soap in airing cupboard....

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We too used to 'dry' the soap out before using.My Dad was a chemist so we always had lots of samples from the shop.My Mum loved Yardleys 'Olde English Lavender' and the smell of lavender always remindes me of her, also a soap my dad always gave her in a scarlet box around Christmas time I think it was called 'White Fire' I think it was made by Grossmiths. As he always had empty boxes from stuff in the shop my 'playing shops' was always a chemists shop, and now and again I find a real old fashioned chemist shop with the tiny drawers behind the counter (nothing like the modern shops today)and just the smell of it reminds me of being a tiny girl and being allowed into the dispensery on threat of dire consequences if I so much as touched anything there.I would sit on the counter at the back facinated by all the huge bottles of stuff of all different colours that he used to mix up remedies in.He also had a big bowl and pestle which he would make stuff in.I was convinced my Dad was God in a white coat which was startched so much you could almost stand it up on its own

ivyleaf

JackieO wrote: »

We too used to 'dry' the soap out before using.My Dad was a chemist so we always had lots of samples from the shop.My Mum loved Yardleys 'Olde English Lavender' and the smell of lavender always remindes me of her, also a soap my dad always gave her in a scarlet box around Christmas time I think it was called 'White Fire' I think it was made by Grossmiths. As he always had empty boxes from stuff in the shop my 'playing shops' was always a chemists shop, and now and again I find a real old fashioned chemist shop with the tiny drawers behind the counter (nothing like the modern shops today)and just the smell of it reminds me of being a tiny girl and being allowed into the dispensery on threat of dire consequences if I so much as touched anything there.I would sit on the counter at the back facinated by all the huge bottles of stuff of all different colours that he used to mix up remedies in.He also had a big bowl and pestle which he would make stuff in.I was convinced my Dad was God in a white coat which was startched so much you could almost stand it up on its own

That's lovely Jackie, I do love your stories of when you were little.

Pears Soap still does have a hollow on each side to press the remains of the previous bar into . I did think the smell had changed but wasn't sure if it was my nose rather than the soap It's still OH's favourite though.

Uniscots97

trifles wrote: »

If you are interested in traditional scents used therapeutically in soaps/disinfectants I recommend 'The Fragrant Pharmacy' by Valerie Ann Worwood Much cheaper to achieve traditional scents in personal/home cleaning using aromatherapy safely:) also much better for the environment.

This is a fab book, I have a copy I bought 15 years ago and its so well used it's held together with tape.

Frugalista

One of my sisters won the Miss Pears competition approx 30 years ago - Mum has still got the winning portrait photo in her lounge.

Do they still run that nowadays?

Biggles

ivyleaf wrote: »

Pears Soap still does have a hollow on each side to press the remains of the previous bar into

Yes, I'm sure that's exactly what that hollow was designed for. Pears really hate selling soap, and hope that we will use up our old stuff so they don't have to sell so many bars.

;-)

zippychick

ive merged this with an older thread on putting soap in the airing cupboard

Zip

luxor4t

My mother kept soap in tha airing cupboard - pull out a towel and you'd run the risk of getting brained by a cake of Fairy (compulsory brand then).

Re Miss Pears - annual ritual of Mum photographing little sis & I. Usually protesting loudly and sitting on the kitchen table. We never won - I thought it was because all the winners wore party frocks, long curly hair and hair ribbons and we usually wore granny-knitted jumpers & hair as short as she could persuade the apprentice to cut it. Maybe Mr Pears knew we were really Fairy soap users!

floss2

luxor4t wrote: »

... We never won ... Maybe Mr Pears knew we were really Fairy soap users!

Well Pears v Fairy is a bit like Persil v Ariel - Unilever v Proctor & Gamble!

meritaten

My mum always used Imperial Leather. but it made me itch, she still wouldnt buy anything else though, so dirty little bu99ar that I was, I just used to rinse my hands and face and then sprinkle water on the soap - she never did suss out that I didnt use it. when I was a bit older and got pocket money I used to buy Palmolive - didnt make me itch, didnt smell strong and I used it for years and years (not the same one obviously!) kept it in my school satchel!

princess_loki

meritaten wrote: »

My mum always used Imperial Leather. but it made me itch, she still wouldnt buy anything else though, so dirty little bu99ar that I was, I just used to rinse my hands and face and then sprinkle water on the soap - she never did suss out that I didnt use it. when I was a bit older and got pocket money I used to buy Palmolive - didnt make me itch, didnt smell strong and I used it for years and years (not the same one obviously!) kept it in my school satchel!

when i used to go to my great aunt's house she used to smell our hands after we had been to the bathroom to make sure we had used soap :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

well done to you for buying nice soap with pocket money