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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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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