swe62 334 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 My aunt used to buy paregoric from the Co. op chemists at the bottom of Westdale Lane , You took it with warm water to relieve coughs and colds ,I found out years later the main ingredient was cocaine! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Kept you "Happy" then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Icarus 5 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 I remember Liquafruta very well. It was administered for just about everything. I think it was one of the last of the Victorian quack cure-alls. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 An interesting website of memories of childhood remedies. http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/blog/2013/08/what-medicines-do-you-remember/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 When I was a kid I remember my grandad used to scrub any cuts or bites with salt and water. Ouch! but it seemed to work .he also had a remedy for mouth ulcers,Epsom salts.,which I was treated with a few times,ooo the pain ,but it soon shrivelled them up. My granny used to rub butter on kids heads for bruises (she called them duck eggs) can't remember if that worked though . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dat47 92 Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 has anyone heard of bread poltice? mum used to get the bread hot & sloppy, then flop it in a bandage & wrap it round the injury.I don't know whether it was the shock of the red hot bread that worked or did it really make the injury better? Sore throat or cold,teaspoon butter ,drop of vinegar & bit of sugar,mixed together , put in an eggcup & told to eat! Horrible) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 #53 I remember Liquafruta being very odd stuff for a creaky chest. The odd thing about it was that it took your breath away. My mother used to visit a herbalist, on Alfreton Road I think, and came back with it along with Indian Brandy and something called Scavenger Ointment, which was good for any skin complaint you can mention. Andrews Liver Salts were good for keeping you on the move! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted July 3, 2015 Report Share Posted July 3, 2015 I remember a herbalist called henchers in Nottingham,I thought he was a very clever bloke,you could go in and tell him your ailment and he would mix something up for you .i used to buy a shampoo from him and I have never had one as good since.the shop was on Handel street. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 When we where kids my Mam used to knock a wicked concoction up mixing alcohol cannabis chloroform morphia & sulph that sorted you out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Anybody remember Famel (spelling) cough syrup? Maybe you can still get it. It wasn't too bad tasting and it really did seem to break up a cough. We are talking fifty years ago here. Never found anything better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 My Dad always used Famel Dave, he swore by it. It was really strong stuff! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
broxtowelad 175 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Funny how something unleashes the memories, the mention of Wintergreen. My dad used it all the time so as a kid I related that smell to him, he had back and neck problems most of his adult life so used copious amounts of the stuff, and mum was always rubbing it on for him. I despise smoking, but when I get a certain wiff of it now and again I think back to my dad and brother who were a heavy Park Drive smokers. Same with pipe tobacco, makes me think of my great uncle Harry. Pipe smoke always makes me think about my grandad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Algipan.... Anyone remember it. I seem to think it was for back ache or lumbago or something similar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Remember the name, probably dad used it at some time for his aches and pains. I've currently got tennis elbow, never played tennis so don't know how or why, but wife bought me some Deep Heat rub, sure it's wintergreen in a different pack ! everywhere I went I felt people were looking at me to see if it was me that stunk like a football team changing room. Can't say it worked but the thought was there. Anyone got any remedies ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 The best thing for tennis elbow is a couple of backhands. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 I remember the brown paper laid over my father's bare back and my mother running a warm iron over the paper. That was back in the early 50s, the iron was one of those you heated on the stove and my father swore by it for the relief to his back pain. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Syrup of Figs....what was that all about then?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mess 609 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Funny how something unleashes the memories, the mention of Wintergreen. My dad used it all the time so as a kid I related that smell to him, he had back and neck problems most of his adult life so used copious amounts of the stuff, and mum was always rubbing it on for him. I despise smoking, but when I get a certain wiff of it now and again I think back to my dad and brother who were a heavy Park Drive smokers. Same with pipe tobacco, makes me think of my great uncle Harry. I remember going to Meadow Lane with my dad in the 50's to watch a Notts County reserves game and getting a strong waft of wintergreen as the players came out the tunnel. When I worked at Boots in the late 60's there was a big bottle of it in the stores labelled with it's chemical name, methyl salicylate. It's in Listerine mouthwash, Root beer (which MacDonalds used to sell) and Germoline of course. For muscle aches and pains my dad used to swear by Goddards Embrocation which was a cream coloured oily concoction which smelled of turpentine. I don't think anyone's mentioned Zam-Buk. It was a green ointment similar to Germoline. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 847 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 I remember when I was little we always had Witch Hazel and Arnica in the medicine cupboard for bringing out bruises. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Yes flowers of arnica for bruises, used to use that and i did seem to be effective too ! you can still get it at herbalists. I remember when I was little we always had Witch Hazel and Arnica in the medicine cupboard for bringing out bruises. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 TCP as a gargle for sore throats Vicks Vapo Rub for a blocked nose. Still hate the smell Calamine Lotion for sunburn or any type of stings 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EileenH 496 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 #67 Yes Compo - I remember California Syrup of Figs. When he was about 4 or 5 my little brother got hold of a bottle and took several really big swigs. The results can be imagined! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Fennings, cured everything and was vile, revolting stuff - yuk !!!!!!! - MY MOTHER ONLY HAD TO GET THE BOTTLE OUT OF THE CUPBOARD AND I WAS INSTANTLY BETTER........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Yes, I remember California Syrop of Figs, Compo. Was made to have some every so often. It would give you the green apple quickstep! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted October 9, 2015 Report Share Posted October 9, 2015 Trevor S. #66 When in my 20s I lived near an elderly lady who was an ex nurse.One day I told her I had a really painful shoulder,'come in ' she said ,sit down while I put the iron on.I thought Ey up,what's she up to.She put some thick brown paper over my shoulder and ironed it,and bugger me it worked. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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