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I had been trying to remember the name of the peas!! I think they did sliced green beans too? Was the dried apple in tiny cubes called "Swel" or something similar? In our flat there was no storage space or fridge so dried goods were useful.
There was a magic pudding where the cake mix changed place with the sauce while it cooked!!
rosie.
 
Yes carolina, mine was yellow with red wings which flapped as it was pressed down to "lay" the egg!! I had a blue duck too!!
rosie.
 
A bit off topic, myself and my late brother when we were about 7-8 years of age used to go round the demolion sites asking the men if they had any jobs, we were given a job by a man called Tom Feeney a foreman on a job in Scholefield Street, we had to sort bricks into two piles,half bricks and complete ones,
we did this all morning and were given a shilling each,which was a small fortune to us.
Imagine that in these H and S days.
That mans name has stuck in my head all these years since 1947.
 
rosie said:
I have a silver-coloured Stratton compact, but I dropped it and the mirror broke. I've still got Mum's which Dad bought for her, it's white with a red rose transfer. I was given several when I was young "to play with", I wish I had taken more care as they are rather battered now, but loved all the same!!
I've just broken my Husband's shaving-mug and that's another product that's faded away!! Can't seem to buy a nice shaving brush either now, the one I found was a bit sparse and moulting in it's box. (He has a beard but shaves around it.)
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I used shaving brushes till a few years ago. They are called blairots in French (badgers) as that is what hair they were/are made of I don't use one any more. I did like the mugs though.
 
john knight said:
The best paint brushes you can buy are Hamilton, as regards the shaving brushes go to George Trumper.
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Remember the gentleman's valet cases, I was given my great great uncle's but nan said it wasn't hygenic. It was a leather case with a hairbrish and comb with silver handles, and glass jars with silver lids.
 
I remember one that cooked potatoes on his brazier he was fat and and a big coat down to his ankles. And gentleman's loos in the middle of the road, surrounded by an iron round wall, the last one in Cov I remember was called the green man, locally as it was green at the junction of Ford, Raglan, Helen Perkins and maybe Eden Streets.
 
Nico, have used a shaving brush all my life (82 next month) and my present badger brush and mug was a present from my late Wife abot 30 years ago and still going strong although I use modern 'bic' throw away razors. If I remember correct I was issued with a wet razor, blades and brush (not badger) as part of my kit when I joined the RAF in 1948. Eric
 
rosie said:
Yes carolina, mine was yellow with red wings which flapped as it was pressed down to "lay" the egg!! I had a blue duck too!!
rosie.
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I had a yellow sponge chicken with a white round carton under it filled with a sort of powder and a long string. You pulled something along the string and the hen screeched and cackled. Do you remember gonks and trolls?
 
cookie273uk said:
Nico, have used a shaving brush all my life (82 next month) and my present badger brush and mug was a present from my late Wife abot 30 years ago and still going strong although I use modern 'bic' throw away razors. If I remember correct I was issued with a wet razor, blades and brush (not badger) as part of my kit when I joined the RAF in 1948. Eric
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Hello Cookie Eric. It must be very precious to you.I like the feel of the brush on my beard but if you don't use them for a bit they pong. We still have some wooden brushes that used to fit on the Goblin hoover. I think they are badger too as they look similar. The hoover case was very light and had sleigh runners and a fabric flex and a stainless steel wand as they are called now. The museum refused it as they have a glut of them. It still had its original label with a red goblin on. I used to have an army surplus wardrobe and a camp bed that rolled up in to nothing. Nico
 
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Another 1920s advert.
I know these are still available but I would think the recipe has changed over the years.
 
Heinz beans are obviously still around, but I noticed some in the original 1950s packaging on the supermarket shelf yesterday. It's very muted in colour compared to the present day tins. But it was nice to see it, if only for the Jubilee celebrations. Viv.

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I'd buy those on the strength of that picture Stitcher! They look tasty.

Here's another Jubilee item, but another era. Never heard of the product. Viv.

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I remember St Michael chocolate wafers, Stitcher, in a soft packet from M&S. My aunty used to give me lots of fruit (good for me she said) and wafers, not chocolate ones, when I visited. They were bigger than Penguins and came in different coloured plain wrappers all one colour, red green bright blue orange or yellow and I can't remember the name.
She also had Tate and Lyle sugar which was really fine, not like we had at home. Nan said it was because Aunty lived in Cheltenham and theym um posh!
She used to make us coffee in her percolator which sat on the stove with half coffee and half hot milk. And she always said, "I'll have a corp orv corfee with my glorses on." Don't know if that was a saying or one of her own but I thought I was in heaven.
 
Remember the 1950s 'Keep Britain Tidy' campaign? OK, not a product, but we don't have these gentle reminders anymore. Viv.

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