Bar of Soap
A bar of soap like this was grated to produce soap flakes for washing the laundry. This bar is from the 1920s, but the Pearson’s would have used one very similar to this.
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Domestic Life in a 19th Century Weaver's Cottage
Domestic Life in a 19th Century Weaver's Cottage
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