First world problems
BBC pissing and moaning about the ‘critically endangered’ Sussex trug.
Why is it critically endangered? Because nobody wants to pay £50 for a handbasket, is why. It doesn’t say that in the article, but it’s the truth.
This is a thing we see a lot – people doing working class jobs expecting middle class money. Somebody retires to the country to start a little business making cakes or blacksmithing or basket weaving and they bring their city salary expectations with them. Which they can get away with for a while, but ultimately it’s hard to justify paying stupid money for a piece of cake, even if it’s a very nice piece of cake.
Anyway, Sussex trugs are kind of cool. They’re tacked together out of flexible strips of wood so tightly you can carry water in them, so they say. We see people making them at every country show we go to, so nuts to critically endangered. I don’t own one, though.
Have a good weekend!
April 11, 2025 — 5:08 pm
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