What was it like shopping in Orkney long before we could buy online? You shopped locally.

J. Mooney was a shop at 10 Bridge Street Kirkwall (today’s Anchor Buildings) .

Here’s what you could get in your 1904 Christmas stocking.

• Leather goods
• Plush novelties
• Fancy wood
• Basket work
• Glass and china ornaments
• Valuable books – especially for young men and young women
• Artistic Christmas and New Year Cards
• Christmas Post Cards
• Beautiful toys – the latest ones
• Games for winter evenings

No plastic of course but I wonder what came under the description of ‘fancy wood’ ?