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Thanks both really brings back memories of my Nan in the garden with the "boiler" you lit a gas flame under it and it took an hour to come to the boil, huge tub she would then chuck in the blue bag and her whites and the rest of the day would be a whirl of scrubbing, washing rinsing and beating items to death to get everything gleaming.

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We must have had hardy clothes back then - remember using a washboard

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True very little these days would even stand up to those high temperatures.

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Did I not mention Reckitts Blue in post 7? right after Julie1962 mentioned it - Sometimes think it's a waste of time replying to these posts...

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I think we must have had hardy people too, Patsy !

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Cuh - you're right there, I'd rush home from work get the dinner started then start on Fabs shirts - they were filthy due to the work he did - me poor hands

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Just get on with it.

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She makes a valid point, when you go back to a thread it takes you to where you left off - so past comments should be seen ...............

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Apologies cranberry I missed your post. Thank you too for helping.

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The `blue bag`-also used for wasp/bee stings as I remember.