Newcastle Show Society". The Daily Telegraph. No.6194. New South Wales, Australia. 20 April 1899. p.6. Current News". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No.13,447. New South Wales, Australia. 8 December 1917. p.6. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, some Knight families left London and setup new businesses in other countries – Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya, Mexico and USA. I do have to roll my eyes when Tim Knight writes that Bill Rubinstein of the University of Wales in Aberystwyth is "a noted historian" when Rubinstein could so naively write that:

Use the liquid castile cleaning soap as a bathroom cleaner, including showers and toilets. (Yes, I use the same soap we clean the kids with) When you make a bar of soap, you have to decide what combination of oils you want to use from the very beginning and your entire batch will have that very same combination.Stir the KOH into the water until it dissolves. It will be cloudy at first, but then it will clear up. Suburban and Country Municipal Elections". The Sydney Morning Herald. No.14,314. New South Wales, Australia. 12 February 1884. p.9.

William Duncan Knight, Alfred Howard Knight and other grandchildren also worked in the family business. Traditionally, it is/was used for soap, cooking and as an industrial lubricant. It can also be refined into a biofuel. Women replaced men in the soap factory during the first world war. The following entry mentions the splendid efforts of women and girls in the factory. The late professor John Turner wrote: "the modern technology and large scale of the Sydney Soap and Candle Company made it the outstanding industrial establishment of its kind. Upfold had wide experience of colonial conditions and constructed his Port Waratah works on recent British and American lines, in a location which gave unequalled access to tallow and coal."Castile soap is an olive oil based hard soap made in a style similar to that originating in the Castile region of Spain. [1] Liquid Castile Soap History [ edit ] Dietz, Brian (ed.). "The Port and Trade of Early Elizabethan London: documents". London Record Society . Retrieved 25 May 2015. The resulting soap paste dissolves very easily in water. I don’t need to heat the water nor do I need to leave it for days at a time. I can cover my soap paste with distilled water and usually, in a couple of hours, I have a beautiful, clear liquid soap effortlessly. A churchwardenis a lay official in a parish or congregation of the Anglican Communion, usually working as a part-time volunteer. Add the glycerin to the water and then carefully add the KOH to the water and glycerin mixture. (Not the other way around!) Make the lye solution in a well-ventilated area.

Learn about the history of the company and how they supported the protection of european countries during the war. Women went to work in the soap factory to earn income and support their families while the men were at war. This had a positive impact on the health and welfare of the community. Everyone did their part to support the war effort.The date of closure is unclear. It was still operating in January 1939. Newcastle Morning Herald, 20 Jan 1939, p. 10. Here in the U.S. I will still be a booster for "Cashmere Bouquet" found at "Big Lots" for .99 cents for 2 cakes at 113g each. Xuan TD, Gangquiang G, Minh TN, Quy TN, Khanh TD. An overview of chemical profiles, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of commercial vegetable edible oils marketed in Japan. Foods. 2018 Feb;7(2):21. doi:10.3390/foods7020021

Manufacturing in Newcastle 1801–1900 by John W. Turner, Newcastle, 1980, pp.50–51,55–57, 66–68, 95–96. ISBN 0-9599385-7-5

Departure of Mr. Charles Upfold". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No.6389. New South Wales, Australia. 6 April 1895. p.5. Aleppo Soap, The True Natural Soap". Natural Cosmetic News. Archived from the original on 2012-09-02 . Retrieved 9 July 2012. Co-Partnery and Tariff Reform– A Striking Lesson Drawn from the Royal Primrose Soap Works of Messrs. John Knight, Ltd., of London.