NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Ulster Bank, which are all part of the NatWest Group, will now shut at least 172 of their bank branches in 2023 and 2024. If so, it is known as fully polished, so you would need to spray it first and then use zebo/hotspot cast iron polish on it to give a good finish.

Delivery times are quoted in business days meaning weekends and local holidays including bank holidays, Christmas etc do not count as business days. DELIVERY TIMES - Custom Made Products Autumn Statement: State pension confirmed to rise by 8.5% from April 2024 – while some benefits will go up by 6.7% I tease her about what makes the best cleaning agent for silver in Part 3. According to Kate Kennedy, it was Precipitated Whiting. I can visualise her mother suspending a small piece of Whiting in muslin in a large jug of cold water overnight, pouring off the clear water in the morning and then drying the milky substance left in a slow oven. Apparently the end product is an excellent cleaning agent for the best silver. I can honestly remember my Nana polishing the kitchen range in the house they lived in when I was a child, I’m sure she used to mix it with some sort of thinners to make it go further and then put it on with a cloth and then buff it off with a shoe brush and a clean rag.

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It’s all contained in her mother’s old recipe book entitled The Science of Homemaking by Kate Kennedy, who was a lecturer and demonstrator in domestic subjects at Glasgow Provincial Training College. Any corrosion on the cast can easily be cleared with fine wire wool. you could use this to clear any grease residue too, with the cleaner you are using. You may need to give it 2 coats, then leave it to dry a few days. Then you should be able to use something like Zebo ( one of the first makes and still good). Put it on with a stiff shoe brush, leave it a few hours, then buff it up with a soft shoe brush. Do this to the whole cast iron insert and it will really look its part. Martin Lewis: What the Autumn Statement means for you – including wages, benefits, pensions, ISAs, national insurance and more Martin Lewis: What the Autumn Statement means for you – including wages, benefits, pensions, ISAs, housing, national insurance and more

Return with soft shoe brush and clean rag and buff the whole fireplace to required finish and then finally rub over with clean rag to remove any excess.My wife usually skips through Part 2, as she has no illusions about pre-war laundry work. There were no washing machines with their pre-set programmes in those days, only indmidating boilers, strong soda and washing powders, guaranteed to roughen the most delicate hands. The soiled clothing had to be rubbed with soap and soaked overnight in cold, salty water. She wouldn’t be overjoyed at this or at starching my shirt collars and cuffs for work, but I could see her operating a mangle with gay abandon, hoping to catch one of my fingers in the rollers, as I folded the articles to push through. Then it is known as 1/2 polished and you would need to spray over it still to get an overall good finish. http://www.direct-fireplaces.com/cast-iron-fire-surrounds-and-inserts/cast-iron-combinations-fireplaces/edwardian-cast-iron-combination-from-the-gallery-collection/150.html?gclid=Cj0KEQiAiuOlBRCU-8D6idaPz_UBEiQAzTagNIGENH1tfpyuTQWVFjFx2n8528D22mQufFewHe5A0SMaAsBP8P8HAQ As well as all the other chores, the 1930s’ housewife was expected to be a mini- Chancellor as well!