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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
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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I still use carbolic ... get it down at the health food store; and you can get olive too. I love the smell of carbolic in a hot shower.
By the by, when Jethro says "in those days", does it make anyone else feel old
I'll bet I'm not the only one on here who wore clogs