Originally posted by joan mack
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I remember those things too Joan. We had an ancient dressing table that had belonged to my grandparents. It had two small drawers each side to hold cuff links.
My mother sometimes cut off the tail of the shirt, as it was usually longer than needed and made a new collar out of it. Two were two little white things about and inch and bit more long. They came with collard, they were taken out for the wash, and put back into the collars, one at each front end, to help to keep them still and sitting properly.
I also remember the Robin starch. I don't know my poor father wore the collars and shirts. They were so starched they were almost standing up by themselves on the ironing board.
Then there was also Reckitts bluebag. All white items were dipped in that to make them look whiter. We also used it in the royal icing for the christmas cake. But you had to be careful about the amount you put in, otherwise the icing would be blue.
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