I'd forgotten all about that. And there was some other stuff that got thrust at me on a spoon, back then, which was much nicer than the aforementioned cod liver oil - forgotten what it was called but it was brown and sweet and malty - any ideas?rosehip syrup
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That sounds like a malt or yeast based preparation and was probably intended as a B vitamin supplement. Any more clues? Can you remember if it was commercial?simonineaston wrote: ↑15 May 2022, 10:36amI'd forgotten all about that. And there was some other stuff that got thrust at me on a spoon, back then, which was much nicer than the aforementioned cod liver oil - forgotten what it was called but it was brown and sweet and malty - any ideas?rosehip syrup
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Malt.
We had a spoonful every day ........ it was awful!
We had a spoonful every day ........ it was awful!
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Crikey Jonathan I have trouble recalling what I had to eat last week, never mind back in the early '60s. I do however recall, this stuff was sticky enough to stay on the spoon, so that one had in effect a lollipop for a few minutes. The stuff was almost like a v. soft toffee and, I think, quite sweet. All-in-all quite a pleasant experience. I think it may have been adminstered each day around the same time as the Haliborange tablet, too I think my dear old mum took our suppliments quite seriously
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In case anyone doesn't know the history of this it's a fascinating interaction of medical knowledge and wartime interruptions to supply chains.
Rosehips are a good source of vitamin C and grow in the UK. In WWII they were collected by communal foraging and syrup was prepared to provide vitamin C. (My grandfather lost teeth through scurvy while living in England.)
Cod liver is a good source of several fat soluble vitamins and could be collected by fishing from the UK.
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Rosehips are a good source of vitamin C and grow in the UK. In WWII they were collected by communal foraging and syrup was prepared to provide vitamin C. (My grandfather lost teeth through scurvy while living in England.)
Cod liver is a good source of several fat soluble vitamins and could be collected by fishing from the UK.
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As did the government and the public health system. And it often takes wars to improve these things. In the twentieth century two striking examples were the national programmes which provided these vitamin supplements and the appalling state of health of many military recruits. The latter couldn't be ignored when they were all gathered together in large numbers.simonineaston wrote: ↑15 May 2022, 10:46amI think my dear old mum took our suppliments quite seriously
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I remember it as malt extract, it came in large wide mouthed jars, we had it as kids.simonineaston wrote: ↑15 May 2022, 10:46am The stuff was almost like a v. soft toffee and, I think, quite sweet.
There's a bit about it here :-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt#Malt_extract
You can still buy it at health food shops.
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Yes. (But I'd include some inverted commas!)colin54 wrote: ↑15 May 2022, 11:11amI remember it as malt extract, it came in large wide mouthed jars, we had it as kids.simonineaston wrote: ↑15 May 2022, 10:46am The stuff was almost like a v. soft toffee and, I think, quite sweet.
There's a bit about it here :-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt#Malt_extract
You can still buy it at health food shops.
I don't know if there was ever a national preparation similar to the others mentioned.
And I hadn't previously heard of it being mixed with cod liver oil. Thanks.
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Virol comes to mindcolin54 wrote: ↑15 May 2022, 11:11amI remember it as malt extract, it came in large wide mouthed jars, we had it as kids.simonineaston wrote: ↑15 May 2022, 10:46am The stuff was almost like a v. soft toffee and, I think, quite sweet.
There's a bit about it here :-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt#Malt_extract
You can still buy it at health food shops.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virol
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Weird to have this under "Made you laugh." I remember a time not so very long ago when when the old working people born 1900ish were 5'2" max and often had bow-legs from rickets.
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............that's the one TC - I remember.thirdcrank wrote: ↑15 May 2022, 11:30amVirol comes to mindcolin54 wrote: ↑15 May 2022, 11:11amI remember it as malt extract, it came in large wide mouthed jars, we had it as kids.simonineaston wrote: ↑15 May 2022, 10:46am The stuff was almost like a v. soft toffee and, I think, quite sweet.
There's a bit about it here :-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt#Malt_extract
You can still buy it at health food shops.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virol
I also remember the cod liver oil - the Virol came after it, to take away the taste of the cod liver oil.
Cod liver oil - yes, I remember it, but I also remember the term "fish oil", and halibut liver oil.
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The apology:Mick F wrote: ↑13 May 2022, 8:34am Reading this earlier this morning.
Utterly utterly stupid and yet amusing in the extreme!
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-ne ... ge-7074985
The Star Inn at Vogue.
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"The word ‘vogue’ is actually a Cornish word and it means smelting house or blowing house, where the tin was smelted"
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/cond ... 01211.html
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It's the fog component in other place names.
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