Everything for a warmer, brighter home : retail catalogue : Timothy Whites & Taylors : nd [c.1960] : Everything for warmth

            A look into many a typical '50s and early 1960s British household here as autumn and winter approached with a range of household goods and products to help keep that lovely draughty and uninsulated home a little more comfortable duringt he winter months! It is worth recalling how few UK homes had central heating at the time and indeed even many new houses of the day would still have had opne coal fires or more modern coke based stoves/boilers and so the appearance here of items such as fireguards and companion sets is no surprise. Equally the range of 'mobile' electric fires and paraffin stoves tells of the attempts to make bedrooms and bathrooms warm.

Elsewhere there are a range of mats, rugs, household furniture and brooms and brushes as well as items for the pipe smoking father to manage the autumn needs of gardening and decorating.

Timothy Whites and Taylors were a well knwon High Street staple of household stores and dispensing chemists that was formed in 1935 with the merger of the two companies. Timothy Whites had their origin in Portsmouth in 1848 when the owner started a chandler's shop. The company added pharmacy services from 1869. Taylors Drug Company were a originally a Leeds, Yorkshire, based company formed in 1887. The shops were acquired by Boots the Chemists in 1968 and the separate shops and name slowly vanished over the next few years.

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c.1960

Timothy Whites and Taylors Ltd.

household stores. heating

electric fires

paraffin stoves

gas fires

fireplaces

coal buckets

open fires

coal fires

hearth companion sets

fireguards

electrical appliances

torches

electric kettles

electric irons

electric vacuum cleaners

carpet sweepers

mats

matting

rugs

coco matting

door mats

gardening tools

spring bulbs

Christmas flowering bulbs

decorating

DIY

paint brishes

gloss paint

detergents

soap

polishes

safety matches

candles

metal polish

brooms and brushes

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