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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 on unsightly stains before whatever it was went into the dolly tub.
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