David sheridan 159 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Brew said: Alpha, I've always thought your posts quite erudite, though I disagree with a lot of it. This latest diatribe however is, quite frankly, nothing more than assumptive nonsense, and you entirely miss the point. As for protesting abroad, you obviously forgot that there were peace camps, protests, blockades and marches all across Europe at the time. CND organised the human chain from Aldermaston to Greenham. But the peace camp, as far as I can recall, was purely down to the women in the peace camp. And quite frankly, only women had the stamina to keep it going for 19 years in my view. Did they win? Did they fail? I don't know, but they committed a big part of their lives to something they believed in, i.e., they got off their arses, and right or wrong, actually did something. But most of them were either hippies, drop outs or communist trying to bring the country to a stand still , their arses could of be used to something more useful like cooking the old mans tea. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,409 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 We have been asked to keep this in the appropriate thread... Let's play nice and do as we are told... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 32 minutes ago, Brew said: We have been asked to keep this in the appropriate thread... Let's play nice and do as we are told... Good lad. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,279 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 Is Dolly Blue still available? It was a little blue lump, a bit smaller than a golf ball that came in a small cotton bag. Think it was used as a whitener for shirts etc. Mam used to use it in my boating lake - the kitchen sink, with matchbox boats floating in it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 807 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 Was that what they called a blue bag i think my mum put it on stings and insect bites. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 Ian, could it have been gentian violet (purple) that your mum put on insect bites? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 Reminding me now of those sweets parma violets , and lovehearts ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 807 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 I can't remember gentian violet Margie always knew it as blue bag. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 1 hour ago, PeverilPeril said: Is Dolly Blue still available? 1 hour ago, IAN FINN said: Was that what they called a blue bag i think my mum put it on stings and insect bites. Is this the stuff ? http://www.oldandinteresting.com/laundry-blue.aspx 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 That's the stuff CT. We'll done laddie. B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,458 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 I don't remember any of the items in that link; presumably my mum didn't use any of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 Not long ago there was still some washing powder with blue granules in it - Daz ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 I remember Lever bros introducing another powder with 'bits' in. That was, I believe, Radiant. Remember going out with a van load of the stuff, distributing samples to people's house, who were supervisors teams delivering packets all round the houses as samples. Seemed to think it was a first biological powder. B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 512 Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 The Dolly blue bag was a blue tablet a bit like a dishwasher tablet is now in a little linen bag which was supposed to be for whitening clothes but was excellent for wasp stings. Wasn’t gentian violet for verrucas ? My mum always used Daz in her Servis twin tub washer (one for washing and one for rinsing) and then used a hand operated mangle that fascinated me after the clothes were lifted out of the rinse with wooden tongs. Took some strength to wring the clothes out in that! Also a mincer that used to have a clamp that fitted onto the table and 3 different sized metal wheels . Always used to have mince on toast on a Monday from whatever we had for Sunday lunch, very tasty. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,279 Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 We still have mams wooden tongs hanging on the laundry door. Come in useful when retrieving items lost behind the sofa etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 10 hours ago, MRS B said: Wasn’t gentian violet for verrucas ? Didn't the hospitals use Gentian violet as a treatment to dab on closed wounds etc. I remember coming out of children's hospital numerous times, stitched up and big purple patches in various places, so everyone knew what you'd been up to. B. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 We used to use it in the A level biology lab for staining microscope slide specimens. Obviously we called it ‘genital violet’. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 512 Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 Amazon have Rekkits Dolly blue bags on their website. It does say currently out of stock which it’s probably said for the last 20 years. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,139 Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 Anyone remember their real name in Nottingham ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,079 Posted July 4, 2022 Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 Not sure if any of you gents will remember these, but I'm sure the ladies will. POPIT Beads not sure if the name ir correct but I am sure some one will tell me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,079 Posted July 4, 2022 Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 Empty cotton reals with four small nail on the top. you would wind slilk or wool around the nails and after taking the bottom stich over the top one you end up with a ;long knltted rope. Can any one remember whit it was called Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,079 Posted July 4, 2022 Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 On 6/29/2022 at 12:44 PM, benjamin1945 said: Anyone remember their real name in Nottingham ? Was it Snottingham? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted July 4, 2022 Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 1 hour ago, mary1947 said: Empty cotton reals with four small nail on the top. you would wind slilk or wool around the nails and after taking the bottom stich over the top one you end up with a ;long knltted rope. Can any one remember whit it was called French Knitting Mary. I bought a kit from John Lewis for our granddaughter last Christmas but doubt very much if she’s even looked at it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 512 Posted July 4, 2022 Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 Loved French knitting and plaiting wool tethered on a chair. Also rug making with the hooks and the wooden board that you used to measure the wool on before you cut it. Am sure somewhere I still have the hook. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 @mary1947 o remember pop it beads because my daughter liked them in the 1970s @LizzieM I liked doing French knitting but never knew what to do with the resulting ‘rope’ ! @MRS Bi started making a rug before I got married but got fed up with it halfway through. An elderly neighbour finished it for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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