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There used to be a lucrative business in towns of collecting `night soil` for the dyeing and tanning factories. I`m not sure chemical alternatives are so much better TBH.
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Yes, human urine was a vital ingredient in dyeing wasn't it? I heard on the radio just a couple of days ago that it was one of Newcastles greatest exports at one time. Mixed with alum, which was mined/quarried.
Guess the solids were used in the fields, to make the crops grow?

Edit Here's a blog about that sort of thing. Best not read before Sunday lunch and something to think about if your family name is Fuller
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Originally Posted by dinahsmum ->
Yes, human urine was a vital ingredient in dyeing wasn't it? I heard on the radio just a couple of days ago that it was one of Newcastles greatest exports at one time. Mixed with alum, which was mined/quarried.
Guess the solids were used in the fields, to make the crops grow?
Great thread DM!
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Wait till you read the blog I've just linked to in the previous post Mags!
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Wait till you read the blog I've just linked to in the previous post Mags!
Well, well, well ..... what we learn on this forum!
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I had a friend that worked at a sewage works, he used to get all of his tomato plants from there, the pips go straight through apparently.

I prefer the more natural method to chemicals any day.
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[QUOTE=moetmum;24194]I had a friend that worked at a sewage works, he used to get all of his tomato plants from there, the pips go straight through apparently.

That was news to me! also!
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I bet no-one dares post a pic of their blue hydrangea now!
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Also I believe HRT is made from pregnant mares urine
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Also I believe HRT is made from pregnant mares urine
Yes, that's true Sue ......what we women have to put up with!
 
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