Coming Clean – A Very Potted Soap History The earliest recorded evidence of the production of soap-like materials dates back to around 2800 BC in ancient Babylon. A formula for soap consisting of water, alkali, and cassia oil was written on a Babylonian clay tablet around 2200 BC. Roman EmpireThe Ebers papyrus in 1550 BC indicates the ancient Egyptians bathed […]

Grim Soapy Crimes In July 2017, dapper ex-dentist Victor Twartz, 92, devout Seventh Day Adventist, was dubbed the “world’s oldest drug mule” after he claimed he had no idea that soap he brought back from India hid $1 million in cocaine. In 1780, the former Holy Innocents’ Cemetery in Paris was closed because of overuse. In 1786, the bodies were […]

During the reign of Queen Elizabeth the first, the seas around the west Wales coast were infested with pirates. Amazingly, these ruffians were not just Welsh – there are records that pirates operating in the area came from places as diverse as Turkey, France and Ireland. There was much illegal trading around Solva on the Welsh Coast via Ireland and […]