When I was a kid the shop where you got medicines from was called a "chemis!

Question:

When I was a kid the shop where you got medicines from was called a "chemist shop". Now they are "pharmacies"

When and why did this change in name occur.
(UK question).

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1 month ago
haha Koxinga - but I really am a goat.

Answers:

I noticed that too. Soon they will be called Drugstores, and the bin man will be called a garbage collector. It's the garbage coming from across the pond.
And, Oh, say, 'When I was a boy...'

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When I was a kid the shop where you got medicines from was called a "chemis!

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