Thomas Hoodlass "Stealing a bottle of straw" in 1878

[groom]

The article is on FindMyPast but also here

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?basicsearch=thomas%20hoodlass

I think we are wrong with the drink idea as it does say  "Thomas Hoodlass, 47, labourer, was indicted for stealing a quantity of straw, value 6d.,

[RobinRedBreast]

The article is on FindMyPast but also here

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?basicsearch=thomas%20hoodlass

I think we are wrong with the drink idea as it does say  "Thomas Hoodlass, 47, labourer, was indicted for stealing a quantity of straw, value 6d.,

Great. Thanks very much again everyone. I suppose 6d was quite a lot in 1878, for straw?

[youngtug]

 
                         
The
late
I87os
saw
a
boom
in
the
demand
for
straw
for
paper-making
as
'even
our
farm
labour-
ers
and
the
working
c/asses
generally,
who,
in
days
gone
by,
usually
took
their
pocket
handkerchief
for
their
purchases,
now
de-
mand
or
expect
their
goods
packed
in
neat
brown
paper
parcels'.
The
resultant
demand
for
straw
would
mean,
predicted
a
speaker
at
the
Liverpool
Farmers'
Club,
that
it
would,
'in
all
probability
...
never
be
low
in
price'.l,)
Unfortunately,
his
optinaism
was
ill-founded.
The
high
price
of
straw
sent
paper
manufacturers
on
the
hunt
for
alterna-
tives
and
the
switch
was
made
to
wood
pulp,
so
that
by
1895
'the
paperrnakers
have,
to
a
great
extent,
ceased
to
be
customers
for
straw'.
-'°
Reflecting
this,
the
price
of
straw
fell
from
an
average
of
over
£4
a
ton
in
the
decade
I87o--79
to
£3
Ios
in
I88o--89,
and
to

Which is a quote from here;  http://www.bahs.org.uk/AGHR/ARTICLES/31n1a3.pdf

[RobinRedBreast]

 
                         
The
late
I87os
saw
a
boom
in
the
demand
for
straw
for
paper-making
as
'even
our
farm
labour-
ers
and
the
working
c/asses
generally,
who,
in
days
gone
by,
usually
took
their
pocket
handkerchief
for
their
purchases,
now
de-
mand
or
expect
their
goods
packed
in
neat
brown
paper
parcels'.
The
resultant
demand
for
straw
would
mean,
predicted
a
speaker
at
the
Liverpool
Farmers'
Club,
that
it
would,
'in
all
probability
...
never
be
low
in
price'.l,)
Unfortunately,
his
optinaism
was
ill-founded.
The
high
price
of
straw
sent
paper
manufacturers
on
the
hunt
for
alterna-
tives
and
the
switch
was
made
to
wood
pulp,
so
that
by
1895
'the
paperrnakers
have,
to
a
great
extent,
ceased
to
be
customers
for
straw'.
-'°
Reflecting
this,
the
price
of
straw
fell
from
an
average
of
over
£4
a
ton
in
the
decade
I87o--79
to
£3
Ios
in
I88o--89,
and
to

Which is a quote from here;  http://www.bahs.org.uk/AGHR/ARTICLES/31n1a3.pdf

Much obliged. Merry Christmas everyone. Thanks for your help.

[groom]

You learn something new every day don't you?

[RobinRedBreast]

You learn something new every day don't you?

Indeed! Hahaa!

[lizdb]

Apologies I got you all off on a wild goose chase ....... it WAS straw after all!

[RobinRedBreast]

Apologies I got you all off on a wild goose chase ....... it WAS straw after all!

No problem. It's been interesting anyway. Thank you.

[Skoosh]

Carboys, large bottles, containing acid etc' used to be packed in straw held by a wire cage.

Skoosh.