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Vick.....back to your childhood.

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MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 12 Feb 2018 22:38

I have a bit of a rough throat and been sneezing.

Decided to put some Vick on before bed.

Just the smell takes you back to your childhood.

Sharron

Sharron Report 12 Feb 2018 23:25

If only you had a Victory V to suck as well.

Allan

Allan Report 12 Feb 2018 23:33

Or a Fisherman's Friend

JemimaFawr

JemimaFawr Report 12 Feb 2018 23:35

Carbolic Soap :-0

Caroline

Caroline Report 12 Feb 2018 23:56

Hey, my kids still use Carbolic soap it's great for acne...

Gwyn in Kent

Gwyn in Kent Report 13 Feb 2018 08:53

Zubes........... are good for your tubes

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 13 Feb 2018 09:54

I always use Vick when I have a cold/cough, it does help. I was amazed to see the other day, the other things vick can be used for. Ear ache for example I think it is the camphor oil in it.

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Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Allan

Allan Report 13 Feb 2018 11:04

That's not the only thing it can be used for, if you are adventurous ;-)

Elizabeth2469049

Elizabeth2469049 Report 13 Feb 2018 13:09

Fisherman's Friend still about - find it useful for checking bouts of mucus!

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Dominy & Croom in Dorset, Rutherford & McElhatton in Northumberland. Dendy and Thorp

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 13 Feb 2018 16:24

Fisherman's Friend - YUK YUK!! I would gag the moment one entered my mouth :-P

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Gloucestershire, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, London, Lithuania, Russia

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 13 Feb 2018 16:27

There's Olbas Oil for sprinkling over the pillows.
Lovely smell and good for coughs and colds.

Caroline

Caroline Report 13 Feb 2018 16:31

I like Olbas oil really stinks but works, you can also put a few drops in the water when you want to steam your sinus!

Allan

Allan Report 13 Feb 2018 21:32

Back in the mid sentries to early eighties I worked on the Grimsby Docks, both Commercial and Fishing.

Part of the duties was to do fish inspection which involved being at the Fish Docks around 5.30 am so that you could start the inspection before the market opened.

Beautiful in Summer but bitterly cold in Winter.

I found that during the winter, having the occasional Fisherman's Friend helped ward off the cold.

MotownGal

MotownGal Report 14 Feb 2018 12:28

Hacks lozenges. They were sold loose, in a red tin with a white haired old bloke coughing into a hankie, depicted on the side of the tin.

Blimey, would elf and safety allow that today?

:-D :-D :-D

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David

David Report 14 Feb 2018 17:44


CORVONEA does loosen your mucus so you can howk it out.......

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Annx

Annx Report 14 Feb 2018 19:35

TUNES ....... 'help you breathe more easily'. ;-) ;-)

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Staffordshire, Warwickshire

BrendafromWales

BrendafromWales Report 14 Feb 2018 22:12

I bet not many will remember this way to help prevent bad colds and coughs...
In the winter When I was in junior school during the war,I had a block of camphor in a little bag round my neck on a cord and I can’t remember having many colds!

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 14 Feb 2018 22:50

You can always put some Vick in a bowl with a little hot water to dissolve it, to make a steamy mist to breathe in, put your head under a towel over the bowl.

Don't forget, Vick on the soles of your feet while in bed, covered by warm socks, helps ease coughing. Pineapple juice also helps ease coughs and colds.

Get well soon, Mr Magoo

Lizx

David

David Report 15 Feb 2018 03:03


My Father who worked outdoors for Wimpey was rarely bothered by colds.

If he did have one he took Aspro and Beecham's Powder.

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Solrosen

Solrosen Report 15 Feb 2018 08:15

Brenda...... I do!
Only mine was attached with a safety pin to either my vest or liberty bodice (the ones with rubber buttons down the front) :-D :-D

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