TOOL BAG - MAZZEGA'S

Overview

Medium sized tool bag with orange top and blue pockets down the side of the bag. medium sized velcro close pocked on side of the bag has white stitching with the words:

Mazzenga's

Ph 9495 9111

two open pockets are seen on either side of the medium velcro close pocket, the other side of the bag has three blue pockets, the centre pocket has an open section and a zip closure and the two side pockets are open. The end sides of the bag have small blue pockets for tools.

The bag is sealed with a blue zip and the bags’ structure is maintained by 2 metal poles that are bent at each end along each zipper half to maintain shape.

The inside of the bag in orange with blue pockets and a blue floor with visible stitching of blue thread along the orange sides. The inside of the bag holds a blue strap with two black plastic clips and, 3 parts of shorter blue straps that are no longer attached to the bag.

The bag is in a very worn condition and the metal bars have become visible due to the worn-out blue material next to the zippers of the bag.

Historical information

Item owned by Mr Thomas Price and wife Mrs Angela Price, c1990s.

Donated by Graham Reid

Tool bag was purchased from Meagan between 1990 and 2005.

Mr Thomas Price was a general builder/handyman for Kelmscott and Armadale area.

Mazzega's was a local timber and hardwear store. On Saturday 9 December 1989 they opened a large store on the corner of Gillam Drive and Third Avenue Kelmscott. The store was very popular and one of the main locations tradespeopele and people looking for materials for home DYI projects visited through the 1990s and early 2000s. On 7 December 2012 the Bunnings Group opened a new store on the corner of Armadale Road and Lake Road going into direct competition with Mazzega's. In 2012 Woolworths opened a Masters Home Imporvement Store near Bunnings on Ranford Road. Despite Masters folding in 2016 the competion for Mazzega's was too much and in c2016 the business closed the hardwear store, moved to a new location a bit down the road and re-opened as a landscaping supply business.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-COA2024.5A
Item type
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Inscriptions and markings

Mazzenga's
Ph 9495 9111

Last modified
Tuesday, 2 December, 2025
Completeness
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