Pond's Cold Cream - a childhood memory

Aggie, you can get a Snowfire Ointment solid stick on Ebay for dry, chapped skin. It sounds as if it would be good for people who have to wash their hands frequently!

I remember “ Snow fire “ it was green in a wee tin and used for chilblains , very strong menthol smell

paddyann I saw Newberry fruits in Sainsburys today for £3 a box if you want to try them again.

As a child I used to travel on the bus with an elderly lady who had a wonderful smell of Ponds cold cream and face powder. I always tried to sit behind her in order to enjoy it. She wore a rabbit fur coat in all seasons and I would lean forwards and very gently touch it. I thought she was so glamorous!

There was a vanishing cream called 'Snowfire'. My aunt also used 4711 eau de cologne. We used to give her that for Christmas and sometimes Evening in Paris scent in that pretty little dark blue bottle with silver pattern. Funnily enough, I don't recall giving my mum these products - my aunt, her sister, was the more glamorous of the two, single until she was 40 and with a good social life.

There was also Ponds Vanishing Cream, wasn’t there? Was the cold cream to apply at night, to soak in as such, and the vanishing cream to wear in the day?

I was on here I think on a thread about sweets from the past and mentioned my mothers favourite was Newberry fruits.Someone told me they were still available on Amazon so I bought a pack.They might have had the same name but they were just jellies ,individually wrapped no crispy sugar shell inside with liquid.I was most disappointed .I think they cost about £9 a pack to add insult to injury .Memories ,best left in the mind .

Oooh yes this reminds me of my nana. She always used Ponds cold cream and I would go into her bedroom and put it on my wrists when I was a child. If close my eyes I can still smell it. She also used 47 11 eau de cologne. Smells are very evocative aren't they