jonab

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  1. Khaled

    Khaled    jonab

    it is so hard to contact with them but sir what is the closest soap to gerard's soap from the photo ?

    1. jonab

      jonab

      Possibly but that soap in your illustration is not Imperial Leather.

       

      Please be aware that it is more than 40 years since I worked for that company and I have no knowledge of their current products. I do not live in the same country now.

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  2. Khaled

    Khaled    jonab

    it is so hard to contact with them but sir what is the closest soap to gerard's soap from the photo ?

    1. jonab

      jonab

      I don't recognise it as all as a Gerard's product.

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  3. Khaled

    Khaled    jonab

    Hello sir , so my story is that my grandfather used Gerard’s soap bar for a long time , unfortunately the the factory was shut down because of the fire and the soap is gone forever , can you sir give me the ingredients of the soap so i can make it in my home and restore good memory’s of my grandfather please ? , and i have an image of the soap .

    1. jonab

      jonab

      Khaled,

       

      I cannot be of much help to you as it is more than forty years since I left the company.

       

      Your understanding of the Gerard's situation is far from correct. You can find out the real situation about the company on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Bros.

       

      Regarding making their soap at home, this is not a practical idea. Gerards made 1,000 tonnes of soap per week. It involved chemical processing unsuitable for emulating  at home.

       

      Can I suggest you contact the companies mentioned in the Wiki article I have indicated to you.

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  4. Kerrie_1969

    Hi , just wondered if you saw my post re Motax garage that belonged to Stan Sharpe ? .

     

     

    Email and phone number removed for members safety.

     

    1. jonab

      jonab

      VERY unwise to publish personal information (email addess/phone no.) on a public website. All  sorts of nasty people around you know.

       

      It ought to contact admin to request that this info is removed.

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  5. Geoffrey Dennis

    Hi jonab, I am a newbie and on cautiously finding my way around the site noticed a reference to gerards. How long did you work there and in what capacity?

    1. jonab

      jonab

      I was at Gerard's late 1974 to late 1979 when I left Nottingham and moved to the south of England.

       

      I was a product development chemist working under George Whalley.

       

      I moved to France early/mid-1980's - at about the time of Chernobyl (remember that?)

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