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hi sheryl.

i must get some more andrews then, for my sluggish system as you put it. they dont come any sluggisher than mine...lol.
i dont drink enough to get hangovers..

hi d.
never cared for the taste myself... liked the indian brandee, it was so warm and soothing... still have it now n again for upset stomaches, and it works wonders to shift trapped wind... lol...

sheryl....xxxx

hi helen...
i'm sluggish all over hun... lol....
i can drink enough for an hangover but don't fancy the andrews to cure it.... yuk.... lol...

sheryl...xxxx

i probably wont like it now.
i was only about 8 when i used to sneak a glass full. my tastes have changed completely from when i was a child.

there is also the other angle. i was doing something thet i shouldnt. if i went out and bought a tin, it wouldnt have the same effect..lol.

helen.... sneakin' the odd glass wouldn't have done you any harm... in fact it would have done you good...
my mam used to try to get me to drink it if i felt yuk, it did the trick i suppose, i used to throw up... lol.... well it cleared me system...
she used to have to mix it with a bit of cordial so i could stomach it...
hey do you remember sulio.... that horrible yellow gunk for head lice.... it was like having custard rubbed on your head.... and you had to sleep in it..... yuk... lol..

s....x

when we were children, we used liquid paraffin.
you could always tell the children who had been treated as it looked as if you had got permanent wet hair..lol.

have heard of that, but thankfully never been party to it.... that sulio was bad enough...
as soon as me mam n gran heard that someone had nits me gran would get me with the nit combe, which was no easy thing as i got curly hair... ouch...
then nits or no, on would go the sulio....
i only ever had head lice once that i can recall.... but my scalp is buggered now with all that unessessary gunk.... lol...

s .... x

and the nit combs were metal!!!!
not plastic like they are now.

did you have a nit nurse at school?. she used to rip our heads off as she was searching
well it seemed like it.lol.

ah yes... nitty nora... lol... that's wot we used to call her.... she didn't so much look as rip your hair out so the nits wouldn't get hold.... lol....
you could always tell the next day who'd taken a letter home... they'd come into school with home made hair cuts.... lol...

s .... x

we used to dread walking up to the nurses room. the only time that room was used was when she popped in forn for her check ups.
and the wait... as you stood in line......
i can just see it now..

oohhh my goodness me,well,i ,i can remember steel cl combs,and sulio,it it was like custard sheryl...bloomin awful stuff.i ddidnt like andrews,but i used to love eno's fruit salts.....used to drink loads of it,till i found out i had an ulcer.......apparently not a good remedy!!!!!!indian brandy was 'orrirrible......i used to get it for stomach ache...and bicarb to settle the stomach..it ait always made me sick!!!oh,and derbac soap,does anyone remember that.and coal tar soap..iloved the smell of it.covonia cough medicine waswas orrible as well.but i use to love buttercup syrup..i still buy that now.i use ralgex as well doris...itsits brillilliant stuff..the hospospital recommended it for for my neck,so it must be okay!!!

hi sal...
of course, derbac soap.... the combs were called derbac too i think, and yes metal, not like the plastic ones of today... although them buggers hurt... lol....
coal tar soap, yes a strange but pleasent smell.... clears the sinuses... still around today....

helen.... you'd stand in line scratchin' your heads in antisipation, even tho' you were clean.... lol...
think our nitty nora used the staffroom....

s ... x

talking of soap.
we had to use carbolic soap at school. a horrible red colour.

sheryl my grandchildren ren only havhave to mention that theres nits at school,and i'm scratching!!!i think itsits just the thought of them...'scuse me whilhile i go and have a scratch!!!

scratch.... scratch... itch.... scratch.... itch....
quick, grab that carbolic soap off helen.... lol....

s .... x

do you remember when you used to have to wash your hands before dinner and the dinner ladies always used to know if you had washed your hands or not.

we always thought that they DID have eyes in the back of their heads..lol.

helen...
i do remember... lol... but was lucky enough to live just down the street from the school to be able to go home for dinner....
the secondary school was next to the primary, so i was given money to go to chippy or pie shop and go home with it.....
only suffered a few school dinners... lol....

i used to have school dinners in the infants/juniors and as i grew through the school, i was allowed to go on errands for the teachers, to the school kitchens. where the cook used to show us how things worked.
that was how i developed an interest and love of cooking and ended up in catering.

bloody hell helen.... you must have a strong stomach to love cookin' after seein' the school kitchens.... pmpl.....

s ... x

it wasnt as bad as some of the kitchens ive cooked in, in my time.

i can easily cook for loads of people and have more than enough food for the next day.
but i cant cook for 2.