# School satchel

> Bought for Dorothy in 1928 and passed down twice.

https://vitrine.themes.dev/collection/satchel/

- Made by: Unknown saddler, Sheffield
- Date: 1928
- Material: Leather, brass buckle
- Size: 28 cm wide
- Cost new: Four shillings
- Came from: Dorothy Merrin’s house, 2009
- On view: The schoolroom, on the peg by the door

Bought new for Dorothy Merrin when she started school at seven, from a saddler on West Bar, and carried by her two younger brothers after her. The strap has been restitched at both ends.

Inside was a pencil, a conker on a string and a note in her mother’s handwriting excusing her from games.