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Does anyone remember the tin of 'stuff' that their mum/gran used on the front step...it might have been carmellion o or carmellite something!
Aye , it is one of those arguments!;)
kxx
I only know this as brick polish as this is what we were told to ask for at the shop. I can remember doing our front step and bricks on the path up to the front door with it when I was a nipper. :)
I only know this as brick polish as this is what we were told to ask for at the shop. I can remember doing our front step and bricks on the path up to the front door with it when I was a nipper. :)
Dunno! Ours was white, came in a tin and was applied to our 'non brick' concrete doorstep!:confused smelled nice!
kxx
Karia, my auntie used Cardinal polish....I only remember it came in a tin. Could it have been the same? :confused
Karia, my auntie used Cardinal polish....I only remember it came in a tin. Could it have been the same? :confused
That's the one...Thanks Angela!:)
it might have been carmellion
Was that the polish which could change colour automatically as the surface colour changed? ;)
Dog-eared
28-Dec-07, 22:43
No , scorrie, it was the doorstep polish that changed colour according to your life experience at that time - karma camellion.
Everyone sing along now ...........
OOps !
That's a cardinal sin ..that is!;)
Anybody remember zebo grate polish?
hell raizer
28-Dec-07, 23:27
yes i remember my granny cleaning the range with it :)
I remember my granny using it as well. Remember to, lifebuoy carbolic, I can still imagine the smell even now from back in the day when handrolling tobacco was called shag.:lol:
hell raizer
28-Dec-07, 23:34
aye it was powerful stuff :eek:
hell raizer
28-Dec-07, 23:36
does anyone remember bibby soap ?
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