Ultimate old styling???? 12 September 2008 at 7:11AM edited 30 November -1 at 12:00AM in Old Style MoneySaving 13 replies 8.4K views

bertha

To bring back memories and to track down old style products
www.carbolicsoap.com
Not just carbolic soap but Reckitt's Blue, wash boards, Pickles ointment, dolly pegs, fly papers and much, much more!

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moanymoany

I love the smell of Pears soap, but it dries my skin. Wright's Coal Tar Soap, Lifebouy, reckits blue - ahh, memories!

With the soap it is mainly the smell!

DawnW

I still use flypapers. Sprays, chemicals etc are bad for my asthma. Loads of people I know use them. They don't look very nice but must be less polluting.

Frugaldom

I just learned something new, thank you! My 'clothes pulley' is known as a 'Sheila Maid' and that I can buy carbolic soap online - excellent! Poultry & bird keepers bookmark that carbolic soap site, as I was always told to use this to prevent/cure scaley mite. (This may be an old wives' tale but it seems to work and I know some budgie breeders that swear by it.)

oliveoyl

What a brilliant little website... I might have to order a couple of bits... if you OS lot have left me anything!

classy

Thanks bertha for finding this I'll definitely be ordering a few bits as xmas presents ( and for myself!).

And thanks to oliveoyl for the pot noodle tip :rotfl: I've always said the tub is probably more tasty !

eco

I used to hate that school toilet paper, or tracing paper as it should be called.

zarazara

newspaper squares for toilet paper. tin bath infront of the fire once a week.no fridge. no freezer. beef dripping butties for monday tea.

want2bmortgage3

my free newspapers goes straight in the recycle bin, occasioanly have a quick read, i'm now thinking of cutting them up for loo roll, maybe just keep a couple of standard rolls for guests. anyone else do this? must save 50 p (one roll) a week i reckon, £26 a year.

buy_less_things

>>>"my free newspapers goes straight in the recycle bin, occasioanly have a quick read, i'm now thinking of cutting them up for loo roll, maybe just keep a couple of standard rolls for guests. anyone else do this? must save 50 p (one roll) a week i reckon, £26 a year."<<<

You have got to be joking!!!?

buxtonrabbitgreen

I have been known to rip up a newspaper if we run out or loo roll on occasion.