When we were kids in the 1950s , we lived in terraced council housing with front and back gardens . The two ladies opposite our house were very competitive about their house and gardens . One would scrub her front step so that it was gleaming, so the other would do the same. They would brush and scrub the paths too .
One day the first lady had a brilliant white path and no matter what she tried the second lady couldn’t
match it . Lady number 1 came over to see my mum and told her that she had put cement powder into her bucket of water for her path and it dried white .
my mum had a good view of their shenanigans from her front window and said it was free entertainment 🤣