How did people wash up before washing up liquid?

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It just occurred to me that I have no idea.
What did people use in say the 1920s or the 1820s even?

Household soap.

It’s just soap? According to Wikipedia “Humans have used soap for millennia; evidence exists for the production of soap-like materials in ancient Babylon around 2800 BC.“

Bar soap, been around since medieval times

Soap flakes, shaved off a bar and into water and frothed up by hand. Sand was used to scrub pans and things; ash was another possibility.

It was literally the blood of fairies, sounds inhumane but it was different times. Hence today's Fairy Liquid.

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Just soap, lots of places don’t use liquid soap.

🤣 Aromantic.

Bar soap,grated into water. And no plastic bottle waste

Soap I think. My granny (born 1901) always had a wood handled dishbrush and a bar of yellow coal tar soap by her sink.

@AromanticSpices , so is fairy blood green?

My aunt (born 1906) used household (Sunlight) soap and washing soda. She also used that shiny loo paper that was like tracing paper.

Should perhaps ban washing liquid and return to this to save plastic.

Soap and or rubbing vigorously against a ribbed wooden board dunked in water or a river

There are plants with soapy qualities I forget which

Ash from a fire or earth is good for washing up.

It's called Soapwort

Soap is made from fat which emulsifies

I think they use fat from liposuction to make soap in the film 'Fight Club' as an example

I've got a log burner and to clean the glass I spit on some scrunched up newspaper, dip it it the ash and rub the glass. Comes up a treat!

Great idea let's stick people back in the kitchen all day to do housework, such fun. NOT

Ahh I love all these old ways.

My mother used to use a greyish creamy stuff called Gumption for burnt on dirt, and to clean sinks. I think it might have been made from powdered pumice mixed with something...

Happidsaze ...would it really take that much longer to use soap rather than liquid?

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Carbolic soap

I buy washing up liquid in 5 litre bottles and fill a cheap decanter which I keep by the sink. It looks a lot better than an ugly plastic bottle - not so good if a guest decides to try the "Creme de Menthe" you've left out in the kitchen.

If I could buy Fairy in refillable bottles I would happily do so.