tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3668332112720623924..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): White lion. And a giraffe.Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-3745816075063790372016-01-30T15:22:35.794-06:002016-01-30T15:22:35.794-06:00I thought a white lion should be named Kimba?I thought a white lion should be named Kimba?Jeneratorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11726106696583524202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-83388341878186624232016-01-28T03:48:13.685-06:002016-01-28T03:48:13.685-06:00Omo was the name of a washing powder, produced by ...Omo was the name of a washing powder, produced by one of the UK soap conglomerates, in the 1950s & I think into the sixties and perhaps later as well. It was famed for its ability to wash clothes very white.<br /><br />https://www.unilever.com/brands/our-brands/omo.html<br /><br />It was Unilever, which originates from Lever Brothers and their factory village, Port Sunlight on the Wirral in north west England, formerly part of Cheshire.<br /><br />I have visited the Lady Lever Art Gallery which is still in situ.<br /><br />Gosh, according to the Lady Lever Art Gallery's website it is now one of the Group of UK national museums, in the Liverpool area, which were significantly increased as a group by the then Governement in the 1980s, in response to the collapsed heavy industries, previously centred on the Liverpool area - gateway from the Cotton States of North America.<br /><br />Matters came to a head, whilst I was still working in Liverpool, with riots in the summer of 1981 & on a lesser scale in the Everton district in the Summer of 1982. Subsequently there was much 'gentrification' and public investment in facilities that boosted tourism, including the Maritime Museum with its section on slavery. Slavery was one of the major commercial factors in the rapid growth of Liverpool and its shipping, with ships being built, over the water at Birkenhead, on the aforementioned Wirral Peninsula.<br /><br /><br />http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/<br /><br />Oh how a dyspraxic/DCD mind works tangentially as it rambles away?<br /><br />Andrew_S_Hattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115192522317353139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-50829998763253166662016-01-27T18:22:11.489-06:002016-01-27T18:22:11.489-06:00Nature is fascinating. Thanks for posting this.Nature is fascinating. Thanks for posting this.Barbwirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375742473254773675noreply@blogger.com