The second half of the 20th century saw the steady decline of ironmongers shops.
We do not have that information in relation to domestic servants, any more than we have it in relation to turf accountants, ironmongers, dog handlers or anyone else.
He said that the man in charge of the ironmonger's shop told him that that very day he had sold to farmers 14 tons of wire for fencing.
They may be ironmongers or clothiers, but it is quite a modest business in one way or another which will stand on the balance sheet at £30,000 to £40,000, including the freehold.
I am told that the stocks in the ironmongers' shops are not turned over every six months, but are sometimes kept for two or three years.
You might find it in the ironmonger's, perhaps.
Grocers, drapers, and ironmongers could have filled them up.
We acquired an outside company which had a little chain of ironmongers shops.
