A root through the junk cupboard

This weeks challenge theme is Junk and that's something that Crafty Towers has an abundance of :-) Over the years I have been a sales persons dream, one of my favourite stores is Lakeland, a shop full of everything you never knew you needed but must have to shave valuable seconds from daily tasks. This particular piece of junk has been in the house for many years and as you can see has been well used, not!

Anyone want to have a guess on the purpose of this piece of junk?

This will be my WBC entry