Just acquired – a rather splendid essay of rather astonishing verbosity relating a visit to the Day and Martin blacking factory in Holborn. Replete with excellent engravings the article gives an insight into the size of the boot blacking business and the...
A new section has been added tracing the passing of brand names from company to company showing the importance and value of a trusted and well known brand is worth a great deal to companies. [divider] See more here: Sara Lee and 100 years of brand name...
The latest in the series of simple and and easily reproducible DIY blanco substitutes has now been published. The 103 shoe cream method now joins KG3, 97 and RAF Blue-Grey leaving 61 Buff still to do! More information: No. 103 – the Shoe Cream...
A Blanco and Bull website visitor Raymond Dive has just raised some interesting information on an Australian made Blanco product used in WWI, WWII and after – a first hand account of manufacture and using indigenous clays. And so the appeal does out – does...
Thanks to the kind donation of a photograph of a webbing cleaner collection yet another brand of web cleaner gets added to the list. With a worldwide distribution in 1942 it is available as a liquid product, more usual of civilian white cleaners than military...
A 1912 New Zealand advert as been found that lists five colours of Blanco sold through general stores, shoe shops and ironmongers. As part of the exercise an 1890 advert for white Blanco has been found that clearly shows the campaign to oust pipeclay from the barracks...
