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<blockquote data-quote="Stick" data-source="post: 464436" data-attributes="member: 3474"><p>Me! I polish my shoes, a lot!</p><p></p><p>My earliest memories of shoe polishing is with my father who, every morning, used to pull out the shoe shine kit so he, my brother and I could shine our work and school shoes. I can remember that dad's shoe shine kit was kept in a wooden box that contained egg powder from WWII; eggs of course were rationed so powdered eggs were the closest most folks got to the real thing. I've never forgotten that box.</p><p></p><p>In a former, fairly recent role, I used 'spit and polish' every day. Now that I've 'retired' and taken on another work role I bought a good pair of brogues and derbys. Perhaps due to my spit and polish days I take great pride in polishing these almost on a daily basis. As per Mo's comments I find the whole experience therapeutic and each time it reminds me of those early days with father. I've no idea where the egg box went, but I now use an old ammo tin to keep my shoe shine kit in. Works a treat!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stick, post: 464436, member: 3474"] Me! I polish my shoes, a lot! My earliest memories of shoe polishing is with my father who, every morning, used to pull out the shoe shine kit so he, my brother and I could shine our work and school shoes. I can remember that dad's shoe shine kit was kept in a wooden box that contained egg powder from WWII; eggs of course were rationed so powdered eggs were the closest most folks got to the real thing. I've never forgotten that box. In a former, fairly recent role, I used 'spit and polish' every day. Now that I've 'retired' and taken on another work role I bought a good pair of brogues and derbys. Perhaps due to my spit and polish days I take great pride in polishing these almost on a daily basis. As per Mo's comments I find the whole experience therapeutic and each time it reminds me of those early days with father. I've no idea where the egg box went, but I now use an old ammo tin to keep my shoe shine kit in. Works a treat! [/QUOTE]
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