Tuesday 26 July 2011

Where next?

I popped into Russells the butchers in Adies Alley this morning. I'd seen a collection of photos on the wall many times but never really studied them in detail until today - and what a collection!

Mark provides a very distinctive blue bag with the name of 'Russells the Butchers' clearly printed on them. Well, a couple of years ago, one customer took a bag on holiday and it appeared in one of his holiday snaps. So he gave Mark a print of it and he stuck it on the wall. Then other customers did the same and the wall is now full of photos of Russells bags all over the world!

Obviously several of Mark's customers are football supporters - so there are pictures of the bags outside numerous football grounds. Seaside resorts around Britain are well represented. And holidays abroad have also provided customers the opportunity to indulge in a bit of one-upmanship! Sidney Harbour Bridge, for a long time, held pride of place but it's now been beaten! What about a photo of a Russells bag taken 25 metres under the Red Sea! (It's about a third of the way down on the right hand side on the photo)
Now that will take some beating!

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