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Things I remember taking when I was I'll...
Benylin. The bog standard cure-all for colds and the like. I think you could probably only get one type then. I certainly had a dose for colds, coughs, whatever.
Disprin. Can you still get this? Low strength aspirin. I quite liked the taste dissolved in water.
Bonjela. Fabulous aniseed flavour gel for sore gums and ulcers. It never got anywhere the sore bits in my gob because I licked it off. LOVED it even as a young baby and aniseed remains one of my most favourite tastes as an adult!
Millpar. Another favourite. Indigestion relief in the shape of a creamy white liquid, a bit like gaviscon but without the mintyness. Not sure why I liked it but I was a fan of the smooth, chalky, creamy taste. It came in a blue bottle.
Vicks vaporub. No snot-fest was complete without several nights of VV slathered under my nose and on my chest. These days I use Tiger Balm, which smells the same and has the same effect.
Calpol. Only ever had this once. Refused thereafter because it tasted of sick and not orange as the label claimed.
And from the doctor...
Orange vitamin pills. I think these were from the doctor, although why I had these on prescription I don't know. Small, hard, orange coloured tablets like smarties. I think I only ever had them once. Perhaps I was lied to and they were something else! But they did taste of orange and were quite nice. Don't think things like Bassets soft and chewy were available then (if only)!
Antibiotics. In the familiar brown bottle. Always strawberry in my case but I know in some quarters people had banana flavour. Tasty!
Generic dark red coloured 'medicine', dished out when bugs were bad enough for me to go to the doctors. Probably didn't actually do anything.
Things I remember taking when I was I'll...
Benylin. The bog standard cure-all for colds and the like. I think you could probably only get one type then. I certainly had a dose for colds, coughs, whatever.
Disprin. Can you still get this? Low strength aspirin. I quite liked the taste dissolved in water.
Bonjela. Fabulous aniseed flavour gel for sore gums and ulcers. It never got anywhere the sore bits in my gob because I licked it off. LOVED it even as a young baby and aniseed remains one of my most favourite tastes as an adult!
Millpar. Another favourite. Indigestion relief in the shape of a creamy white liquid, a bit like gaviscon but without the mintyness. Not sure why I liked it but I was a fan of the smooth, chalky, creamy taste. It came in a blue bottle.
Vicks vaporub. No snot-fest was complete without several nights of VV slathered under my nose and on my chest. These days I use Tiger Balm, which smells the same and has the same effect.
Calpol. Only ever had this once. Refused thereafter because it tasted of sick and not orange as the label claimed.
And from the doctor...
Orange vitamin pills. I think these were from the doctor, although why I had these on prescription I don't know. Small, hard, orange coloured tablets like smarties. I think I only ever had them once. Perhaps I was lied to and they were something else! But they did taste of orange and were quite nice. Don't think things like Bassets soft and chewy were available then (if only)!
Antibiotics. In the familiar brown bottle. Always strawberry in my case but I know in some quarters people had banana flavour. Tasty!
Generic dark red coloured 'medicine', dished out when bugs were bad enough for me to go to the doctors. Probably didn't actually do anything.
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