CLEAN START

A clean start to the week . . .
In the year 1837, Robert Spear Hudson opened a shop in High Street, West Bromwich, UK, where he started making soap powder - Hudson's Dry Soap Powder.

Before that, people had had to make soap flakes themselves and so his powder became the first commercially successful soap powder. On top of that he was also helped by the removal of tax on soap.

His slogan - a little of Hudson's goes a long way - appeared on the coach that ran between Liverpool and York. Advertisements like the one in this image could be found in railway stations all over England.
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