Does this sound like your chandlery?

[LittleSister]

“Conrad describes a chandlery interior in Lord Jim as
‘a vast, cavern-like shop which is full of things that are eaten and drunk onboard ship: where you can get everything to make her sea-worthy and beautiful, from a set of chain hooks for her cable to a book of gold leaf for the carvings of her stern . . . There is a cool-parlour, easy-chairs, bottles, cigars, writing implements, a copy of harbour regulations, and a warmth of welcome that melts the salt of a three-months’ passage out of a seamen’s heart’ ”


(I've not (yet) read Lord Jim myself. This is a brief extract from an article on the history and recent closure of Arthur Beale’s yacht chandlery in central London: Jeremy Harding, Short Cuts, London Review of Books, 15/7/2021.)

 

[KeelsonGraham]

If Force4 start to provide easy chairs, bottles and cigars I promise to buy all my new shackle pins from them.

 

[penfold]

Sounds more like the kind of club I wouldn't be accepted for membership by than a purveyor of Nauticalia's latest gewgaw.

 

[johnalison]

Conrad is something of an acquired taste. His writing can seem a bit dated today, but that is hardly his fault. I have read most of his books and enjoyed all of them. It is a long while since I read Lord Jim but, like all Conrad’s novels, there is a complex psychological and moral element. I can’t think of any other writer whose books are so very different from each other.

 

[savageseadog]

Sounds like Lambs Chandlers in Liverpool, now closed.

 

[glynd]

Arthur Beale has reopened a shop in Portsmouth historic dockyard.... Probably a bit cheaper than central London and closer to potential customers....

 

[dom]

Arthur Beale has reopened a shop in Portsmouth historic dockyard.... Probably a bit cheaper than central London and closer to potential customers....

Good on them and tks for sharing
?

 

[LittleSister]

Conrad is something of an acquired taste. His writing can seem a bit dated today, but that is hardly his fault. I have read most of his books and enjoyed all of them. It is a long while since I read Lord Jim but, like all Conrad’s novels, there is a complex psychological and moral element. I can’t think of any other writer whose books are so very different from each other.

For those whose appetite has been whetted, Lord Jim is available free from here: Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad

 

[Bilgediver]

“Conrad describes a chandlery interior in Lord Jim as
‘a vast, cavern-like shop which is full of things that are eaten and drunk onboard ship: where you can get everything to make her sea-worthy and beautiful, from a set of chain hooks for her cable to a book of gold leaf for the carvings of her stern . . . There is a cool-parlour, easy-chairs, bottles, cigars, writing implements, a copy of harbour regulations, and a warmth of welcome that melts the salt of a three-months’ passage out of a seamen’s heart’ ”


(I've not (yet) read Lord Jim myself. This is a brief extract from an article on the history and recent closure of Arthur Beale’s yacht chandlery in central London: Jeremy Harding, Short Cuts, London Review of Books, 15/7/2021.)

Sounds like Captain Watts when in Piccadilly.

 

[Wansworth]

Used to be chandlers in Cangas de Morrazo ria de Vigo that your could quaff beer and buy a bocadillo ?

 

[Topcat47]

Theres a cool chandlers on Fisherman's Quay in San Francisco that sounds a bit like this. Except for the food and drink that is. There were plenty of other outlets for this there, including the famous sourdough bakery.

 

[HissyFit]

Conrad is something of an acquired taste. His writing can seem a bit dated today, but that is hardly his fault. I have read most of his books and enjoyed all of them. It is a long while since I read Lord Jim but, like all Conrad’s novels, there is a complex psychological and moral element. I can’t think of any other writer whose books are so very different from each other.

Certainly not bad for someone who couldn't speak a word of English until he was nineteen.

 

[Snowgoose-1]

Any sign yet of a drive thru chandlery ? With attached costa coffee nice.

 

[johnalison]

I would vote as the most characterful chandleries:
1. Treguier. The one just over the bridge, that appears to be called Co.per Marin, though it is some years since I was there.
2 Ystadt. Ystad's Skeppshandel in an old station building. The owner went to ship-breakers in Bangladesh and the place is half full of old ships' wheels and other bits of ships, along with the smell and a good selection of modern stuff.