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[johnny crossan]

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Can't remember the name of the drawing ointment.

My mum would rub her gold wedding ring on anything I had which turned septic.

 

[Lavinda Past]

This stuff was applied liberally to any child having a cold sore, neon bloody purple it was hard to miss.

There was an outbreak of impetigo round our way in the late 60s, thanks largely to one young lady who was (to put it nicely) a bit 'free with her kisses'.

Purple spots were pretty much de rigueur for a week or two.

 

[Lavinda Past]

In 1953 all us school kids got a Mug to commemorate the coronation. I broke mine by attaching a rubber band to the handle and using it as a yo-yo.

Queen Elizabeth Ii would be spinning in her grave now if she'd heard that...

 

[mexico1970]

There was an outbreak of impetigo round our way in the late 60s, thanks largely to one young lady who was (to put it nicely) a bit 'free with her kisses'.

Purple spots were pretty much de rigueur for a week or two.

What you didn't wat to see was any purple staining around anyones trouser area because that could mean that you kissed a place where...

We'll leave it there :)

 

[remember arthur mann]

In 1953 all us school kids got a Mug to commemorate the coronation. I broke mine by attaching a rubber band to the handle and using it as a yo-yo.

I started in 1954, that's probably why I didn't get one.

 

[hallsteve62]

nit nurse I believe.

Nitty Nora the bug explorer?

 

[Bluechipblue]

Blimey, our Mum did that every Sunday after our once a week bath and for us girls with longesh hair it bloody hurt.

Sorry Norm, I feel your pain. I did mean to put 'especially the night before the nit nurse came'. (spelt it right this time).

 

[KS55]

I started in 1954, that's probably why I didn't get one.

I started in Jan 53 I was 4.5, 5 in May.

 

[Bluechipblue]

It's not a photo of the rope swing. It's a photo of coppers, actually on the beat.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

This stuff was applied liberally to any child having a cold sore, neon bloody purple it was hard to miss.

Last time I was over I bought a tin of Germolene from Boot's and I swear it wasn't as pink and didn't smell the same as it used to.

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

We've only got your word for that! The seeds of doubt have been planted ;-)

Ah! quite right, I might have misremembered which monarch it was.

 

[mexico1970]

Last time I was over I bought a tin of Germolene from Boot's and I swear it wasn't as pink and didn't smell the same as it used to.

Chickenpox season was always punctuated with the whiff of witch hazel too :)

 

[johnny crossan]

Chickenpox season was always punctuated with the whiff of witch hazel too :)

Gonna need an ocean of Calamine Lotion - chickenpox and poisony ivy!

 

[Jimmieblue]

This stuff was applied liberally to any child having a cold sore, neon bloody purple it was hard to miss.

The odd kid used to come to school with patches of this on. I think it was for impetigo.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Witch Hazel generally bruises and cure all.

 

[Vienna_70]

Camp coffee with chicory essence served with sterilised milk.

Mrs Vienna drank Camp right up until the end.

 

[yerwot?]

My mum would rub her gold wedding ring on anything I had which turned septic.

Noble metals like gold and silver kill bacteria on contact...

 

[yerwot?]

Was it Lyons Ointment ? It came in a wooden tub. That's what my mum used anyway.

Basilicon was popular, used with a plaster that had a hole in the centre, used on splinters and boils

 

[KS55]

Mrs Vienna drank Camp right up until the end.

How are you getting on?

 

[Vienna_70]

How are you getting on?

I’m not doing too badly, thanks.

It’s slowly getting better, but I will still hear or read something that will set me off into a flood of tears.