30th August 2007 – Bursledon, Hampshire

Sailing legend Sir Robin Knox-Johnston officially opened Aladdin’s Cave new specialist clothing store in Bursledon yesterday evening.

The new store will be able to offer customers a more specialist technical and varied area of yacht clothing service and will also allow staff to develop specialist expertise and therefore give a better service to our customers. The new store will be stocked with the following brands; Henri Lloyd, Gill, Musto (non-technical), Weird Fish, Harken, Sebago and Dubarry, with other leisure brands from France, Germany and Italy adding to the mix from next spring.

Aladdins Cave was originally a boatyard business started by Alywn Foulkes in 1935. The chandlery started in the late 60’s and acquired it name in the late 70’s, when several customers where heard to say “It’s like Aladdins Cave in here” and so the name was born.

In 1985, Aladdins Cave took over the chandlery at Deacons Boatyard and also became a limited company. Since then, the business has thrived and over the years have opened several more chandlery shops on the South Coast. Aladdins Cave is now based on the Hamble River with five shops, a rigging shop and a thriving Web Site.

For more information, please contact
Glyn Foulkes
Tel:01489 555999 (Shop) or 01489 555996
Email: glyn@aladdinscave.co.uk
www.aladdinscave.co.uk

Aladdins Cave Top Brands
Unit 10 Swanwick Marina
Lower Swanwick
Southampton
SO31 8BX