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Re: Invented, 1st produced or credited to Accrington!
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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson
It was my posting which referred to paper bags. A mid-19th century visitor had inferred that an accrington chap had invented them, or perhaps the making of them by machine. he did not say who it was, and to my knowledge this has not been established. It would be uintersting to look at the patents concerning paper bag making which have been applied for. I repeat - nothing has been proved about this.
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Not managed to find an Accrington link...yet.
'Although commercial paper bags were first manufactured in Bristol, England, in 1844, Francis Wolle invented the bag- making machine in 1852 in the United States.'
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