Although not designed specifically for children, its quick drying, non-toxic formula made it safe for school use.
Perkins Paste was owned and started by Maurice Bertram Jeffery, a commercial artist who found himself unemployed during the Great Depression.
On 11 March 1993, Perkins Paste was mentioned in the NSW Legislative Assembly during debate on the 'State Environmental Planning Policy No.
I appear to be wearing a hula skirt and a discouragingly small bra made from two segments of a cut-up egg carton.
I have a vague memory of the terror I felt when my mother set off to make this costume at an on-board creative arts class.