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There was a "sewing hall" in the 60's and 70's in Easley, SC named Swirl.  Along with children's wear, they made these same type of housedresses.  Their brand name for these housedresses was "Model's Coats."  My Mama had several of these when I was just a small child.  Everyone around here knew...

I've used Era liquid in the last year, both regular and with bleach.  Both formulas did a good job and I was pleased with the results.

We use an electric can opener but my Mama had a Swing-A-Way wall mounted can opener.  It was located on the cabinet backsplash next to the stove.  I also use the handheld Swing-A-Way from time to time.  I have a small version of fido's can opener I take with me hiking or camping (which I haven't...

Hey Vern.  I honestly don't know.  I'm just going by the site I was sent to from Google.  It does make you wonder, though, if the orange is the premium detergent then why is it the same price as the green box?  I need to investigate more.  Hopefully I'll run into an informed salesperson at Sears...

Hey Freddy Someone here may correct me.  I've never used the green box...always the orange box.  However, I Googled  Sears Ultra Plus orange box vs. green box and was sent to a Sears site.  This site rated detergents as the orange box being the "premium" variety.  Again, I've never used the...

Thanks for the heads up!  I love Sears Ultra Plus.  My favorite is the orange box.  Andy, does the blue box contain Oxi-Clean oxygen bleach?  I'm thinking it does... but I could be mistaken.   I've tried the Ultra Plus detergent with the Oxi-Clean oxygen bleach and was very pleased with it's...

Self-cleaning oven Would this model be a "continuous cleaning" oven which was popular back the the 70's and touted as an energy saving feature?  If so, that would explain why it was not self-cleaning.  When my Mama ordered her TOL Frigidaire stove in 1974 she asked for continuous cleaning but...

Correction I updated my Mama's kitchen for her in 1995...not 1975! 

That is the same stove my Mama had when I was a child!  The clock made a non-stop loud humming sound so my dad disconnected it.  In 1974 lightning ran in somehow on this stove.  Since Mama now had a 1971 Lady Kenmore dryer and Coldspot fridge in avacado she ordered a 1974 TOL Frigidaire stove in...

Beautiful!!! Why would anyone want to gid rid of this kitchen! 

Great machines Justin!  I especially love those coppertone Lady Kenmores! 

As I was leaving for lunch today my eye caught an estate sale sign so you know where I had lunch!  Anyway, while there I found something I have been wanting for years - a brownwear bean pot.  It was in perfect condition but unfortunately said pot was missing it's lid.  It was not a McCoy pot but...

Cascade Complete gel packs. They seem to do a good job in my Whirlpool.

I applied for a job with Southern Bell in August 1977, was interviewed, tested, and everything.  I went back for my final interview and was told "We're sorry, but we are unable to hire you at this time because the next "X" number of positions must be filled by minorities."  In other words, I was...

plus of course the little aqua GE floor polisher! I used to help Mama use Johnson's paste wax and buff our hardwood floors with her aqua GE floor scrubber, buffer, and polisher back in the 60's.  Mama had a box full of attachments for that buffer.  It also had a plastic dispenser on the front...

I'm in love!  That is one fine stove!  And I love your dishwasher Phil!  Beautiful!  

Saw that on the news during lunch a while ago!  Each time I think of her I remember the Saturday Night Live skit in which Dan Akrod played Julia Child chopping a chicken liver and telling all the things you could put the chopped liver on.  As he was chopping the liver he cut his hand.  Blood was...

Jane Parker fruitcakes are available via internet Thanks Hunter!  I never knew or thought about looking on the internet for JP fruitcake!

A&P Stores have been gone from our area for decades now.  Around 1970 or 71 A&P Stores tried to make a revival in the Greenville area rebadged as "Family Mart."  They didn't succeed.  I remember Each Christmas my Mama would buy a Jane Parker fruitcake from A&P.  For several years after A&P left...

another blowin' groceries