tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post5640861761367864343..comments2024-03-18T11:56:15.953+00:00Comments on A Yorkshire Memoir: New Month Old Post: Donkey StoneTasker Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-32352285995502454222021-07-31T18:20:31.900+01:002021-07-31T18:20:31.900+01:00I got stung by a bee when out with my mum when lit...I got stung by a bee when out with my mum when little and she took me into a shop and asked for blue bag, althought I don't think they had any. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-18338774216533838062021-07-31T18:02:14.583+01:002021-07-31T18:02:14.583+01:00In NZ we had blue stuff for the laundry - little r...In NZ we had blue stuff for the laundry - little round billets of stuff tied in a muslin bag. Mum always used to apply a blue bag to bee stings. Goodness knows what was in it. As for the bee stings, antihistamines were a great way forward, I don't recall blue bags ever having any positive effect on the pain and swelling.Tigger's Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829665785202495073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-54756419399562290642021-01-30T10:39:40.447+00:002021-01-30T10:39:40.447+00:00I'd like to know more about Welsh accents. And...I'd like to know more about Welsh accents. And Welsh too - an attractive language I've heard spoke when visiting Caernarfon. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-80938612481496182082021-01-30T10:36:36.485+00:002021-01-30T10:36:36.485+00:00Thanks for visiting, 'unknown'. Funny how ...Thanks for visiting, 'unknown'. Funny how many people link Donkey Stones with dolly tubs ( which I also posted about in 'Washing Macines' on 9th February 2020). <br />I bet that good quality slate steps polish up real fine. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-60314676165093181592021-01-30T07:54:13.068+00:002021-01-30T07:54:13.068+00:00The only thing I was advertise was some of the N d...The only thing I was advertise was some of the N dialects.<br />They can not be sold but only learned<br />RFHAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13811177103480957990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-1675619034457873802021-01-30T07:45:56.075+00:002021-01-30T07:45:56.075+00:00Donkey stones, dolly tubs, but which of you would...Donkey stones, dolly tubs, but which of you would know what the dolly was or what a posser was?<br /><br />If one was in N Wales the door steps would be slate and polished with boot polishAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13811177103480957990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-58886142299324958282020-04-12T22:04:21.589+01:002020-04-12T22:04:21.589+01:00Thanks. Didn't receive an email, though. Could...Thanks. Didn't receive an email, though. Could be because the email associated with this blog had to be changed because of changes to btmail and the current one hasn't worked through the associated google labyrinth. It should be taskerdunham@btinternet.com Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-50380031234164420552020-04-12T19:47:55.619+01:002020-04-12T19:47:55.619+01:00Hi, great blog, keep up the good work. Please look...Hi, great blog, keep up the good work. Please look out for an email I have sent you regarding the Donkey Stones ad from the 1930s directory. Regards Peter ToppingPeter Toppinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05599802057982238101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-27168219585416503002020-01-26T21:00:07.732+00:002020-01-26T21:00:07.732+00:00Pulley? Is that the clothes drier hauled up on a p...Pulley? Is that the clothes drier hauled up on a pulley to the ceiling. We had one in the kitchen. All the clothes must have smelled of food. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-17704793375901564402020-01-26T20:55:18.808+00:002020-01-26T20:55:18.808+00:00Once experienced, a Glasgow wash day with boiler, ...Once experienced, a Glasgow wash day with boiler, mangle and pulley was never forgotten.SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-82645552616844782082020-01-23T21:38:01.168+00:002020-01-23T21:38:01.168+00:00I think my mum called it a dolly tub, which went w...I think my mum called it a dolly tub, which went with a peggy stick. And everyone had mangles - I remember our first spin dryer which was a separate stand-alone device. Funny how everyone jumps from donkey stones to wash days. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-3228921470138224102020-01-23T17:58:22.183+00:002020-01-23T17:58:22.183+00:00Washing dolly. And a mangle.Washing dolly. And a mangle.Liz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-5420990112545256312020-01-23T17:53:30.604+00:002020-01-23T17:53:30.604+00:00We had a dolly though. Was it called a dolly somet...We had a dolly though. Was it called a dolly something? I shall try and find a photo and check.Liz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-63785341554861725062020-01-03T21:35:54.194+00:002020-01-03T21:35:54.194+00:00Thanks for the link. An interesting read. I didn...Thanks for the link. An interesting read. I didn't know that the scrubbing of marble steps had pretty much ceased in Baltimore. It mkes me wonder now about Philadelphia.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-73375165667798362562020-01-03T15:48:34.871+00:002020-01-03T15:48:34.871+00:00I found this link about steps in "row houses&...I found this link about steps in "row houses" being scrubbed white (it has a slideshow of images not just the first): http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2016/08/scrubbing-baltimores-white-steps/#1Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-43222348166235289782020-01-03T14:03:49.572+00:002020-01-03T14:03:49.572+00:00Dolly?Dolly?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-39046124336910650742020-01-03T13:14:27.586+00:002020-01-03T13:14:27.586+00:00People living in the almost iconic row houses of o...People living in the almost iconic row houses of our cities of Philadelphia and Baltimore still scrub their front steps. I'm sure the practice was imported from your fair land by the original colonists.rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-43056486593108754582020-01-03T12:19:21.554+00:002020-01-03T12:19:21.554+00:00Thanks for reading. You didn't get much sympat...Thanks for reading. You didn't get much sympathy in those days. Sounds a good remedy to me - fresh air, steam and exercise. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-12449781302721006792020-01-03T12:17:23.270+00:002020-01-03T12:17:23.270+00:00Sounds like you should have been a consultant for ...Sounds like you should have been a consultant for the Dan Cruickshank programme. My mum would probably have known about Cardinal Red and Dolly Blue - just looked up Dolly Blue and it sounds dangerously poisonous. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-13413867825528907222020-01-03T12:12:35.897+00:002020-01-03T12:12:35.897+00:00I think it was mainly a northern English thing. Do...I think it was mainly a northern English thing. Don't know whether doorsteps ever got slippery but it made them look nice. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-77243267395114613602020-01-03T08:00:21.403+00:002020-01-03T08:00:21.403+00:00My mother born 1905 had an English gran who bough...My mother born 1905 had an English gran who bought her up . I remember her telling me she did not tell her that she had a headache or she would be given a bucket hot water and scrubbing brush to scrub the front step. It was to take your mind off it.thanks for your blogg I enjoy reading it nana from down under.Marie Dybinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158320657333981398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-67256453853185862952020-01-03T06:05:52.787+00:002020-01-03T06:05:52.787+00:00We used donkey stones here in Lancashire. However ...We used donkey stones here in Lancashire. However I also remember something called Cardinal red. Also used on doorsteps. It was more a type of paint. More permanent than the donkey stone. Regarded as quite posh. Dolly blue was an addition to the washing of white clothes,sheets and table cloths. Gave a slight blue tinge and took away any yellowing. Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16288688526333859068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-61989857272054733452020-01-03T02:43:29.406+00:002020-01-03T02:43:29.406+00:00What a fascinating ritual with the donkey stone! I...What a fascinating ritual with the donkey stone! I mean, it makes sense. One wouldn't want to slip and fall, after all. I wonder if that sort of attention was paid to any front steps in the New World? (-must consult Google.)Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-7198260771139808502020-01-02T16:18:15.647+00:002020-01-02T16:18:15.647+00:00All that prairie rain keeps doorsteps constantly s...All that prairie rain keeps doorsteps constantly scrubbed and spotless. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-1139285079339282052020-01-02T15:50:09.727+00:002020-01-02T15:50:09.727+00:00I am quite sure we never had such a thing in Canad...I am quite sure we never had such a thing in Canada!<br /><br />And yes, the blogosphere is a very quid pro quo kind of place, generally speaking. The more you visit and comment on other people's blogs, the more your readership and comments will increase.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com