Reply To: Shandy Barrow or Shardy Barrow? Assistance needed

[alan]

Hello Sprayerman,

I’ve done some research and the evidence points to it being called a Shandy Barrow. I cannot find any reference to Shardy Barrow – but, as you mentioned, that may be a regional name.

Archive newspaper articles and adverts in the late 1800s and through the 1900s show the use of the name ‘shandy barrow’ across the country and even in Ireland.

There’s a 1960 reference in Farm Implement and Machinery Review which says the shandy barrows were made and sold in this country from ‘About 100 years ago’ – their reckoning is that they were from the mid-1800s. Has anyone got any earlier references?

Also, why is it called a shandy barrow? References do indicate a possible reason. Any thoughts on the name?