When Joseph Dudley, ironmonger, of Whitehaven died in 1749, an extensive inventory of his possessions was made, stretching to some six pages and coming to the grand total of £1028 2s 1 1/4d Here are some items on the first page, to give you a flavour of what the Whitehaven middle class were buying. No 1 £/s/d Four thousand small Brass Nails -/9/- No 5 22 dozen and 2 pair of Steel shoe buckles 2/11/8 1/2 No 15 2 dozen and 3 pair of Knee buckles -/6/6 No 18 17 dozen of Boys Buckles -/14/2 No 23 Odd Buckles -/1/2 No 24 2 Dozen Combs -/1/4 No 27 21 pair of Compasses -/3/9 No 29 5 pair of Taylors Sheers -/2/1 No 32 1 Dozen and 7 pair of Scissors -/3/11 If this is of interest to anyone, I can look up the rest of the list when I'm next at the LDS and select a few other items. Chris chris@dickinson.uk.net