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Blackcurrant tea— hot water with a couple of spoons of home made blackcurrant jam dissolved in it —- magic cure .
An Aspirin dissolved in warm water used as a gargle really gets to the pain in throat infections ,no need to swallow it .

A boiled onion ,still hot in a clean cloth on an abscess seems to
“ draw “ out the awful gunge and hence hastens the healing.

Old fashioned remedies ,cost nothing and did the trick very often.
Pre NHS we had nothing else.

Salty water is a good cleanser for wounds .
Clove oil for toothache.

Viktoria.

Yes Anzac Day.
Gosh, I can remember when it was only 30 years previously that what the day commemorated had taken place.
We still had The Empire then.
We celebrated it at school , later in the Sixth Form doing Greek( very badly,)
the teacher pointed out the connection to The Trojan Wars.
Gallipoli ,the beaches and cliffs which trapped the Empire’ sAnzac troops between the Turks and the sea,with the supposed site of Troy above.
Achilles and Patrocles fighting over a slave girl and Patrocles donning Achilles posh armour and getting killed .


The Anzaks’  bravery in France and Belgium, my Dad’s ashes are scattered at Hill 60, which was left as it was,all churned up from the tunnels set with explosives under our and the German trenches ,The Australian and New Zealand  troops have lovely memorials as do The Canadians who all fought in that area — amongst any others.
So far from home and very few families could make the journey to visit graves, but there are no individual ones.
 Still full of unexplored and unstable explosives it was impossible to move the huge mound of earth.
Hill 60 is the memorial site with a stone monument at the roadside .
Dad is under a Hawthorn tree tree - self seeded
Grazed by sheep and full of wild flowers,a natural wildflower meadow.
He thought it really peaceful and expressed the wish re his ashes.
We still lived in Belgium when he died 1974.

Well a bitter wind but bright and sunny.Washing dry and ironed in no time.
Tuna Pasta bake for tea .

Friend phoned to say her pretty little cat cat died in the night ,all alone ,but perhaps and hopefully in her sleep.
Don’t they break your heart!

Well a tin to open - pasta to cook ,breadcrumbs to crumb and mushroom sauce to slave over, ——- well Campbell’s’ condensed mushroom soup to open .
I still have to slave over the crumbs!

Cheerio.
Viktoria.

Yes,a difficult few days but worth it ,keep up with thr drops.

Look forward to you being  back .
Viktoria.

Diane, I am sure you are correct, but there was some link with Canada, obviously given your information very tenuous .
It was very early 1960’s and very sad that it possibly meant some children were misdiagnosed , we never heard of Autism prior to that and my course certainly didn’t include it in behavioural problems.
The children who showed some symptoms were were thought to be either very naughty —— for whatever reason ,there is always a reason for a child’s behaviour — or subnormal - what a fearful phrase is that- when in fact many autistic people are high achievers .
It seemed to affect boys much more frequently than girls too.
There was very little help for parents who had no idea what the problem was nor the cause.
It certainly seemed a new condition.
I remember the article I read-  some years later - in I feel sure “ The Readers’ Digest”.
The originator of the theory was named and shamed ,also on T.V.
It was Dr,Andrew Wakefield and his article was published in The Lancet ,which publication later retracted their article .
I can’t remember the link to Canada but feel sure there was one .

Viktoria.

Yes Roobarb one victim a young baby, the very brave W.P. C had to shoot the gunman. He will be traced though I am sure ,it needs to be known if he acted alone or was part of an “ organisation” .
I phoned my sister who has a daughter and her family in Sydney .
She seemed not worried .

It is indeed shocking news.

A bright afternoon after some rain.

I am watching one Amaryllis leaf ,growing almost as I watch it!
A leftover from Christmas.

Omelettes for tea with a hefty  salad, and a cheese boule loaf .

Hope no one has anyone affected by the tragedy in Sydney.

Viktoria.