RickyO Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Remember them well as Recketts blue bags. My mother used them on the white things in the wash and as stated in an earlier post she dabbed them on stings and bites. As a kid I always wondered how anything blue could keep a shirt white particularily as I would go around with blue spots on my arms and legs and they didn't get any whiter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handypandy Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I can remember my gran still used the 'copper' to do the whites boil wash on mondays in the 50's....... in would go a dolly blue and be swished in with the 'posher'. The lady next door entered the space age in '61 with Obviously, gran thought they would never catch on, as the wash took too long !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian1941 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I remember my mum using them for anything that was white, i think she still had some under the sink in the 80s. Years ago when you couldn't buy white Emulsion paint when nearest white was off cream, i use to put a blue bag off Reckitt in and give a good stirr, and believe me it was near white as you could get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lectrolove Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 You can definitely still get them, they sell them at the hardware shop in Bourton on the Water, so probably available elsewhere too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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