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Old 02-07-2016, 21:22   #16
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I remember my mum having Calufornia Poppies and Evening in Paris perfumes.
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Old 02-07-2016, 21:25   #17
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Oh and we always had Pears soap and dad had Lifebuoy which vwas red.
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Old 02-07-2016, 21:30   #18
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We had carbolic soap cut from a lump at the co-op....that was red....they also sold Olive soap. It did not have the pungent aroma of carbolic
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Old 02-07-2016, 21:39   #19
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Oh and we always had Pears soap and dad had Lifebuoy which vwas red.
My dad always took the newspaper into the bathroom he wouldn't be seen again until it was red.
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Old 03-07-2016, 08:17   #20
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I remember my mum having Calufornia Poppies and Evening in Paris perfumes.
What about the little bottles of Phul-Nana......and the scented breath freshener cachous.
My Auntie Phyllis(when she was 'courting') used these and I once pinched one....it was not very nice.
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Old 03-07-2016, 16:59   #21
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Then there was the penny brylcream dispenser at the baths or if you were posh there was the tin of brilliantine, smelt nice but was really just lard with perfume in it.
You had Pears soap Rowlf? You must have been rich?
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Old 03-07-2016, 17:23   #22
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We had carbolic soap cut from a lump at the co-op....that was red....they also sold Olive soap. It did not have the pungent aroma of carbolic
Love carbolic ... still use it ... I can get it at health food stores and at the Bulk Barn. Nothing better than soaping up with carbolic in a hot shower. The bathroom smells great, and so do my pits.
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Old 03-07-2016, 19:11   #23
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Rich ? Not on my dads Nori wage.
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Old 03-07-2016, 19:32   #24
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One of my brothers had a mild skin condition and my mum used to buy Wrights Coal tar soap just for him.....if I was mad at him I used to take the bar out to the coal hole and roll it in the coal dust.....it really did have coal in it then.
I got my hide tanned, but it was worth it.
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Old 03-07-2016, 19:35   #25
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One of my brothers had a mild skin condition and my mum used to buy Wrights Coal tar soap just for him.....if I was mad at him I used to take the bar out to the coal hole and roll it in the coal dust.....it really did have coal in it then.
I got my hide tanned, but it was worth it.
From the above statement may I suggest that he had one heck of an irritation, it's name was Margaret.
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Old 03-07-2016, 20:08   #26
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Yes Less.....he was the one who filled my bed with beetles.....so I reckoned it was quits
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Old 04-07-2016, 09:23   #27
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whatever happened to oxydol or brilliantine.
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Old 04-07-2016, 15:09   #28
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Rinso wss my granny's favourite washing powder. Remember one of first advetts on tele.? Tide clean
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Old 05-07-2016, 13:12   #29
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Remember the days before ads when we had "interludes" instead:



And see the people walking around in public places with fags in their gobs How did we ever survive without government regs to save us from our disgusting and dangerous habits

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