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   Patricia O'Hare to hankte...@gmail.com   
   Re: Wallpaper Cleaning - Old Time Method   
   27 Aug 20 14:47:29   
   
   From: deofaventeohare@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, July 3, 2020 at 6:45:23 PM UTC-7, hankte...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > I remember it from the 50s   
   I remember it very well.  We lived in Pittsburgh in the 40's and 50's and   
   there was a lot of smoke and coal dust and everyone had wall papered walls.    
   Every year before Christmas, My mother and aunt would get the ladders set up   
   and get a few cans of what    
   I thought was called CLEAN.  It was in a big can and it was green, and yes, it   
   did look like silly putty...You would pull off a big glob of it and run it   
   over the wall that needed cleaning and it was really great!  The dirt would   
   come off on the green    
   stuff and you would fold it over with the dirt underneath and green on top and   
   just work your head off.  Today most people paint their walls, but this stuff   
   was great.    I was beginning to wonder if I remembered correctly, but thank   
   goodness there are    
   people my age that still remember it!  Thanks.   
      
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