Grease Collection

Closed on Sundays 1855
Barber giving a wet shave, with a sign on the wall saying This shop now closed on Sunday. Date: 1855

Mercedes Gleitze greased for Gibraltar swim
Open water long-distance swimmer Mercedes Gleitze greases herself in preparation for her Strait of Gibraltar attempted swim (she succeeded on her second attempt in 1928). Date: 1927

Long distance swimmers, St Ives, Cornwall
Long distance swimmers entering the sea at St Ives, Cornwall, smeared in grease. Date: circa 1980s

RETINNING POTS & PANS
These two young men, wearing protective gloves, are retinning old pots and pans, putting them through a chemical process to remove verdigris (fats and grease) &c Date: 1930s

Ats Girl Cleans Up
An Auxilliary Territorial Services (A.T.S.) girl making do with a tin of paraffin and sawdust to remove grease from her hands when she comes off duty Date: 1940s

W H Goss china plate - Patriotic war humour
W. H. Goss china plate with gold border. Transfer shows flags of the Allies, c. 1915 and reads TO COOK A GERMAN : COOK ON A BRITISH KITCHENER. USE A JAPAN ENAMELLED SAUCEPAN

Drying Fish - Kamchatka Peninsula - Far Eastern Russia
The Method the people of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Far Eastern Russia dry fish (on racks) and melt down the grease and oils for other uses. Date: circa 1800

Paragon axle grease. Cleveland, O. Date c1880

Izmir (Smyrna) - Turkish Wrestlers
Wrestlers at Izmir, Turkey. Yagli gures (Turkish wrestling) is the Turkish national sport. It is commonly known as oil wrestling (sometimes as grease wrestling)

Scrubbing Lino
Cleaning linoleum with a scrubbing brush, soap and a metal pail of fresh water and lots of elbow grease!

Housemaid and Grate
A housemaid on her knees cleans a grate with black lead and elbow grease

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