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NOW CLOSED: Fairy is 50! We want to know what you used to make from old Fairy bottles. Space rocket? Snowman? Tell us and you could win a year's supply of Fairy!

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GeraldineMumsnet · 04/02/2010 11:44

Fairy turns 50 this year and to mark the occasion it's bringing back the iconic white bottle as a limited edition - look out for it on supermarket shelves from next week.

In the meantime, they're asking for your stories about the original Fairy bottles - did you (or your siblings) make a rocket, plane or crayon holder?

Do you remember John ("here's one I made earlier") Noakes on Blue Peter using one to make the Blue Peter rocket?

Did you want to make something but, just like the ad, your mum never seemed to have an empty bottle? What did you yearn to make?

We'd like you to take a sudsy trip down memory lane. The best stories will win a year's supply of 'mi-ild green, Fair-ry Liquid'!

And if you have (or could take) a photo of a Fairy bottle craft-y-creation still knocking around from the past few decades, please email it to [email protected].

Your stories will be used in the Mumsnet Fairy microsite, which is coming soon (featuring new crafty Fairy creations!).

If you're selected to win one of the prizes, we'll look up your email address and get in touch by 12 February 2010.

Thanks and good luck,
MNHQ

OP posts:
AnnMumsnet · 01/03/2010 11:04

Just so as you know - prizes are being dispatched today

JustAnotherManicMummy · 01/03/2010 12:54

Oh god, does that mean I have to stop MNing and get dressed to answer the door?

JackBauer · 03/03/2010 13:21

Anyone had theirs yet?
Is it just one mega bottle?

JustAnotherManicMummy · 04/03/2010 11:31

Nothing arrived yet. Have cleared out one shelf the loft and the shed in preparation.

AnnMumsnet · 05/03/2010 08:13

Have they arried yet?!

EasyEggs · 05/03/2010 11:06

Still no Fairy here either.......

Housemum · 05/03/2010 21:48

Am rinsing out and squeezing the last dregs in the hope the new stuff arrives as I am a Timothy Tightarse who won't spend a quid when there's some free washing up liquid en route!

JackBauer · 06/03/2010 19:08

I'm with you housemum, I can probably make it through tomorrow but i am making roast chicken so that will finish off my reserves of liquid.....

aristocat · 07/03/2010 11:17

hellooooooooo

i have won this too but not received anything yet

HelenMumsnet · 10/03/2010 14:13

Hello. Sorry to hear you haven't got your Fairy Liquid yet. We're trying to find out what's occurring...

HelenMumsnet · 10/03/2010 15:19

Hello again. Right, we have called Fairy and they assure us that you should all be receiving your Fairy products tomorrow.

They are sorry for the delay and say it was due to 'a delay in shipment which was beyond our control.'

Hulababy · 10/03/2010 15:22

Thanks for update. Been hoping it would be soon as, with a broken dishwasher, we are running low on washing up liquid.

I did recieve my Omega 3 bottles today though.

Pumphreydidit · 10/03/2010 15:28

Ooh, that is quite spooky as my dishwasher has broken down today just hours before the Fairy liquid arrives....

NorbertDentressangle · 10/03/2010 15:57

Hang on a minute....this isn't part of an evil plan hatched by Fairy to gradually sabotage peoples dishwashers just as they receive free samples of washing-up liquid laced with brain-washing chemicals is it.

oooh, I feel all strange......I can hear voices......."I must wash up by hand......I must wash up by hand.....I must wash up by hand........"

Pumphreydidit · 10/03/2010 16:03

Yes Norbert, I think you may have something there.

Hulababy · 10/03/2010 16:26

Pumphreydidit - mine broke down 3 days later

aristocat · 10/03/2010 18:16

hooray

i have been waiting expectantly for the fairy.................

do you realise it will be just in time for mothers day

Hulababy · 11/03/2010 14:37

Mine has arrived 6 bottle of 50th anniversary Fairy. Thanks so much

aristocat · 11/03/2010 18:29

none here

littlesleepyhead · 11/03/2010 18:47

me either

pixierara · 12/03/2010 08:51

Thank you very much MN and fairy - my 6 bottles arrived this morning - very nostalgic, bit like when wispa returned but not quite as scrumptiously tasting!

aristocat · 16/03/2010 18:01

thank you MN and Fairy

mine arrived today

mustrunmore · 02/04/2010 18:53

Ok, this was one cunning bit of marketing. I cant believe it has worked on me!
I got my 6 bottles, duly happy but commented on here that I was a bit about it lasting a year. Lo and behold, a cheque for £10 arrived in the post from the Fairy people; no letter. I felt a bit ashamed, as I assume it was a result of my comment
But, full marks to them, as this really did impress me; they could've just ignored my remarks. Couple this with the fact that when I used the Fairy, I remembered just how good it is! It really does make your dishes shine, just like the adverts said when I was little! And it really is better quality than tescos own!

So, well done Fairy people, you've converted me

TonyIommi · 10/01/2011 18:28

I used melted down Fairy bottles to make finger prosthetics so that I could play the guitar again. That was more than 40 years ago. I went on to have some success with a pop group called Black Sabbath -- perhaps you might've heard of us?

ouryve · 11/01/2011 13:19

I did do lots of crafty stuff with old packaging as a kid - made almost an entire hosue for my Sindy, but can't remember anything I made with washing up liquid bottles.

As others have said, they did make great bubble blowers with a bit of water added when almost empty, though and fab water squirters on a hot summer's day!