Tiercel 6,986 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 We had the tin bath hanging outside the back door. Sunday evening was bath night, out of the bath, towel around you and stand in front of the fire watching Sunday night at the London Palladium. Bit of Teisen lap and off to bed. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,714 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 Youngest he's 3 in feb and daughter who's 6 in feb (they are nearly same size )both love the trug bath,squirt of bubbles an some toy ducks thrown in there lol 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 I bought my first house for 13k, one cold water tap and an outside privvey. I can remember me Mam coming the day after i bought it and stating that something needs doing with the windows... I was thinking is she gonna help me get double glazing but next day she turned up with new nets and a pair of her old curtains, which me Dad put up. 'If your gonna be bringing all sorts back here (girls!) I'm not havin anyone talkin about it, or you, or me for that matter!' Not daft my Mam... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jacknife 2,005 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 Net curtains TC?? is it a regional thing,not seen em round here since the seventies lol That's what I was thinking Wonder how many still have a curtain on the sink unit 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky 3,325 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 i seem to remember my mam rubbing my arm with blue bag when i was stung by a bee. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,819 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 Remember mother using "dolly blue" in the washer then mangling it before putting it out on the line lol Cheers, D. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 27,446 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 Derbac soap and metal comb,and the shamefull vist to nitty Norah the head explorer at school,yup everyone knew I had nits. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 Those of us who are "of a certain age" will recognise one of these.... 14 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 46,112 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 My nan used to use the soap in the mouth trick lol remember once playing chicken on the road and on getting home my parents and nan where waiting...pants down and 5 good whips with one of those green garden canes we used to make dutchy arrows with hurt a f***ing treat :)was just talking with the mrs about new packaging on fags/tabacco and got on the subject of single fags they used to sell you in paper sweet bags lol.atb dc 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 Derbac soap and metal comb,and the shamefull vist to nitty Norah the head explorer at school,yup everyone knew I had nits. Then it was Suleo shampoo, did feck all to the nits but did smell nice. TC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 I can still smell the cupboard in school that had the bats.balls.hoops etc for pe.in the corner of the hall.sure it was dettol lovely smell. I still buy and use the tar soap.nice clean smell. Can you still buy the proper stuff ? Wasn't coal tar banned by the EU (yawn !)... I've seen Wright's soap on sale, but it doesn't look the same as it did ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,714 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 Those of us who are "of a certain age" will recognise one of these.... 2902f3d06d73df31cb5c0bb1763ed760.jpg I had one of those when I lived in the forest lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 The wife was taking down the net curtains to wash them, and we got to talking what our mothers did with the nets. Mine used to wash them in the twin tub and add a bag of blue for the last rinse and they would come out whiter than new. That got me thinking, can you still buy bags of blue? Apparently you can but they are not cheap. A lot of the old favourites are here, come into my Palmolive, not on your Lifebuoy. https://www.carbolicsoap.com/ TC Modern laundry powders have blue dye added to them to make the whites look whiter, I remember being told it in science when we were doing theverything colour spectrum. It's the reason your white stuff glows bright blue when you're in a night club with UV lighting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted November 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 I can still smell the cupboard in school that had the bats.balls.hoops etc for pe.in the corner of the hall.sure it was dettol lovely smell. I still buy and use the tar soap.nice clean smell. Can you still buy the proper stuff ? Wasn't coal tar banned by the EU (yawn !)... I've seen Wright's soap on sale, but it doesn't look the same as it did ? They sell it in Home Bargains but it's coal tar scented. But you can get the real stuff on ebay, for an arm and a leg. TC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackbriar 8,569 Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 The wife was taking down the net curtains to wash them, and we got to talking what our mothers did with the nets. Mine used to wash them in the twin tub and add a bag of blue for the last rinse and they would come out whiter than new. That got me thinking, can you still buy bags of blue? Apparently you can but they are not cheap. A lot of the old favourites are here, come into my Palmolive, not on your Lifebuoy. https://www.carbolicsoap.com/ TC Modern laundry powders have blue dye added to them to make the whites look whiter, I remember being told it in science when we were doing theverything colour spectrum. It's the reason your white stuff glows bright blue when you're in a night club with UV lighting. Night club ? Night club ? Do you mean "disco"...? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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