Robin Starch

[normansc11]

Does anyone know if Robin Starch is still made and is so where it may be bought.Many thanks for any help.

[TheWinner]

No, it is no longer available. See this link.
http://www.starchsupplies.co.uk/

[dzug2]

It's no longer made

You can get a reasonable substitute in the more old fashioned sort of hardware shop or online.

[Jemisa]

I've got a box of 'Robin' starch which I've had since early 60s its still in good condition found it when we moved house. Took it to a collectors fair a couple of years back & a colloctor of Home bric-a-brac offered me £10 for it.
(Didn't sell)
My kids say its part of their childhood, they remember how their school shirts used to stand up on their own when I'd ironed them.

jem

[normansc11]

Many thanks to you both.

[boxtops]

Wow, I remember that!

[DaisyNonna]

Robin starch! Remember it from laundry lessons at Grammar school. Yes, we did have practical skills taught, including (proper) cookery and needlework. All girls of course.

[askyourgran]

I hope they don't resurrect Donkey Stone.

[boxtops]

Incredible isn't it daisy - they taught us at grammar school to make blancmange from scratch, and how to sew a run and fell seam, but after I left school I still had to go out and learn to type. Typing was for the secondary modern students.

[TheWinner]

I have just given away an original piece of donkey stone. I tried to sell it on ebay but nobody wanted it.

[DaisyNonna]

boxtops, still can't type! Loathe blancmange but remember the seams, the rice pudding carried home on my bike. What a mess! My shirt ironing is superb. Oh for a blue bag! Had to knit my own cerise jersey to wear as a prefect. Taught to crochet. Oh and managed 3 a levels, 2 S levels and University entrance English. Thank goodness there was no time to be taught PSE and Citizenship!

[askyourgran]

I learned to use a sewing machine and made a nightie. I remember making a cake in domestic science (as it was called then) and taking a pair of dad's socks to launder. I was in a Commercial class where we were taught the basics of book-keeping, French and shorthand and typing.

[nungate]

Don't know about Robin Starch but I use a spray on starch that I found in the supermarket, either Tesco or Sainsburys to spray on my tablecloths when I iron them - it gives a pretty good result

[DaisyNonna]

Er, only got one tablecloth, linen, edged with crochet work 4 inches deep by my aunt. 21st birthday present. Unfortuately no dining room and laptop is on the table.