage-rush-picnic-basket
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16 020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	23 Jun 2021 13:58
	No, but thank you for looking. It was a squashy sort of bag. I have a picture of my grandad with his on my FB page. You can see it if you find me on there.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 20 659 Send Message	maggiewinchester	Report	23 Jun 2021 14:28
	It looks like this - 2nd one down. https://www.amazon.co.uk/QTKJ-Hand-woven-Shoulder-Handle-Handbag/dp/B07S491569
	Researching: Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16 020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	23 Jun 2021 14:53
	But it is woven.
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 63 260 Send Message	AnninGlos	Report	23 Jun 2021 15:50
	Is this anything like Sharron https://www.arkwildlife.co.uk/category/bird-care/wild-bird-nest-boxes/duck-nest-baskets-and-boxes/
	Researching: Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 27 634 Send Message	Von	Report	23 Jun 2021 16:19
	Sharron I’ve sent you a pm as the link messed up the page ;-)
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 16 020 Send Message	Sharron	Report	23 Jun 2021 17:25
	I didn't know how to cu an paste that so I Google 'sea grass basket' and didn't see it but thank you for looking it up for me. Well, have found a way to keep you all off the streets today!

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