On construction sites there are often fascinating finds – like these blasts from the past!

Our joiners uncovered these historic magazines at 280 George Street.  From vaccination shields and gelatine ‘every housewife should use’ to medical cures and the finest fashions… an insight into just how much our lives – and classified ads – have changed!

Yes, you are reading the date correctly: October 1894!

We wonder if our founder, the original Thomas Johnstone, ever had a read of these magazines…