Mrs Wilson makes soap from scratch

Mrs Wilson made the soap for her family's cleaning and washing it wasn't too difficult but it did take time first ashes from the fireplace were put into a tub out in the backyard over these rainwater was poured this dripped slowly through the barrel until it became Li water and then drained out through a hole at the bottom of the tub the liquid was boiled together with waste cooking grease and cooled the result was so as fine as you could buy and much cheaper you couldn't wash thoroughly in the small bedroom basins so every Saturday night down in the kitchen next to the Cozy fireplace each member of the Wilson family had a bath an overall scrubbing for the week