Yesterday I discovered this stained glass window of Ripon Cathedral and as it turns out Ripon cathedral’s remarkable crypt is the oldest part of any cathedral in England. This small chapel, hidden underground, was a key feature of the first church built here by Saint Wilfrid in 672.
“Mam, look! They’ve got sick bags in the toilets!†What have you embarrassed your family with by not knowing its purpose?
What about it?
When I was little I had really bad travel sickness and one one of our rare family visits to a restaurant outside town I came back to the table clutching one of these, pleased that I had something to vomit my meal into on the drive home if I needed it.
I promptly got bollocked, and no one would tell me why. It was years before I realised what these bags were actually for.