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Gray-Nicolls Plastic Shopping Bag c.1980, from Grays of Cambridge
Gray-Nicolls plastic shopping bag c.1980, from Grays of Cambridge. Grays was founded in 1855, the Gray-Nicolls brand itself was formed in 1940 by the merger of H. J. Gray and Sons. This bag comes from the Grays sport shop that was situated at 36 Sidney Street Cambridge.