A frivolous train of thought...

BradfordLass, I was dressed up as dolly blue for a fancy dress competition at Caton Bay holiday camp.
I’ve no idea who dolly was but I think your picture must have been what I was representing?
I remember the jingle- It beats as It sweeps as It cleans.
Must have been a Hoover, it’s amazing how many carpet related jingles we remember.

PamelaJ1 Dolly Blue was a litle bag of compressed blue dye, with a wooden stick in the top, the whole covered by muslin.
When the white clothing was being rinsed, the 'washerwomen' (ie my Mum) would swish this bag about in the water and it gave a very faint blue cast to the whites. The idea being was that it would make them look even whiter.

The blue specks in today's washing powders are there for the same reason.

♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ "All the dust, all the grit, Hoover gets out every bit as it beats, as it sweeps as it cleans." ♩ ♪ ♫ ♬

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQO-V-9RAD8

Esso sign means Happy motoring cannot get tune out of my head,
Does anyone remember Kunzle cakes in a chocolate case ?

Lindylou23 Kunzle cakes were the first commercially produced cake I ever tried. I'd be about 14 or so. Mum used to bake and very occasionally we'd get other cakes from a local bakers.

But Kunzle were those ever-lasting processed things and to my palate they were absolutely revolting, possublt because I have never like sponge cake, and still don't, nor artificial cream.

Here's a good article about Kunzles from the T&A:

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/tahistory/10804715.grocers-window-display-boasts-kunzle-delights/

I still remember my parents phone number as it is still the one mum uses today. Never had another one. I also remember Leichner foundation in a black tub. I used hint of coffee which must have left a dark brown "tide mark" on my jaw.!!! But hey ho thought I was cool.