I know, it was a treat!!! I always got Chicken Soup when I was ill too, even now it makes me feel better

I never had impetigo,you trump me,did you get the purple gentian stuff slapped on you? The poor kids were so identifiable when they did that,'cause it was  usually  slapped on their nappers etc.

Heinz tomato or vegetable soup for me.... and yes... I still crave it if I am poorly...

That disgusting liquid penacillin, white or raspberry coloured  tasted vile, and always made me sicker than what l was ill with in the first place.

Oh yes Katty, the first time I had it I was only a kid and it was all over my chin and above my top lip...á lá Hitler styléé

I also got it about 8 years ago, all over the side of my face, my ears, inside of my elbow and knee joints, the backs of my hands and between my fingers, it was horrible and so painful. I had big 'spots of it down the side of my face, I couldn't wear my hair down to cover the weeping scabs as it got stuck to them, I had to tie it back to keep it out of the way and display my oozy scabs to the world

It was most painful between my fingers though, I couldn't even hold a glass or open a door as when it started healing the scabs kept splitting!!! The Doc reckons I could've picked it up from anywhere, pub, peoples kids, from gardening even....it is so contagious....I have no scars though strangely...

Yogi I`ve just googled, It`s back!                                     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creamola_Foam                                               I remember reading a couple of years ago that the original recipe was lost but someone had an unopened tin from the 50`s at the back of their cupboard so they were doing tests on it...
Seemingly it`s on sale but I don`t know where

Oh my, I can almost taste the vileness of it right now...I'm sure they prescribed that so you'd get better quicker in order to avoid taking the stuff

Years ago when  I was in my twenties I took what I thought was a the usual sore throat,howver this turned out to be agonising,I couldn't eat and swallowing was so painful,turned out it was a fungal infection (Thrush) man the medicine was "Nystatin" it had tobe drip fed onto my throat  and tonsils using a dropper several times a day,it was foul made me gag.
Thank feck  I've never had it since...Eww I can still recall the taste now.

The nit nurse coming to school......

Reinvented as Kramola Fizz Scotty.

Swans Sweet Shop,  Main St, Renton or Keystores, Montrose St, Clydebank.

I remeber having meningitis and going to hospital

Some of you have reminded me of childhood times, like Lucozade always making me feel better, I still believe that lol. Being scared of authority like teachers and policemen, some kids today seem to have no fear of authority whether parents, teachers or the law.



What I mainly remember is never feeling afraid when I took off on my own across fields past cows, pigs, sheep, horses to woods where I'd pick bluebells or daffoldils for my Mum, or along deserted lanes to see where they led even when I was told gypsies were there and they stole children, lol, never came across them as a child, just fearful gossip. Sometimes I'd make up sandwiches and take a bottle of lemonade and go travelling just to see where I'd end up. I'd stop in fields that had buttercups and daisies and I'd make chains of them to put round my neck, I'd share my food with the horses and ponies, pick berries and eat leaves that I had no clue whether they were safe or not, climb trees, jump streams, and somehow arrive safely home in time before Dad said I'd been out too late and they were worried about me. Tbh I feel so sorry for the children of today's world

Bus conductors/conductresses

Yellow rose that was beautiful - i empathise with your view
Wot a wonderful childhood

Thank you Renton, it makes me feel nostalgic just to remember those times, I'm thankful for the memories

So true yellow rose,I was often left in "charge" of my younger sister and our neighbours son,I would be 12 ,my sis was six and  our neighbours son would be seven..off we go to the park which was about about a fifteen minute walk away with our "fishing nets" and jars to catch the minnows etc,we would take a "Picnic" of sandwiches,and watery orange juice.There were always the water drink small fountains etc if we ran out.We would be away for hours at at time,our mums didn't worry at all,we always came home safe.This would be over forty years ago,no druggies,few drunks etc.
I feel sorry now for children,with so little freedom to explore and roam etc.

I do realise that it was not all safe etc.Remember Myra Hindley etc were in the sixties.However you didn't have the mindless agression and that seems so prevelant now.

In those days, the vast majority of kids were allowed out.

Nowadays,  a much larger proportion of those kids allowed out are troubled or troublesome kids, so it appears worse.

I remember when Creme Eggs were bigger than a rabbit poo.

Oh aye,and Curly Wurlies were three feet long!

Thanks velvet
I`ll ask my local shop if they can order it, if not, it`s a trip to the west coast for a crate 

Scotty and Velvet, thanks for the info. I might suggest a wee trip to Clydebank, this weekend.

My sister and I used to stay at our Nan and Grandad's for a week in the school holidays - it was great! It was in the middle of the countryside and my Gandad worked on the farm. We had fried breakfasts every day and were allowed to stay up late So many happy memories, in the big heatwave of '76 my Nan would run our wrists under the cold tap to cool us down

I might see you there Yogi..we`ll be pushing each other out of the way

I won't fight you - unless there's only one tin left.

Oooh we can make this the new "Nostalgia" thread that hopefully won't be moved

Yayyy... that would be nice...

Awwww that sounds lovely LB

Bloody hell yellow rose..did you live in a mills and boons ?

ROFL, and I used to get 3 little sweets for a penny! The half pence was still in circulation then

Phone boxes had a 2p slot as well....

I used to be able to get 4 Black Jacks for 1 old p..... we still had farthings....

Amoxicillian I think it was - you weren't a proper child unless you had loads of this.

I remember the Rag and Bone man but with a horse   Only just mind   and Alpine fizzy pop

We had a rag and bone man, but ours had a van. He gave out balloons to the kids.

It was Baz - happy happy days We had rind on our bacon too - yum yum!

Fruit salads were my fav - 4 for 2p

Lordy, imagine what people would make of that now!  He'd have to be ISA checked and everything.

True - we had a bread van come round - the old boy on it used to give me and my sister chocolate

So did ours which my mum had to go chasing after one day....My brother and I cleared our wardrobes off most of our good clothes

Making perfume from rose petals and water. After a couple of days it went brown and smelt awful.
The Sally Annie band coming round and playing in the street and them offering the kids free music lessons to get the kids going to their hall.
The first thing I ever learnt to play on the guitar was 'Michael rowed the boat ashore' but after a few weeks of us just going for the lessons on a weeknight they decided that conversion was not forthcoming with our bunch of little heathens and stopped them