I have used a faithful Spearwell spade for almost 40 years, with the sharp
end of the spade conveniently getting smaller year by year as I have aged.

It is time to buy a spade (for the next 40 years?!), but an internet search
draws a blank with "Spearwell". I assume they went out of business / were
taken over. Can anyone tell me what happened to Spearwell and whether their
successor spades are still made under another name?

David Rose