Why is it it was only your Grandad

[Greedo]

who came in from his work and got washed in the kitchen sink????? and also using carbolic soap while making that 'blub, blub, blub' noise when rinsing his face!

Then rubbing his hands in swarfega. He was a cabinet maker for god sake!

The noise he made getting washed and the intensity of his scrubbing would have been more suited to someone who'd done a 12 hour shift down a coal mine!

 

[dan_bo]

I can recall being gutted that I was too big to have a bath in the kitchen sink aged about 3 1/2 or summat.

with vim on me nuts.

 

[Dave5N]

Greedo, you really have too much time on your hands.

 

[Hover Fly]

...Then rubbing his hands in swarfega. He was a cabinet maker for god sake!

But you've got to admit, it does feel good.

 

[Dave5N]

We only used to have a bath once a week on Fridays. It was a "sit in" bath, with a little seat built into it.

But when we went to see my cousins in Wolverhamton (70s) they were literally living in slums. No bath and outside loo. Literally had to have a bath in the sink.

If lucky it was the old tin bath thing filled laboriously with hob boiled water.

You had a sink? You were lucky...

 

[yenrod]

I can recall being gutted that I was too big to have a bath in the kitchen sink aged about 3 1/2 or summat.

with vim on me nuts.

No wonder you can 'soldier' a cyclo-x race in near zero 'C / rainy conditions - MR Hardbollox ! are we to call you now !!!!!!!!!!

 

[Hover Fly]

When was a kid I had to have a bath in a tin bath. From March to October we had to have it outside "to toughen me up" father said.

 

[Mr Pig]

Greedo, you really have too much time on your hands.

Yip. Thought that for a long time...

 

[longers]

My gran reckons her dad swore by "washing" his hands with vaseline and a spoonful of sugar. Possibly in the days before swarfega came to Audenshaw.
He was a fishmonger and builder among other things.

 

[Noodley]

I remember my dad coming home from work with his hands, arms and face very dirty with oil and grime, and using swarfega in the kitchen sink.

Still brings back memories when I use it after a bit of fettling.

 

[beanzontoast]

My gran reckons her dad swore by "washing" his hands with vaseline and a spoonful of sugar. Possibly in the days before swarfega came to Audenshaw.
He was a fishmonger and builder among other things.

How in the name of Friday did he ever pick up an eel?

 

[Greedo]

Greedo, you really have too much time on your hands.

Yip. Thought that for a long time...

Is that so. Say's the guys with 4826 posts and 2939 posts!!!!!

 

[peanut]

the reason Gramps washed in the kitchen sink was because in his day nobody had bathrooms.

I can remember as a child we had a bath in the kitchen which was covered over with a board and an outside toilet
Dad and Gramps were builders so they put a bathroom upstairs , the first in our street.

 

[Dave5N]

Is that so. Say's the guys with 4826 posts and 2939 posts!!!!!

Yebbut you've only been here 5 months!

 

[Aperitif]

My gran reckons her dad swore by "washing" his hands with vaseline and a spoonful of sugar. Possibly in the days before swarfega came to Audenshaw.
He was a fishmonger and builder among other things.

Interesting longers; whilst reading, I was thinking back to when I was 'in the trade' (Should I say 'hardcore' builder here?). Always used to come home and tip some olive oil then sugar into my hands. I either cleaned them or cooked them - can't remember...