Storage

I was opening a new package of soap the other day and was reminded of my Mother-in-law. She saved soap.

I went on my first trip to West Yorkshire in October of 1954. A long time ago....... I met my future Mother in-law. I was very interested in the fact that she had lots of bars of soap. When I asked her why, she told me how during the war soap was rationed and hard to come by so she now stored it up. She never wanted to be without soap ever again. This was a new concept for me. I too remembered ww11 and the shortages associated with it but had not as yet progressed as far as storing items for future use.

Another thing I saw on my first visit to West Yorkshire was a "washing machine". My Mother-in-law to be had one. She was so pleased with it. I was amazed. Up until that time and for years after (until I came to Utah actually) I had used a scrub board and soap to do the wash. Some things went out to be laundered like white shirts.

Another thing they had in the "prefab" was a refrigerator. Alan showed me how to remove ice from the tray by running the ice tray under cold water. This was another new concept, we didn't worry about food being kept cool, the milkman came everyday and delivered milk and we went to the shop every day.

My Mother-in-law was a widow, she worked in the woollen mills, she worked hard. This is a rare picture of her enjoying the sunshine. She may have saved other things also but I always remember the soap. This was a good lesson for me to learn. My first on "Food Storage"