Hampers: Firstly A British Tradition
It wasn’t until the 19th Century when the hamper became an established British tradition, when it was the task of a noble lady to provide charity to the poor and needy living on her lands. This was usually a food hamper in the form of a wicker basket filled with seasonal fayre, which allowed air to circulate around the food to stay for fresh longer. Gifts of clothes were also used as padding to wrap fragile items. These may not have been gourmet hampers, but the tradition of giving hamper gifts had now been established.
During the later 1800's with the expansion of the railways it was possible for parcels, hampers and goods to be sent in a matter a just a few days to most parts of the UK. One prestigious London based department store during this period developed the concept for selling the food hamper as a gift that could be sent for Christmas to friends or family. This was at this time a preserve of the wealthy as the costs involved were considerable.
Over a hundered years on we find the concept of food hampers and gift baskets as a popular gift to send have spread through nearly every culture and country on a global scale.
Eden4hampers.co.uk is one of the few UK hamper delivery companies which is soley web based. Everything with regard to ordering, order tracking and payment can be done online by our customers day or night 365 days a year and with delivery to any UK delivery address as fast as 1pm next day this certainly have changed with regard to sending a hamper in the last 100 years.
This is what some of our customers say
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A Bartrum. Hampshire UK
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