I'm a 50's child and grew up in a house on the edge of the 'more affluent area' of the town - however, we still only had cold running water, a 'slopstone sink' in the kitchen and another similar sink in the 'washhouse' at the back of the house.
Tin bath, normally hanging on a nail in the washhouse, was filled from a freestanding electric boiler on a Saturday night - had to have a bath/hair wash before going to Sunday School.
Weeknights it was a full strip-off wash at the slopstone sink with a hands/face wash in a morning.
Soap was usually Lifebuoy or a dark red soap called 'Lifeguard' (with pic of one of the Queen's Lifeguards on the packaging).
Talcum was ALWAYS Johnson's Baby Talc - unless an aunt bought me a 'grown-up one' for Christmas.
Toothpaste came in a small metal tin, with a funny little clip on the side - very much like the one on a tin of shoe polish . 'Go round the edges - not just in the middle - or you'll wear it out unevenly!' Pardon me - wasn't I supposed to 'wear it out' .
Shampoo was a bottle of Vosene OR a 'pillow sachet' of a perfumed one called 'Dreme' from the corner shop.
My nan used 'Amami Waving Lotion' to try to keep my hair looking waved ................ but it didn't always work - because, despite her very best efforts, I was a tomboy!
I had plenty of underwear - though sometimes the elastic might snap - and would have to be mended with fresh 'knicker elastic' and secured with a safety pin . ALWAYS needed to wear a vest - even in the summer. PLUS, in the winter, there was the 'dreaded LIBERTY BODICE' !!!
In the winter, socks were knee-high, 'fold-down top' and 'fawn' - and my nan called them 'cycling socks' . When they began to lose their stretch, she would cut a piece of knicker elastic, tie it in a knot and make me wear that under the 'fold' to keep them from falling down . For some reason, she referred to these as 'gaiters'.
In the summer, they were white ankle socks - and again, always with the fold down ankle. Though, thankfully, WITHOUT the knicker elastic .