The Chandlers.

[Theland]

Anybody old enough to remember the Chandlers and what they sold?

[Mamyalynne]

Boating supplies, we don't have many boats on the Croal.

[Theland]

Well around Liverpool, they sold whitewash, blue, canes, hooks and screws and nails and bucket washers and scrubbing brushes and mops and cups and saucers and cloths and cleaning stuff and they had a smell.

[Caran]

Candles.

[Mamyalynne]

all correct

chandler
ˈtʃɑːndlə/Submit
noun
1.
a dealer in supplies and equipment for ships and boats.
2.
historical
a dealer in household items such as oil, soap, paint, and groceries.

[tonyav]

Hardware shops in my neck of the woods.

[Bathsheba]

Ironmongers here.
~Baths~

[david small]

There was a chandler down the road from me in 1976. It just slowly vanished.

[Bathsheba]

I used to love the smell of them!
~Baths~

[tonyav]

Yes Baths, that smell has pretty much disappeared for ever now.

[Mamyalynne]

The only thing to to beat the smell of an old ironmongers is a second hand book shop .....or swarfega :-)

[Bathsheba]

So sad. I wonder where my love of the smell of putty came from?
~Baths~

[tonyav]

or swarfega :-)


Ohhhhhh yessss, every time.

[Bathsheba]

Ooh yes Mamya, Swarfega comes close, but doesn't have that metallic smell!
~Baths~

[tonyav]

It does when the drum is half full of swarf, Baths.

[Theland]

Go to the Dog and Duck and see how many people know what swarf is? Only the oldies I bet?

[david small]

You can still buy it, I think.

[Bathsheba]

Theland;...you still got the same email addy? I have.
~Baths~

[Theland]

Yes and I would LOVE to hear from you.

[tonyav]

Mmmmmm, wonder if it's the same as the original.
http://cdn1.autoexpress.co.uk/sites/autoexpressuk/files/2/81/swarfega_classic2_0.jpg

[Theland]

Many years in factories I know it well.