A chemist’s trade card from the 1820s which suggests a chemist might still at this time experiment with medicines. Viv.
Source: British Newspaper Archive
Source: British Newspaper Archive
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devonjim
master brummie
In my chemy lab days I was asked to set up a not particularly functional display of distillation equipment such as this as a background to publicity photographs
Some Chemist products
Charles Fielding Dispensing Chemist of Temple Row
And Hedges products
Charles Fielding Dispensing Chemist of Temple Row
And Hedges products
Chunky AC
master brummie
Good to see the illustration of Hedges L260 Snuff. L260 came about as the result of a private prescription. The prescription was recorded in private prescription ledger “L” page number 260. Hence the name. It was made in the warehouse at the rear of of the Dale End shop. Anyone entering the shop in Dale End could not help but notice the pervading smell of menthol, camphor, and eucalyptus. I can smell it even now. The Snuff mills ran almost continuously, the rumble being felt throughout the building. AC.
jmadone
master brummie
I think that those Snuff mills were rolling just to keep my Grandma supplied! She took snuff in vast quantities (or so it seemed to us youngsters). Not the cleanest of habits, the snuff seemed to get everywhere and as you say the mell was all pervading. Her preferred brand was L260 but when she was a bit short of cash and couldn't afford a tin we kids were despatched to the newsagents foe a sachet of Singletons which I think was a lot cheaper.
Despite the habit we loved her dearly.
another great find jan...must be years old...our nan took snuff all of her life..she lived to the ripe old age of nearly 101
lyn
pjmburns
master brummie
Here we are. The top looks like a mussel shell but not sure.
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pjmburns
master brummie
There are some very faint marks but need to try to decipher them. They seem a bit small for hallmarks. Will try to get photo using my camera rather than the camera on my phone.
Mark Tooze
master brummie
Does anyone have pictures of Snapes Chemists on Great Hampton Street please? Remember going there as a kid - inside was like a film set from Dickens' era - they used to run a thing called "The Chance" where for a weekly sum you got the chance to win a voucher to be spent in-store - it seems to be about the only place in that area I did not get a photo of!
hi mark have you looked on the great hampton street thread yet....i remember a chemist along there in the early 70s but cant recall if it was snapes or izons
lyn
Mark Tooze
master brummie
Hi Lyn; if memory serves (and it does not very often these days....) I think it was in the building behind the two "Keep Left" bollards - if not it must have been in the building behind the 2 bus stops. Someone else must have been there!
you could very well be right mark however i cant recall a chemist next to the gothic pub....i think the best way forward is to hope some kind member can do a kellys look up to determine exactly what number snapes was at and maybe we might get a map highlighting its location...then we should have a better idea
lyn
lyn
Mark Tooze
master brummie
If you google "Snapes" and "Chemist", the results get muddied a bit by this chap....
There was however, another Snapes Chemist in Wolverhampton - they were connected?
Historywebsite.co.uk provides this:- (http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/interesting/snapes/snapes01.htm)
There was however, another Snapes Chemist in Wolverhampton - they were connected?
Historywebsite.co.uk provides this:- (http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/interesting/snapes/snapes01.htm)
Mark Tooze
master brummie
The "bond" mentioned above is similar to the "Chance" that Snapes in Bham offered I think?
Mike - I think #13 is a better bet than #7 mentioned in the web article above! Thank you!
Mike - I think #13 is a better bet than #7 mentioned in the web article above! Thank you!
John Henry James is listed as a grocer at 7 Gt Hampton st in the 1895 Kellys. and as a tea dealer at 41 chiurch St bilston, but no mention in that year in wednesbury.
mw0njm.
A Brummie Dude
i noticed a chemist's shop is slowly being called a pharmacy
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Brummie a long time ago
master brummie
Interesting. Over here, what you might call a chemist's shop does not exist, it will be a pharmacie and the distinction is very firm. Supermarkets and some shops will sell what could be called beauty products, such as hair and non medical skin care, vitamin pills, plasters and such. They may set up areas that look like a UK chemists to do this. They will not by law sell aspirin, paracetamol or anything that might be considered a 'cure'. No cheap Tesco branded packets of aspirin here. Big supermarkets may set up a pharmacie, but it will be a shop within a shop, with its own staff.i noticed a chemist's shop is slowly being called a pharmacy
What Does a Chemist Do? | New Scientist Jobs
What Does a Chemist Do? - read this article along with other careers information, tips and advice on New Scientist JobsWhat Is a Pharmacist?
Pharmacists are healthcare professionals who work with medicines and provide them to patients with a medical prescription. Learn more about what pharmacists do, their education, when to see them, and what to expect during your visit.
A pharmacie will sell all that plus medications to prescription and over the counter (OTC) drugs. Similar to the pharmacy department in a UK chemists shop, but nothing medical is allowed to 'leak' into the general part of the store. A pharmacist can produce a new prescription, not just a repeat, can modify a doctor's prescription, particularly to use a generic drug, (obligatory, a doctor has to specifically request a brand), and will normally query your purchase of OTC drugs, even paracetamol, to ensure you are getting the most appropriate thing, and advise accordingly. They are considered as 'first level' doctors, something I think is happening in the UK, and can deal with things like rashes, minor scrapes and odd twinges, even if this requires a prescription drug. They also know when to point you straight at the doctors surgery.
Because health is centrally managed, anything a pharmacist supplies by producing a prescription will be known to your doctor on your next visit. Pharmacists can also see your medication history when they advise you.
You may also have heard that they are trained in mushroom recognition. True.
Andrew.
When I had a Saturday job at Boots the Chemists, if you worked on the dispensary side it was called the ‘drugs’ counter. I was moved to the drugs side after proving myself on the cosmetics counter. Unlike today, the word ‘pharmaceuticals’ was never referred to in our shop. If it was it was usually referring to the company producing medicine etc. Of course there’s no way today the pharmaceuticals sections of chemist shops would be referred to as offering a ‘drugs counter’ service. Viv.
Does anyone have any information on this Chemist company Whitehouse Ltd, 601 Bearwood Road around 1921. I have a relation who was working for them as a Druggist and Chemist on the 1921 Census. It seems that it was quite a large concern being Ltd maybe like Boots Chemist.
