Can anyone tell me what a 'Rawleigh's business' was? I think it must have been some sort of door to door sales, but can't find out what they sold. Time period about 1930. Jill

Hello Jill and Ian. The Rawleigh man came door to door when I was a child ( I am 66). He had a large suitcase in which he had remedies for just about everything such as cold linctus, bandages, ointments, hair creams etc. He also sold household items such as disinfectants. We also had hawkers who sold all types of clothing door to door. They were fascinating to little children. Regards Shirley McLeod ----- Original Message ----- From: Jill and Ian ROY <royz@bigpond.com> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:54 PM Subject: Rawleigh's in NSW > Can anyone tell me what a 'Rawleigh's business' was? I think it must have > been some sort of door to door sales, but can't find out what they sold. > Time period about 1930. > Jill > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > Australia's First and Biggest Genealogy Server > Announces ... Your Very Own, Free Webspace .. go to > http://www.southernx.com.au/webspace/personal_page.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Jill & Ian- Shirleys answer is spot on. Ian, Port Macquarie ----- Original Message ----- From: Jill and Ian ROY <royz@bigpond.com> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:54 PM Subject: Rawleigh's in NSW > Can anyone tell me what a 'Rawleigh's business' was? I think it must have > been some sort of door to door sales, but can't find out what they sold. > Time period about 1930. > Jill > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > Australia's First and Biggest Genealogy Server > Announces ... Your Very Own, Free Webspace .. go to > http://www.southernx.com.au/webspace/personal_page.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Hi Jill. I don't remember the Rawleighs man knocking on the door. But I still use Rawleighs Man and Beast ointment for a variety of things. Especially if the dogs cut themselves. I've even used it on an insect bite I had that was persistent for a couple of days and it still works. I don't know how old the tin is that I have. It is slightly larger than a shoepolish tin and more rounded edges. I bought it from the Produce store a lot of years ago. Cheers Jacqui Central Victoria.

When I was a child the Rawleigh's man visited us on a regular basis. He had all his products packed into the boot of his car. My mother always bought her vanilla from him. He sold cooking products eg. sago, tapioca, custards etc. I think he also sold ointments etc. A cure all for everything- arthritis etc. Eileen. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jill and Ian ROY <royz@bigpond.com> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:54 PM Subject: Rawleigh's in NSW > Can anyone tell me what a 'Rawleigh's business' was? I think it must have > been some sort of door to door sales, but can't find out what they sold. > Time period about 1930. > Jill > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > Australia's First and Biggest Genealogy Server > Announces ... Your Very Own, Free Webspace .. go to > http://www.southernx.com.au/webspace/personal_page.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >

If you go into the archives for either GENANZ or AUSTRALIA-L at the beginning of 1999 you will find postings on Rawleighs. The thread was Old Days Old Ways I think. It went on for a long time and some people got rather irate about it. Someone put some of it on a web page. Rawleighs was mentioned a lot. The rep still calls door to door in some areas. In fact I think there was a TV segment done on it last year. I found it very interesting. Regards Helen Hanson ========== > Can anyone tell me what a 'Rawleigh's business' was? I think it must have > been some sort of door to door sales, but can't find out what they sold. > Time period about 1930. ==========

We had the Rawleigh's Man come every week without fail. The one problem was that the containers lacked variety. They made the most wonderful Coconut Oil Shampoo (among other things, one of these being furniture polish) and, yes, you guessed it. My mum shampooed her hair with furniture polish. This was post war cheers, Nandina ----- Original Message ----- From: Jill and Ian ROY <royz@bigpond.com> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:54 PM Subject: Rawleigh's in NSW > Can anyone tell me what a 'Rawleigh's business' was? I think it must have > been some sort of door to door sales, but can't find out what they sold. > Time period about 1930. > Jill > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > Australia's First and Biggest Genealogy Server > Announces ... Your Very Own, Free Webspace .. go to > http://www.southernx.com.au/webspace/personal_page.html > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >

Hi Jill You are correct that the "Rawleigh's Man" was a door to door salesman who came with a large case crammed with all sorts of goodies such as medicines,spices etc. A couple of the favourites were Rawleigh's Ready Relief for coughs and colds and Rawleigh's Salve Ointment for cuts and abrasions. I believe that you can still obtain some of these items from still existing Rawleigh's Agents Regards Kenneth Clark