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Yes Judy's blue NSB book is the one. Maybe mine was faded (and had a few moths nesting inside!) I think Elizabeth's book must be a special type of issue to increase funds for the war as they mention 'defence bonds'. Thanks both for posting. Viv.
 
Thanks for that Elizabeth. I see that yours is the National Saving Stamps book and the one I have is National Savings Certificates.
 
img378 - Copy.jpg I do not remember 'Soya Nut Meat', Slippery Elm or Wellington Knife Polish.
 
Think slippery elm is still available at Boots. Andrew's Liver Salts has dropped the 'Liver' and now they're Andrews Health Salts. Interesting that the Johnson's Baby Powder looks quite different. It has a very medical look to it in the picture but doesn't look too hygenic, whilst todays packaging is clean, crisp and white. How times change. Viv.
 
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The National Savings Stamp Book was blue Viv.

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Think we must have had both types, as I do remember sticking stamps into a book. In fact I think you could even get the stamps at school. But I also definitely remember the blue book - looks like you got that stamped at the PO. Didn't realise we were such savers. I also worked with a wonderful lady in the 1970s who worked for National Savings. It was a very small Civil Service department. She said it was the loveliest place ever to work in. Viv.
 
Brasso is still available, as is Windo(w)lene. Sanatogen Tonic Wine may still be available, not sure. Silvo I think was also a polish for silver. Duraglit Metal Polish I remember, and also Veno's Cough Mixture
 
We had these little savings stamp books when we were children, a way of encouraging us to save, and yes we could buy them at school.
 
Remember Cerebos salt, don't know why we had that instead of Saxa Salt. My mum always preferred dried egg to fresh. Not sure if I've had dried egg, might have if the scrambled egg that McDonalds serve up is dried egg. And would the bag of wartime crisps have been packaged in plain bags to save on production costs and materials like printing or cheaper paper perhaps? Viv.
 
My memories are similar to yours Viv, a bit vague on some of the things, but I know we had dried egg. I have no memories at all of some of the items on show.
Smiths may have had a large stock of crisp packets in the stores before the war broke out and that would explain the printed packets, just a thought.
 
I was surprised to see the note on the smiths wrapping saying, "free from preservatives, amd only vegetable oil used". I had thought it was only relatively recently that people cared about this, certainly as far as preservatives are concerned
 
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I also wondered about that Mike and all I can say is that Robert Opie does have a museum in Colville Mews, Notting Hill where he now boasts 500,000 original wrappers and containers, posters and adverts, I am told it is well worth a visit if you have any interest in such things but my heart went on the blink as did my knees and hips before I managed to squeeze a visit in.
 
Now we're getting down to basics - toilet paper. We had both Izal and Jeyes at one time or another. Jeyes used to come in a flat box. Dispensed like a box of tissues today, but very flat box about 1inch deep. I can't make out what the box is with the writing on about "Every Packet A Bullet"! Good to see Persil, Colgate and Brown & Polson products are still around. Maybe even Vim is still around, although not sure. Viv.
 
Hi Stitcher - Symingtons Table creams I remember, not sure if you can still get them or not, they were lovey, like blancmange. I also seem to remember the name Foster Clark's Jelly Crystals. Also Sylvan Flakes for washing clothes. I love the comments on the bottom of the packs of Oxydol soap - "Two more nails in Hitler's coffin" on this one, and before "Every packet a Bullet"!

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Hi Judy - I am pleased to tell you that Symingtons Table Creams are still obtainable (I love them too!). I get mine from Morrisons, but they only do the vanilla and raspberry or strawberry (a pink one anyway). They are very sweet and the calories is not recorded on the box, so I expect a huge amount! They are very much like jelly, but like blancmange as well - delicious!
 
I remember VIM too, I think it used to take the surface off the bath as well as the hands using it. I think there is a modern version of VIM which looks like a liquid. Is it possible to still buy LUX flakes for washing delicates?
 
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I saw the Opie museum when it was at Gloucester docks in an old warehouse - very good atmosphere, but I think the council wanted to make lots of money selling it for flats. I just wonder what "matured " cocoa is. I think i would probably call it stale, musty or (the technical term used at Cadburys for drinking chocolate ) baggy
 
I have just googled the museum to see where it is now housed and it seems that they only do on-line viewing and sales. It would appear to be a very large concern now.
 
Here's one that I thought had disappeared, but I saw it advertised today at House of Fraser for £5 a tin!
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Some items on these shelves will have been on the prevous ones. Up to this post the items were in the shops during the war years. This post starts the thirties.
 
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Don't know about the rest but Bisto is still available...but not like it was since being taken over. Don't like the now product as much as the old. It's in a plastic bag inside the box now and the powder does not seem to be the same. OXO powders still seem to be as before. Both of these products a staple in my familly for at least all of my time anyway and probably many years before that.
 
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A few of the names are familiar but the wrappers and tins are different.
 
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Our mom had one of these for years. I have another couple of pictures of these mamgle but they are very small and B&W. That is why I used this one, the other two are priced at £2.19. and £5.3/6./
 
We usually had dreaded wheat or wheatabix, sometimes porridge but twice a week it was fresh eggs from our own chickens.
 
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