Do you remember...

Vosene shampoo , pears and lifebouy soap were the only soaps we had . If we stayed at my Aunties house she had Zest

My mother used Sunlight soap for the laundry, our hair and in the bath. Sometimes had Pears soap to wash hands. Had to sit in front of fire to dry our hair it was then done up in rags. Toothpaste in a tin. washing up was done in hot soda water which made your hands sore so there was a tablet called Melrose to rub on them. Shiny Izal toilet paper. When I started my periods there were no sanitary towels. Had towelling pinned on to belt round the waist and it had to be washed out.
Walls ice cream man came round on a bicycle. Buthcher and baker all delivered. Milkman came round with a churn and you took you jug out to be filled. Sunday’s barrow came round selling winkles (what has happened to them) cockles and whelks.
Everything was sold either loose or in paper bags even eggs.

I remember the very first Twinkle comic for little girls.
It had a free ladybird ring which I wore with such pride.
Nurse Nancy used to look after the toys in the doll’s hospital with Doctor Jolly. I wanted to be Nurse Nancy!

Newspaper in the toilet, vosene for hair, cheap no brand soap for the bath, palmolive washing up liquid for the dishes, Omo for clothes, washed in a twin tub, whites, towels, nappies etc, boiled in a gas fired boiler, also used to heat bath water, washing up water and for hair. Coal fires, hand me downs, and freedom.
Looking back, by todays standards, it was a hard life, but we were kids, we played outside, had friends houses to go to for lunch or dinner, they came to us for egg and chips, we're clothed and had shoes on our feet. Late 50' - 60's, we didn't know or want anything else.
Today I have a bathroom full of different toiletries, and just received some more today for my birthday.

What wonderful memories this thread evokes. We had the pink lifeboy soap, the powdered toothpaste and the sachet of shampoo. We always had our hair washed over the kitchen sink.

I had long ringlets until I was 9 and then my mother decided I was too old for ringlets and had it cut. She hated my short straight hair so, twice a year, she gave me Twink perm. I loathed it as I had to sleep n the perm rollers overnight. Then I had a tight frizzy mess of hair to contend with.

We wore our underwear for a week, except socks which were changed daily. Friday night was bath night and my Nan would pour in Dettol and Washing Soda.

Sara65. Butterscotch Instant Whip. I have no idea why, but the taste of butterscotch in a pudding, sweets or cake flavouring and icing used to give me an instant runny tummy! I avoid it to this day.

Sara65's post where she mentioned not washing your hair at certain times of the month brought back memories of my mum being the same. Now why would washing your hair when you are menstruating be bad for you, anyone know?
Do you remember Germolene? Lucky bags with a few sweets and a cheap toy inside? Bunty, Judy, Jackie etc? Scrunchy hard loo paper? When self-service first began? When you had the option to have 'scraps' with your fish and chips - these days they have some poncy name.
Is the past better with the rose-tinted glasses, or actually was it really all right?

I remember the green paper shampoo, they were called Lily Pads.
My Dad used carbolic soap (ugh!!) the rest of us used Palmolive. He got banned from washing up after he did the dishes in Vim and didn't rinse them.

callgirl1 Happy memories of sitting on my auntie’s step with a saucer of sugar and a stick of rhubarb! The combination of fruit acid and sugar did our teeth no good at all!

We also used vosene. I had to wash my hair over the basin, and rinse using a plastic cup. And no conditioner! But amazingly I had lovely shiny hair!

I remember the dolls & dressing up clothes on the back cover of Bunty. I loved them!
I remember we used Selsun shampoo for dandruff. It smelt nice.

Same here grannyactivist - Fairy washing soap for everything in our house.

we had the big red bars of carbolic soap, I think my mum bought it loose from the greengrocer and was cut to the size required in the shop. It was used for washing clothes as well as us kids

Who remembers egg and lemon?

I remember long bars of laundry soap which sat on a high shelf in the kitchen to get rock hard .A chunk was hacked off with the carving knife when needed. When I was a little girl, my hair was rolled up in curling rags at night. I can remember being in our Morrison shelter in the front room during an air raid ( we lived near the Vickers aircraft factory),whingeing because one of the rags had fallen out and being told in no uncertain tones to shut up!

Family bricks of ice cream - usually neopolitan - 3 flavours in one. Had to be cut into thin slices. Hair washed once a week, something dire would happen if you washed it at certain times of the month.

Yes Blondenana, we had the cocoa and sugar in a paper cone as well, also a cone with a bit of sugar and a stick of rhubarb to dip in it, and a great treat, half a pomegranate and a pin, lasted all day!
Remember sugar sold in dark blue paper bags, and flour in muslin bags that my mother used to wash and give us to use as hankies for school.

I remember mixing beer and egg and smearing it on our hair to give it shine? Then we had to wash it off quickly as it was quite disgusting. That may have been the same time as I clipped my eyelashes hoping they would grow back thick and long - they didn't

I remember mum starching my dad’s shirts . Mum using Pin -up home perms on her hair .

I remember a pot of hand cream, smelt lovely - think it was ‘Smith’s Cremolia’ or some such?

Also remember aged about 10y drinking ‘Tizer’

It had a distinctive taste. I loved it.

lovebeigecardigans I think the St Ivel cheese was actually lactic cheese. It was made in a factory near where I lived in Somerset. I don't think it is around now.

Oh Cremola Foam! Happy memories of Glasgow summers where the neighbours took turns making jugs of it to share across the garden fences! It may account for the amount of fillings I have!!

Butterscotch instant whip! I could just eat a big bowl full

Yes - lovebeigecardigans1955- We used to have Cremola Foam on holidays in Scotland. I didn't really like it but it seemed exotic. I loved Butterscotch Instant Whip.

We used Loxene in our house. Now non existant,

Does anyone remember Cremola Foam - a tin of pink powder which you mixed with water to make a fizzy drink? We loved it but it was very sweet - I'm surprised we still have teeth.
We also had a semi-soft cheese in a navy blue, white and silver box with a silver foil inner wrapper. I think it was St Ivel - I haven't seen it for years. Perhaps it's not deemed safe to eat anymore.