As some of you may know, or can deduct by my signature, I was born a British Colonial.
I am 53 years old and was born in 1957 on my grandfather's ranch in The Kenya Colony, British East Africa.
I would love to recreate a shave that my grandfather or father might have experienced back in "the day".
So, what might a typical middle-class British settler have used to shave with in 1957?
A British Gillette Rocket? An Ever-Ready SE? Either of those or something else entirely different?
What about shaving creams, soaps and aftershave?
I am thinking Yardley (more than likely). If so, which Yardley products? Perhaps others, such as the "Three T" British soap manufacturers that we are familiar with today?
Wilkinson Sword blades?
They might have used a straight razor for all I know, but giving the benefit of the doubt, I am looking for what might have been "the latest and greatest" available at that time in that part of the world.
Regards,
David
I am 53 years old and was born in 1957 on my grandfather's ranch in The Kenya Colony, British East Africa.
I would love to recreate a shave that my grandfather or father might have experienced back in "the day".
So, what might a typical middle-class British settler have used to shave with in 1957?
A British Gillette Rocket? An Ever-Ready SE? Either of those or something else entirely different?
What about shaving creams, soaps and aftershave?
I am thinking Yardley (more than likely). If so, which Yardley products? Perhaps others, such as the "Three T" British soap manufacturers that we are familiar with today?
Wilkinson Sword blades?
They might have used a straight razor for all I know, but giving the benefit of the doubt, I am looking for what might have been "the latest and greatest" available at that time in that part of the world.
Regards,
David
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