As well as servicing businesses for over 30 years we are also open to the public, providing all your domestic cleaning supplies. The origins of Castile Soap can be traced back to The Levant where Aleppo soap makers have been making olive and laurel oil based hard soaps for millennia. The quality is perfect for what I wanted to make (hand wash) and mixed well with the essential oil I used. By 1959, it was employing 1,200 people in Factory Road making soap, glue, tallow, fertilisers, vegetable and dripping.

It doesn't matter if we can't find it anywhere, my Mum was just curious as to why it had disappeared so I though I'd ask on good old Digital Spy! Dispenser for Knight's castile soap, 'specially made for the face', with four compartments for soap tablets within a revolving tower, made by John Knight Ltd, London, England, c. They supported local schools and provided recreational opportunities for employees who worked in the factory for decades. The business became known for producing high-quality Primrose Soap, Castile soap, and "John Knight's Family Health Soap" to promote public health. The son of a farmer, Knight was about 18 years old when he established a company in London that would last for 200 years.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. The soap of those early days was dark in color, and the consumption small; Knight revolutionized the trade by manufacturing a high-quality pale yellow soap, which he named "Primrose Soap". The location near the River Thames allowed for the supply of raw materials and easy distribution of products by river or road. Later, the company reformulated the carbolic soap, previously made from coal tar, and branded it as Family Health Soap.

com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. In 1919 when the brand was introduced during the flu pandemic, Knight’s growing soap company employed 1,200 people.Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. The mild formula cares for skin, avoiding irritation and dryness, so you can keep those hands clean without having to worry about sore, dry patches. A few years ago the Castile Soap imported from Spain and France was bought by the ounce for toilet purposes. John Knight was born on Christmas Day in 1792 [note 1] to a large Quaker family of farmers in Hertfordshire, England.