2nd Hand Shops and Gollywogs
12.12.10
Today Kerry and I went into Ramsbottom, mainly because she wanted to do a little shopping in the second hand shops. To be honest I don't like going in them. It's OK for women, more women recycle than men so there are plenty of clothes in there for them, and they don't mind wearing second-hand clothes, it's built into them, they grow up trotting about in their mothers high heel shoes and they like dressing up. I don't think I know 1 man who has taken a bag full of old clothes to a second-hand shop. And it makes me feel like a bit of a "Pes"! I spent most of the time stood outside taking photos.
In one of the windows I spotted a Gollywog and then instantly embarrassed myself for calling it that. It's a Gollytoy now. A shop in Manchester had 2 removed for causing offence in 2007. When I was a lad we didn't see it as a racist thing, Robinson marmalade had one as its symbol. For me a far more racist thing, even at the time, was the money box depicting a black man that encouraged children to place money in the hand of the black man and then twist its ear to deposit the money. They sell for £25 now in antique shops.
Today Kerry and I went into Ramsbottom, mainly because she wanted to do a little shopping in the second hand shops. To be honest I don't like going in them. It's OK for women, more women recycle than men so there are plenty of clothes in there for them, and they don't mind wearing second-hand clothes, it's built into them, they grow up trotting about in their mothers high heel shoes and they like dressing up. I don't think I know 1 man who has taken a bag full of old clothes to a second-hand shop. And it makes me feel like a bit of a "Pes"! I spent most of the time stood outside taking photos.
In one of the windows I spotted a Gollywog and then instantly embarrassed myself for calling it that. It's a Gollytoy now. A shop in Manchester had 2 removed for causing offence in 2007. When I was a lad we didn't see it as a racist thing, Robinson marmalade had one as its symbol. For me a far more racist thing, even at the time, was the money box depicting a black man that encouraged children to place money in the hand of the black man and then twist its ear to deposit the money. They sell for £25 now in antique shops.
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| "Tasteful Things in the Shop" |
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| "Golly Toy" |
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| "The Racist Money Box" |
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| "Ramsbottom Shoppers" |
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