Accrington Web
     

Home Gallery Arcade Blogs Members List Today's Posts
Go Back   Accrington Web > Search Forums
Reload this Page Search Results
Donate! Join Today


Welcome to Accrington Web!

We are a discussion forum dedicated to the towns of Accrington, Oswaldtwistle and the surrounding areas, sometimes referred to as Hyndburn! We are a friendly bunch please feel free to browse or read on for more info.
You are currently viewing our site as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, photos, play in the community arcade and use our blog section. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free, so please, join our community today!



Showing results 1 to 16 of 16
Search took 0.00 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: Margaret Pilkington
Forum: Questions and Answers 10-02-2013, 18:05
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

I might just try some of that.......it isn't cheap but if it stops my hands from being sore then it will be worth it.
Forum: Questions and Answers 10-02-2013, 16:16
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

I bought some pears soap recently( my skin on my hands is wrecked from lots of hand washing with harsh soap) thinking if it was good enough for babies, then it would be gentle on my hands.........it...
Forum: Questions and Answers 10-02-2013, 14:25
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

Jethro...I remember bath nights........it was babies first, girls second, boys next....new water for Ma and Pa........and yes the clothes horse was used, not just for privacy, but to allow the towels...
Forum: Questions and Answers 28-01-2013, 07:10
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

Eric, you wouldn't be saying that if you could have seen them...I would have preferred clogs!
Forum: Questions and Answers 27-01-2013, 21:30
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

I never wore clogs, but I wore some pretty hideous jumble sale shoes...twopence(old money ) a pair.
Forum: Questions and Answers 27-01-2013, 18:08
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

Gordon we did that with bits of soap, but Ma used it for shampoo.....and dipped the comb into the slimy mixture and combed it through her hair before putting some crazy sort of bulldog clips in her...
Forum: Questions and Answers 27-01-2013, 15:22
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

It was Carbolic soap...or Olive soap...they used to cut it off in a lump when you went to the Co-op.
And yes my mum(and my gran) used grated carbolic soap for washing clothes and a huge chunk to rub...
Forum: Questions and Answers 24-01-2013, 09:41
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

or landed gentry at the very least :D
Forum: Questions and Answers 24-01-2013, 06:40
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

Sue you were definitely posh.......bet you had a flush lavvy too(don't tell me you did and it was indoors).
Forum: Questions and Answers 23-01-2013, 21:36
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

Well, I only knew they existed because along with the gas poker, my grandparents had one.......I think it might have been made at Howard and Bulloughs(my uncle Harry worked there)
Forum: Questions and Answers 23-01-2013, 21:10
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

Home made or not...it was still a blower.
I was envious of my grandparents...they had a gas poker...so were guaranteed a roaring fire in no time at all.
Forum: Questions and Answers 23-01-2013, 18:46
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

Well, I had three brothers.......so there were always arguments...sometimes the fire went out while we argued, but Ma had something that would solve all arguments...it was a well aimed shoe.
We...
Forum: Questions and Answers 23-01-2013, 17:08
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

Yes I remember getting a walloping because I let ash blow over some newly washed sheets...though to be fair I don't quite know how I would have stopped it.

Another thing...were there arguments in...
Forum: Questions and Answers 23-01-2013, 16:47
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

Yes...I remember that and in the morning it was set like a crust.
Forum: Questions and Answers 20-01-2013, 17:50
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

No, I can't say that I have heard of that........thick padded cloths were used to take stuff from the oven, but they were usually made up from other discarded household textiles.
Bits of old towels...
Forum: Questions and Answers 20-01-2013, 17:14
Replies: 91
Views: 3,236
Posted By Margaret Pilkington
Re: Black lead fireside range (please help)

We had a range in our kitchen when I was a child.
Our range had a hot water box...with a lid at the top(to fill the hot water box) and a tap at the bottom to draw hot water off.
I don't think there...
Showing results 1 to 16 of 16

 

Other sites of interest.. More town sites..


Contact Us - Accrington - Archive - Privacy Statement - TOS - Top


All times are GMT. The time now is 00:29.


© 2003-2013 AccringtonWeb.com



Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.6.1