Memory Lane

[jackson 301]

I forgot to add that I use the veggie water to make the gravy too Mick; must confess I use the potato water too, perhaps I shouldn't?

[Bubblewrap 3,815]

Throwing away water veg has been cooked in!

I use mine to make the gravy.

Except potato water, that has starch in it

Use it to stiffen your shirt collar then

[Paulus 541]

Use it to stiffen your shirt collar then Wow!! .................does it work with anything other than collars?

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[Fynger 841]

veg...YAK !!!!

[Compo 10,328]

I forgot to add that I use the veggie water to make the gravy too Mick; must confess I use the potato water too, perhaps I shouldn't?

I forgot to add that I use the veggie water to make the gravy too Mick; must confess I use the potato water too, perhaps I shouldn't?

I use the veggy water, especially the 'tattie-watter' for both gravies and soups. I was making a rude jest about the gaseous qualities in the previous post.

[mudgie49 401]

As kids we use to drink the strained cabbage water with pepper in it.I think memory tells me,it was to 'keep you regular' or 'clean out the system'.

Like a shot of 'Reddex' I suppose.

[trevorthegasman 150]

I remember most of the remedies in this topic and had nearly all of them but I fondly remember most going down the terrace to the "off licence" for "indian brandy' in a small jug..

[Mango 6]

Cod liver oil, rose hip syrup and a dollop of malt a day. Yummy. There is nothing to compare today, to the welfare orange juice from the clinic. You had to dilute it, but it had a taste all of it's own. Does anyone remember the fact that we only got Lucozade if we were really poorly, it was an expensive luxury item and you had to be really ill to get it.

I was ill a couple of weeks ago and I mentioned to my son that I fancied Lucozade and the fact that we got it when we had measles as kids as it was seen as a luxury and I remembered it had orange cellophane around the glass bottle that me and my brother used to hold up to the light, we thought it was magical hahaha.

[Mango 6]

As kids we use to drink the strained cabbage water with pepper in it.I think memory tells me,it was to 'keep you regular' or 'clean out the system'.

Like a shot of 'Reddex' I suppose.

My mum still drinks it!

[mick2me 3,033]

Thanks for the memory of the orange cellophane.

Was it tied in a bunch at the top, if I remember right?

[jackson 301]

Yes Mick, regarding 'Lucozade', orange cellophane was tied in a bunch at the top of the bottle. At one time only Chemists and the Co-op sold it; and it was most expensive.

[mudgie49 401]

What was in 'Lucozade' to make it so expensive?I liked 'Tizer' much more.

[poohbear 1,360]

Glucose...a big con...it's cheaper than sugar.Folks have always gone daft for 'energy' drinks.

[katyjay 5,091]

Regarding holding the orange cellophane up to your eyes to look through. We did the same thing with chocolate wrappers, was it Quality Street that had the pink, purple etc cellophane around some of their chocs? Also used to wrap the silver paper around chocs, around one finger to form a goblet shape.

[jackson 301]

You don't see much of cellophane these days do you? In fact, if they stop using it, then the word is in danger of becoming obsolete.

Re: the colourful 'Quality Street' wrappers, I used to pleat these to make tiny fans for my dolls.

'Quality Street', my mum's favourite; she always sat down with a quarter on a Saturday evening.

[Paulus 541]

Regarding holding the orange cellophane up to your eyes to look through. We did the same thing with chocolate wrappers, was it Quality Street that had the pink, purple etc cellophane around some of their chocs? Also used to wrap the silver paper around chocs, around one finger to form a goblet shape.

Then put a lump of wet (snotty works) tissue in the goblet, chuck it hard up to the celing, would stick there for ages..........................if no snotty nosed kids available, ordinary spit would suffice!!

[StephenFord 866]

That's diz-gustin !

[Compo 10,328]

I was thrown out of a café for doing just that, using silver paper from a fag packet, (1967). I was upset because I had put "Waterloo Sunset" on the jukebox and was being thrown out before hearing it!

[mudgie49 401]

Which cafe was it Compo?

[Compo 10,328]

One in High Wycombe, forget the name.

[Paulus 541]

That's diz-gustin !

It's a boy/man thing................................

[radfordred 6,284]

[Bilboro-lad 294]

Waterloo Sunset? one of my all time top three favourites.

Does anyone remember those other sweets called Lucky Numbers?

[katyjay 5,091]

I do,weren't they caramels with a coloured number through the middle. Catchy advert if I remember rightly, on't telly.

[Cliff Ton 10,487]

This thread made quite a few mentions of the Empire Cafe, but so far there hadn't been any photos of it. Now I've found this - where it appears to be having a repaint

I'm quoting my own post here from 18 months ago, but here's a photo of the Empire Cafe quite a few years before the original picture.