Having seen the guardsman the other day, I thought I'd dig these out of the David Pomeroy folder, not sure if he was involved in the sculpting of them or just had them for reference, but we have two more soaps to look at, and no convoluted plots, which require watching the extended episode on Friday!
The better of the two soaps, in the poorer box is
Mrs Cobbit from
Camberwick Green manufactured by
Wright, Layman & Umney Ltd., of London (apparently still making
Wright’s Traditional Soap for
Smith & Nephew), and I have a vague recollection we might have had a pair from this set one Christmas, probably in our Stockings?
While the better box came with a slightly battered
Paddington Bear, who wasn't the best of likenesses before his hat got so simplified, and dented! Made by
Richard's & Appleby of Jermyn Street, they seem to be still trading, and still making novelty cosmetics.
