Mess 629 Posted October 23, 2022 Report Share Posted October 23, 2022 11 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: Correct, Mr M. Those bottles had cork stoppers. The juice was delicious. I don't remember it having corks Jill. I think it had a blue metal screw cap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 629 Posted October 23, 2022 Report Share Posted October 23, 2022 9 hours ago, poohbear said: The bottles I remember were the 1/3 pint same size as school milk...The amazing thing is if they were a farthing that's 4 for an old penny so an incredible 960 for a pound at 240 to the £.....Not bad eh? I also remember home delivery of in a van Gadds bread....The slogan on the van naturally was 'By Gadd that's good bread! I remember the 1/3 pint orange drink. I don't think it was a farthing though. More like 3d. It also came in pint bottles. IIRC it had a green foil top. In the mid 1950s a farthing would buy you one blackjack or one fruit salad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted October 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 I may be mistaken over the price of the drink and thinking back I don't actually recall buying anything for a farthing. I do however remember always having the coin in my pocket and didn't it have the Jenny Wren motif on one side? I remember at the time my pocket money being 3d Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,237 Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 I remember the farthing with the wren on the reverse but never recollect ever using it in legal tender. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha 176 Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 Margie, I never tasted this emulsion; I thought it was just a tonic, as a vitamin boost for schoolchildren. Jill also described it as a general tonic; it may have been a local education initiative for children at that time. It appeared to be discontinued after a few weeks. It had nothing to do with stomach upsets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,730 Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 I recall the government issue of orange juice for children, as fruite was still rationed and it gave us the vitamin C to prevent scurvy, I believe it was concentrated. I also remember malt and cod liver concoction, I loved that, Mum used to have to put it way out of my reach. Even today I love pure barley malt, when I used to home brew beer, my beard was always sticky from the liquid malt. LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
colly0410 1,185 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 I remember the welfare orange juice, it was delish. I also remember the cod liver oil, can't remember what it tasted like though. Used to have a malted milk drink at bedtime, think it was a cheaper version of horlicks, also ovaltine... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 There was a bedtime drink called Milo which Emily and George of Garden Street sometimes had. They preferred Horlicks, though. Milo was quite acceptable but I never could take to Horlicks. It had the most peculiar taste. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,528 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 I remember Milo. I know it was a night-time drink - which I had in my younger days, but no memory of what it tasted like. A sign of progress........I now know someone who has a dog named Milo. I doubt he was named after the drink. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Milo is also the name of a very pretty (for a male) Ragdoll cat belonging to some friends. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,279 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Remember selling Milo at Marsdens back in the 60s........a not very popular Beverage in a Green can.....think it originated in Australia.....believe its still sold........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,536 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Finally I remembered. The rose hip syrup I had was called Delrosa. Not sure of spelling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Delrosa was a favourite of grandma Kate Sparrow. I believe it contained garlic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Milo was always second fiddle to Ovaltine but the latter was long established. I didn't know Milo was Australian. I think it was the Aussies who invented Vegemite as a competitor to Marmite. Might be wrong there but...there was no comparison! I love Marmite! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,617 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Milo was one of the Tweenies/ a popular children’s TV show about 20 years ago . One of my grandchildren loved to watch it https://tweenies.fandom.com/wiki/Milo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dodie 51 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 We slept sweeter with Bournvita. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,528 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 All you ever needed to know about Milo, and I'm sure it wasn't green in my day. http://shorturl.at/dFK37 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 558 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 I was definitely an Ovaltiney Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,723 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 I can remember being given some brown gloopy malty tasting stuff on a spoon usually just before going to school in the morning. It was in a glass jar. No idea what it was but I hated the stuff and would try to sneak out to avoid having it. Makes shudder just to think of it. I loved Horlicks (think that is how you spell it), loved the tablets as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woody 557 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Two other treatments I remember were Haliborange and Adexoline. The first were quite pleasant tasting tablets but the other was in capsule form and you soon learnt to swallow them whole to avoid the taste of the contents. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,232 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 One medicine that particularly sticks out in my memory is Beechams powder that was wrapped up in a little square of paper. You had to unwrap it and pour said contents on to your tongue and hopefully have a glass of water at the ready. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David sheridan 159 Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Remember Derbac shampoo and that dreaded steel tooth comb , all the kids in the 60,s had nits , according to the nit nurse at school !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 My father always reached for the Beecham's Powders if he had a bad cold. Awful things! He used to mess about by pouring them into a spoon of his tea because tipping them straight into his mouth made him choke! On the subject of head lice, my mother was paranoid about either of her daughters picking them up. I've sat for hours, screaming by in agony, while she combed through my Shirley Temple tight curls with a derbac comb. Never found a thing! The nit nurse was a regular visitor to Berridge and always told me what beautiful hair I had. Many of the children around me at Berridge had head lice and, when I was teaching, I saw many children who also had them but they never bothered me. I've often wondered whether it's genetic. Ted Sparrow, my grandfather, was the only soldier in his trenches who was never bitten by lice or fleas during the 1914/18 war. His fellow combatants couldn't understand it because Ted's uniform and undergarments were as riddled with pests as those of everyone else, yet he was never bitten. Similarly, in the tropics in the early 1940s, my father was never troubled by bites from mozzies, bedbugs or anything else. Nothing bites me, either. I'd love to know why! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,237 Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 You probably emit a repulsive odour (but only to insects! ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,386 Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 My father used to say we were all too mean to part with the blood! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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