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I just bought this and have checked Graces Guide And this is not pictured anywhere

Just thinking about Chemico…. Was it a valve grinding paste or cleaner… sure I have used it on my motorbike?

Thinking Chemico was in a double ended tin, course at one end, fine at the other?
 
Mort,

I seem to remember it as a pink cleaning paste, very slightly abrasive. Of course, they probably had many other products, including valve grinding paste, though the latter was never pink when I used it on occasion.

Maurice :-)
 
From Kellys:
1900 County (The) Chemical Co. Ltd, manufacturing chemists, 28 Masshouse lane,
1903-1904. County (The) Chemical Co. Ltd, Shut Lane
1908 County (The) Chemical Co. Ltd, manufacturing chemists, Park St & Shut Lane
1910-1940 County (The) Chemical Co. Ltd. (initially no products listed , later motor car & cycle accessories mfrs. & hardware mfrs), 54 Bradford St
1943-1946 County (The) Chemical Co. Ltd. motor car & cycle accessories mfrs. & hardware mfrs. Chemico works, Shirley.
1949 Not mentioned
 
County Chemical Co





Nonclog lubrication oil tin.
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December 1914. Coolie Oil.



March 1916.



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County Chemicals of Chemico Works in Bradford Street, Birmingham, England.
of Shirley, Birmingham. (1953)
 
They're still going after 100 years here:-
Chemico Sales & Overseas Ltd.
PO Box 12905,
Solihull,
B93 3AY,
United Kingdom

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+44 (0) 1564 742 517

With both .co.uk and .com (in America) sites. Probably bought out by the Yanks! :-)

Maurice
 
sospiri said:
They're still going after 100 years here:-
Chemico Sales & Overseas Ltd.
PO Box 12905,
Solihull,
B93 3AY,
United Kingdom

globe.svg
+44 (0) 1564 742 517

With both .co.uk and .com (in America) sites. Probably bought out by the Yanks! :)

Maurice
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yanks yanks, i think you mean the american folks maurice, lol
 
Same here, Pete. I used it for a time while my younger brother was using a similar type of stuff, but not so greasy and cheaper, that you could only get in Woolworths. After a few month I tried his, and it was better, cheaper, and I stuck with it.

I had very greasy hair anyway and had to wash it every day, and then put this terrible stuff on it. A few years later the craze was hair spray - covering your hair in shellac to hold it in place. But still washing it every day to get rid of all the shellac! What crazy things we did. Now it is all hedgehog cuts or shaving your scalp - another unnecessary chore - all in the name of fashion. What a con!

Maurice :-)
 
i never used brycream. or any sprays. one night i woke and my head was itching like mad. i washed my hair. still itched. so i shaved all me hair off. and went back to bed, when i got up in the morning there was blood all over the pillow, that was not back then. that was last year. good job i wear a hat.:sob::sob:
 
sospiri said:
Mort,

I seem to remember it as a pink cleaning paste, very slightly abrasive. Of course, they probably had many other products, including valve grinding paste, though the latter was never pink when I used it on occasion.

Maurice :)
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Yes, I remember the pink cleaning paste, less messy than Vim. It had a nice smell too.
 
There was a story about Brylcream a long time ago, they had a huge increase in orders from some remote African country so sent a rep out to find out why, he found that they were eating it as a British delicacy. :)
 
Viv,

Clicking on the link before the picture gives a Xenoforum Update & Log In page, even though I was already logged. I tried to log in on that page and it gave an "Oops, we ran into an problem" message. Looks like the link in that post is suspect.

Maurice
 
sospiri said:
I thought we had been down this path before! :)

Maurice
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Felt familiar! I do remember the factory in Shirley back in 1940's, on the Stratford Rd. opposite Tanworth Lane or somewhere very near. Hadn't realised the link to Brylcream and I did use it! Well I played a lot of cricket and if it was good enough for Dennis Compton.
I do recall there was a bit of a scandal when there was a "cheap" import in a similar pink tin called Chenico.
 
I remember having fun with their carbide when I was young. The elder boys (about 14 years old) in our group would half fill a tin with carbide, replace the lid, and set it float in the River Cole, upstream from the weir near Stratford Road. Then they would take potshots at it with air rifles until they pierced it and let some water in and then up it went! :-)

I don't suppose the sticklebacks liked it very much, but there were plenty of them in those days, it provided some fun for us younger ones and target practice for those with the air rifles.

Maurice
 
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