The Perfume Hunter, for fans of Eau de Cologne and other goodies

 https://www.theperfumehunter.com.au/

Talk about a blast from the past, I remember strolling around the shops as a child and going into either Colee Variety store or Woolworths in Kogarah up in Sydney and checking out the cosmetics counter. 4711 was always there, it seemed to be a popular eau de cologne back in the 1970's. We had a local chemist on our street that sold gifts and perfume too and 4711 was  always on display along with Yarley's fragrances. My mum used to buy me Lavender perfume in a little bottle from the Chemist and it was such a treat as a 10 or 11 year old. Back then the bottles had a little rubber stopper, to stop the perfume from evaporating.

If you are a fan of 4711, you can find the bottles on The Perfume Hunter website. I came across this website as an advert on facebook last week and went online to have a look. I decided to place an order for a miniature set of 4 bottles of floral 4711, they arrived today and they are really nice. Have a look through their menu of fragrances. You may find a gift for someone or a treat for yourself. They are not expensive either.

https://www.theperfumehunter.com.au/product/4711-floral-collection-mini-set-4-x-8ml/

I hope these come back in stock soon because they will make a great gift for someone special. 

Keep an eye out in Chemist Warehouse for these miniatures too  

Enjoy xx

Blast from the past: Perkins paste and Clag

Every Aussie school kid used these glues when I was at school. Perkins paste smelled like marzipan. We often just opened the lid to sniff that delightful scent. This was a sacred ritual to kids in the 1970’s . Along with our naty Globite school cases.

We could stash so much stuff in our Globite school cases; these cases also doubled as a seat for kids waiting at a bus stop or at the railway station going to and from school. Those were the days, with so many memories of a simple life. 

Oh and there was also a clear glue that came in a plastic bottle with a rubber top; and by squeezing the sides of the bottle the glue came out the little holes at the top. We would paste the back of our hands with this glue and when it dried we could peel it off in one piece like cling wrap. Ah, the memories of childhood. They’re worth bottling. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkins_Paste

 

Blast from the past: Globite school cases

 https://globite.com/pages/about-us

Ah the smell of sandwiches and apples when you opened your case wafting into your nostrils. The smell of pencil shavings and Perkins paste permeates the memories of days gone by, endless childhood. Summers and winters come and go leaving lasting memories of school days. SOS cough lollies in your case during the winter months was the gold standard, money for the school tuck shop to buy lunch or goodies. Kids would plaster their school case with stickers from Just Jeans, Paul's’ ice cream, Milo, radio stations and any other stickers they could get. In primary school we also kept our yellow plastic raincoat in our cases during rainy weather, to whip it out and pop it on going to and from school in the rain  I loved the smell of these raincoats, they had a unique smell which was wonderful, I just loved this as it was so different to school life in Scotland. 

It was rather quaint and very Australian and now I fondly look back to the old days and feel glad to have been part of this Aussie school life. My favourite teacher being Mr Roth; my year 6 teacher, he was very funny and gave us all a love of learning. He was a proper teacher of his era and my lasting memories of him were him introducing us to the poet Banjo Paterson otherwise known as Andrew Barton Paterson. I still love this poetry to this day having volumes of his poetry and a CD narrated by Jack Thompson. Sadly my original cassette of Banjo Paterson narrated by Roy Billings was over used and died. That was the best ever recording of Banjo’s poetry that I ever had and still miss it. The ABC does not intend to do a remake of this on CD unfortunately. Ah well such is life, but hey I have the memories to treasure in life’s photo album. 

These days there is a comeback of these cases for travel in a variety of colours. I had no idea until I saw the website for this memory of school in Australia. The pink cases look cute on the website, it would be nice to have a vanity case to match. 

Blast from the past Ewbank carpet sweeper

 https://www.ewbank.co.uk/history/

Lol, Who remembers these beauties from childhood? I remember my mum having a blue one. I got to use it as a child. I loved it, hey it’s a girl thing 🤣🤣 . I remember opening it to get the fluff and stuff out , or as we Scottish call it oose and stoore. Stour being the gritty dirt and oose being the fluff. 🤣🤣 The carpet sweeper was first invented in 1889, wow. Just imagine what a game changer that would have been for women then of course along came the vacuum cleaner, hooray.

I often get a laugh out of people sharing old pictures of things from when I was small. So many memories and things long forgotten. Happy simple things of everyday life. Lol, I guess I am just easily amused. I might as well have a little blast from the past section in my blog just for entertainment and a trip down memory lane for us to smile and reminisce.

Enjoy your day people xxx