kidley Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Does this help grinder http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/344000.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinder Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 (edited) Does this help grinder http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/344000.html Cheers Kidley, pretty obvious when you put it like that in it.. Still prefer "Having him on" or even pulling his leg, though I dread to think were that came from.... CHIN PIE .......A dreaded torture you used to get from your Dad when you were little..... Edited March 17, 2015 by grinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidley Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 nicker = £1 half a nicker £0.50p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterR Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Yes that was the one a deep pinky red. ---------- Post added 11-03-2015 at 18:59 ---------- The sunlight soap was yellow in colour each had it's own use I suppose. ---------- Post added 11-03-2015 at 19:01 ---------- Can anyone remember the brown soft soap? Was the deep pinky red smelly soap you're all thinking about ''Lifebuoy''? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaffa1 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Was the deep pinky red smelly soap you're all thinking about ''Lifebuoy''? Definitely not, Lifebuoy was what the posh people had and maybe came on the scene much later than the pink/red carbolic soap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbow2411 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 nicker = £1 half a nicker £0.50p Nah, half a nicker is 10 bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterR Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Definitely not, Lifebuoy was what the posh people had and maybe came on the scene much later than the pink/red carbolic soap. Hi jaffa1, I remember taking Lifebuoy to camp at Staithes with the Life Boys (different spelling) in the early fifties. It didn't smell too great either and dried my skin up. Anyway, I thought it was a masculine smell at the time Maybe that's enough Soap Opera on this thread eh? Regards, Peter. Edited April 1, 2015 by PeterR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaffa1 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Hi jaffa1, I remember taking Lifebuoy to camp at Staithes with the Life Boys (different spelling) in the early fifties. It didn't smell too great either and dried my skin up. Anyway, I thought it was a masculine smell at the time Maybe that's enough Soap Opera on this thread eh? Regards, Peter. Nice one, by the way, do they still make Lifebouy I haven't seen it for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterR Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Nice one, by the way, do they still make Lifebouy I haven't seen it for years. Neither have I. Haven't been searching for it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazjea Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Nice one, by the way, do they still make Lifebouy I haven't seen it for years. Lifebouy soap manufactured by Unilever is still available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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