"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> Sunlight soap was a hard soap that was usually used in the laundry for
> cleaning clothes by hand, generally dirty collars etc and for washing of
> hands when working in the yard or under the car. It had either no
> fragrance or very low fragrance as I can't really remember a fragrance. We
> used it in the bath as we couldn't afford regular bath soap. It doesn't
> really make any suds which is why we always wondered why my nan used it
> for washing dishes. Grease never really came off her plates, lol.

We had neighbors who were very questionable. I found out recently that the
kids who lived there were mainly not their own but foster kids. How they
got them I will never know. They had a ton of people living in that house
along with adult kids who had their own kids. The kids told me the dad
would hold a job just long enough to steal enough of whatever they made at
that factory. Once it was toothpaste, another time it was Fritos chips.

I spent the night there once and for dinner we had all you can eat Baby Ruth
candy bars. Nothing else was offered. For breakfast it was pancakes made
with flour and water. No oil so of course they stuck to the pan. Served
with Karo syrup. They had a garbage can in the kitchen that was full of
potatoes.

Once one of the kids came over to "borrow" some soap. My mom didn't like to
lend things to them because they never returned them. When she asked what
kind of soap the kid just shrugged and said, "Soap!" As if there were only
one kind. So my mom gave her a bar of bath soap. They used that bar for
everything. Laundry, bathing and dishes. After that my mom went out and
bought some really cheap bars of soap because she took pity on the children.
Soap was something they borrowed from us frequently.