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HELP
As a child we used to have all concoctions of medicine
one was a malt product like honey and i cannot for the life of me remember what it was called.
Did anyone ever like Scott's emulsion yuk
Sylvia
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Hi Sylvia
I can remember having Malt and Cod Liver Oil it came in a large brown Jar. We all used to run when we saw it coming out the cupboard ;D ;D
Nessy
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Yep,
We used to have Malt, which I loved, Cod Liver Oil in a separate bottle that I hated,so got the CLO first then the malt to take the taste away.
Concentrated Orange Juice, Dried eggs and dried bananas.
Syrup of Figs on a Sunday night whether you needed it or not.
Those were ration book days so there was no problem going to the coop, you just took whatever you got.
Didn't seem to do us much harm since many of us have lived to a ripe old age.
Not that we are really old, that is just a state of mind. ;D ;D ;D
wini
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Radio malt? I remember having that and that lovely orange juice from the clinic. No rationing in my day though ;D
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DearSylvia
You mean malt extract - I'm sure you can still get it.
Regards
Derby Girl
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I've always loved malt extract.
Holland & Barrett sell it, & it still comes in a brown glass jar :)
Betty
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I used to give my children codliver oil and malt. It was in a brown glass jar and the stuff was sweet and sticky. Think it was called Viral.
Pennine
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Think it was called Viral.
Almost ;)
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1199/1121305110_e9a0cdcb1c.jpg?v=0)
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Geoff E where on earth did you get that photo from, do they still make the stuff? ;D
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hello to all
Betty i googled Holland & Barrett malt extract and found a heap of people asking for malt extract.
sylvia
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Oh Wini you have just transported me back to the late 1940s/early 1950's ;D The only thing I don't remember was dried banana.
I also used get given what I think were calcium tablets. Seem to remember they came in a jar and were different flavours.
Adding to your list was Andrews Liver Salts which my late brother used to have a glass of every day whilst I had the Syrup of Figs on Sundays.
Funny how how all these things were given on a Sunday. It was also bath night that day as well.
Jean
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I remember being give malt in the early 70's most days of the week.
Don't remember why I was given it for
Newbe
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My Syrup of Figs night was always Friday, so I'd 'go' on Saturday.
Bath was Saturday, (after 'going') so I'd be clean for church Sunday !
Whatever were 'bile beans' my Granny used to take ?
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Yes Jean
Sunday night was bath night and I had to sit on the floor while my mother combed my hair with those horrible fine tooth combs to make sure I didn't have nits and I always went off to school with the admonition "Don't put anyone elses pixie on."
Andrews Liver salt was for adults I think, settled the stomach.
I remember the bile beans but I suppose they were similar to the Andrews Liver salts.
Showing my age.
wini
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Geoff E where on earth did you get that photo from, do they still make the stuff? ;D
I'm sure it's no longer made.
I imagine the enamel advert is to be seen on a platform at a preserved steam railway.
(http://www.thegarret.org.uk/images/jars/virolhandling.jpg)
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We used to put Andrews liver salts in our orange squash to make it fizzy. My mum used to go to the cupboard for the tin and swear there should be more in it than there was, we just sat there looking innocent.
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I remember well the dreaded Cod Liver Oil and also Scott's Emulsion, although what the Scott's Emulsion was for a don't know. The malt, I think, was called something like Irredex. There was also Gregory's Powder, Gregory's Liquorice Powder and if the Syrup of Figs didn't work there was that awful Castor Oil.
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Geoff E where on earth did you get that photo from, do they still make the stuff? ;D
I'm sure it's no longer made.
I imagine the enamel advert is to be seen on a platform at a preserved steam railway.
(http://www.thegarret.org.uk/images/jars/virolhandling.jpg)
My babies loved it on their dummies, got them to sleep at night but I did make sure to clean their two teeth very carefully next morning! Must have done a good job because they all have good teeth now 30 odd years later. I remember my dad having false teeth at thirty!!!!!!!!
Pennine
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I found a container of malt extract at woolworths kwinana west au in the treacle section.
i am going to get one to try.
sylvia
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As a sickly sort of child, with some unidentified problem with my digestive system, I was given all sorts of bizarre concotions to try to make me "function" normally.
How many of you were made to drink liquid paraffin on a daily basis? Not many, I would guess. Believe me, cod liver oil with malt was a positive treat by comparison. ;D
During one stay in Middlesbrough General Hospital, at the age of four, I was allowed to go round with the nurses, helping to dish out the daily dose of malt extract to other children.
There was another spectacularly disgusting substance which, in our house, was just known as "Pyok" because that was roughly the noise I made when forced to drink it. I think it was an iron tonic - sort of yellowy green and gloopy.
Amazingly, I have no problems whatsoever these days - could it just be that I eat copious quantities of fresh fruit and veg? What sort of a radical idea would that have been in 1954?
;D ;D ;D
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There was another spectacularly disgusting substance which, in our house, was just known as "Pyok" because that was roughly the noise I made when forced to drink it. I think it was an iron tonic - sort of yellowy green and gloopy.
I remember this one and it was utterly HORRIBLE...... Minadex, I think its name was. Loved the malt and cod liver oil though ;D Another favourite of mine were the small tins of Horlicks tablets, with each tablet individually wrapped.
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Hi all
Don't remember having to eat/drink any of that stuff but I do remember that Sunday was the only day we had a bath ...my sis and I shared one, the rest of the week we were washed in the kitchen sink .... eeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkk
How funny to remember that! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
deb born in the 60's
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I brought a jar of Virol home for the children - they hated it, but my OH's eyes lit up when he saw a childhood favourite and insisted I included it on the weekly grocery list.
My mother once brought home a codliver oil chocolate bar from the Co-Op thinking her weekly chore of getting 3 little mouths to open on cue would be made easier, Ugh.
Am I the only one to remember a spoonful of Bemax scattered on breakfast cereals and a hot 'beef' drink made of a small teaspoon of Burdalls gravy salts in a cup of boiling water?
Rena - born in the 30's 8)