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24th July 2012, 10:29 AM
#21
After reading some of these "medications" today all those mothers would be locked up and the children adopted for Child Cruelty.
How times change.
Brian.
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24th July 2012, 06:42 PM
#22
I just thought of another. If in the winter months road repair was underway, every child with a cold was made to stand around the mobile tar boiler and breath in the fumes. I am not sure if it was the tar fumes or the massive influx of casinogens into our baby pink lungs that made breathing a little easier.
Cheers, Rodney
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24th July 2012, 07:29 PM
#23
In the 50`s i was given great big jars of cod liver oil and malt, because i was so underweight at school, used to love the stuff, great big spoonfuls at a time. Now at 72 i am a great big fat sod, so it must have worked KT
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24th July 2012, 07:58 PM
#24
my nan always said eat your crusts you will have curly hair yeah only around my ar.e there is none on my head
jp
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24th July 2012, 10:53 PM
#25
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25th July 2012, 06:29 AM
#26

Originally Posted by
alf corbyn
a tablespoonful of cod liver oil and malt every morning. can't remember having a cold very often and if you did it was a boiling hot baisin of water with a towel over your head and breathe in the fumes. i think it was euclyptus oil/ it certainly got rid of the sniffles. i also remember going to school licking a lump of salt. don't know what for.
Lump of salt mate, times were hard that was your breakfast!


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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25th July 2012, 07:44 PM
#27
Remember that well Rod,
We were made to follow the steam roller by my Grand Mother the best cure for Whooping cough it did work Regards Terry
{terry scouse}
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25th July 2012, 07:50 PM
#28
My dear old mother,
Eat your carrots,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, You never see a rabbit wearing glasses ?
Terry.
{terry scouse}
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26th July 2012, 06:26 AM
#29
Of course you had to follow it, only ones in front were those who wanted their pants pressed!


Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller

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