Elastoplast (grab the first aid tin!!!)

[Heather74]

Just seen this picture of a reel of 70's Elastoplast.


I'd forgotten it came on reels you cut to size yourself, my Nan was a chiropodist at one time and always had this in her first aid tin. This and great bid strips of plaster you cut to size.Very tricky if treating yourself.
She always had a bottle of TCP and a small circle tin of Germolene in there too. Ahhh I can smell it now

[Richard1978]

Re: Elastoplast (grab the first aid tin!!!)

I remember my parents having a reel, & the glue would take a couple of baths or some good swabbing with WD40 to remove.

My Mum used to occasionally make me & my brother gargle with diluted with TCP if we had a sore throat.

[sixtyten]

Re: Elastoplast (grab the first aid tin!!!)

We always had a tin of this in the cupboard.. looks more like the 60's version though

[Heather74]

Re: Elastoplast (grab the first aid tin!!!)

The second I saw the red reel tin memories of my Nan came to mind, so they must have still sold it like that when I was young. OR she'd had it in a very long time.

Yeah Richard I remember having the black sticky outline of a plaster on my leg even after a bath! they dont stick like that these days! I remember dreading my mum pulling off my old plasters as they were so stuck to the skin it hurt

[Trickyvee]

Re: Elastoplast (grab the first aid tin!!!)

We had one of these in the first aid cabinet for donkey's years. It's the sort of thing that never seemed to run out. I had a friend who was very accident prone and would usually have a couple of plasters on each knee. She kept them on forever and had the glue marks forever too.

[shilton dipper]

Re: Elastoplast (grab the first aid tin!!!)

when I was a small child I remember plasters came in flat tins