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Post by jimmy2020 on Jul 18, 2020 12:54:05 GMT
Iodine slapped on every graze and cut, and how it did sting. Germolene was kinder but with a sickly smell Anyone remember the Gibbs tooth cleaning block in the little round tin And this And these pinafores that all the women in our area seemed to live in
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Post by goodlookingone on Jul 18, 2020 20:05:07 GMT
Gibbs Dentifrice --- Yes I remember that - but the tin in your photo must be a later version than mine.. (tin still used pr pins and stuff)
Don't forget the Lucozade (Now sold as a Cola-type fizzy drink with no mention of its health recovery benefits), and Them little tablets of Glucose sold as though sweets.
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Post by jimmy2020 on Jul 18, 2020 20:32:41 GMT
I think they changed the name of Lucozade when it was revealed it consisted of 100% sugar
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Post by goodlookingone on Jul 18, 2020 22:09:04 GMT
Didn't know the name was changed. Whatis it now?
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Post by aubrey on Jul 19, 2020 7:41:17 GMT
I think they changed the name of Lucozade when it was revealed it consisted of 100% sugar
All soft drinks are, but the glucose used in Lucozade was a relatively unrefined and cheaper form of sugar; the company was hoping to hide this but the advertising standards authority said they had to make it plain on the label; so instead of doing it in small print they made it into a selling point, as if glucose was a healthier form of sugar.
I used to get given orange Lucozade to get my blood pressure up after dialysis sometimes. It was annoying; it sometimes took two bottles, or a litre, and I'd much rather have had it in tea.
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Post by jimmy2020 on Jul 19, 2020 8:32:09 GMT
I had one of these followed by one that had side flaps that tied under the chin
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Post by jimmy2020 on Jul 19, 2020 14:57:17 GMT
Girls had them and boys pulled them !
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Post by rondetto on Jul 20, 2020 17:47:14 GMT
Does anyone remember their mam going shopping with their hair in curlers with a headscarf on. You never see that these days.
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Post by aubrey on Jul 20, 2020 18:42:57 GMT
Does anyone remember their mam going shopping with their hair in curlers with a headscarf on. You never see that these days.
My mam never did, but I remember the look.
I had a memory for a long time of a football that contained ice cream; rather you bought a container of ice cream and when you finished it you'd put the lid on and you had a ball. It seemed so bizarre that I assumed I'd dreamt it. But I asked on the Fall site (messageboard devoted to the work of Mark E Smith and The Fall) and they/we came up with it.
Getting a decent ball to play with was a big thing in those days - at school we used to play with a lump of coal, but that was because balls were banned - and this seemed good. Actually, it probably wouldn't have been: the lid would have kept coming off,, and the material it was made of would have been hard as well. Also, it was quite expensive - too expensive for me anyway:
I like that 60s artwork though.
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Post by jimmy2020 on Jul 20, 2020 18:59:10 GMT
I remember those footballs made of sections of leather with a tube attached to blow it up. Once full the tube had to be quickly tied to stop the air coming out and then stuffed back into a slit which then had to tied up How easy it is for kids today
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Post by althea on Jul 21, 2020 18:17:53 GMT
I'm loving all of these memories. I remember many of them too. Does anyone remember Sunlight soap, a huge block of hard yellow soap that was used for cleaning everything including ourselves. The advert told us, "Sunlight soap is the best in the world." I never saw balls of ice cream though. That's a new one on me.
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Post by jimmy2020 on Jul 21, 2020 19:49:57 GMT
I'm loving all of these memories. I remember many of them too. Does anyone remember Sunlight soap, a huge block of hard yellow soap that was used for cleaning everything including ourselves. The advert told us, "Sunlight soap is the best in the world." I never saw balls of ice cream though. That's a new one on me. I remember a hard green block of soap, could have been Fairy That was used by mother to hard wash you in the tin bath that the family used, one after the other in the same water, and to do the laundry using a copper boiler with a kit fire underneath and a corrugated board that Skiffle groups later used. The great advance was when Tide detergent became available but of course mother insisted was not as good as her boiled wash
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Post by goodlookingone on Jul 21, 2020 19:53:39 GMT
I remember a lot of old signs Some were Steel (thick tinplate?) common on walls and fences - especially Railway stations where people had time to dwell:
Stephens Ink: I bet the Advert cost a lot more than the cost of making the mundane product. Swan Pens: Owbridges Cough Tablets: (and/or cough mixture) - I can cough quite well without needing pills or tablets
Bruno (Pipe Tobacco): Oxydol: Tide:
But lots of Paper Adverts stuck on Buses: Remember "Everybodies" stuck on either side of the front Destination Display (Especially on London Trolleybuses) - magazine I think.
Cygnet: (Pens or Nibs). Oakie's knife polish: Yup honest - but how much knife polish does one buy often enought to pay for the advert? Dunlop Tyres: I'm sure that most motorists have tyres - and what make of tyre did the bus have? There was another sign (either side of trolleybus route display) but one word (of two) in each display - but I can't remember what it was. And of course.. Bryant and May, Swan Vestas, Lux, Pears, soap...
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Post by jimmy2020 on Jul 23, 2020 9:03:28 GMT
Beef stew with dumplings coked for ages and soft to eat. Still do them today but the taste is not as I remember Sunday roast with the leftovers for Monday dinner, like Bubble & Squeak with a fried egg on top. Sunday roast was always after Sunday School and morning service - compulsory for choir boys All those set puddings, jam rolypoly, spotted dick, treacle pud, and jam sponge. Cold puds were trifle or junket
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Post by goodlookingone on Jul 23, 2020 11:38:16 GMT
I do remember visiting a "Rich Unc;e" (because He owned his own house) having Chicken in their Sunday Dinner when it was NOT Christmas, whilst We had Roast (or cold) meat. When did Chicken become the cheapest meat?
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