Things that time forgot.

[Tevot]

Look and Learn

[Roslynmuse]

I-Spy books (Big Chief I-Spy!)

[Serial_Apologist]

We had halibut oil - a few drops on a cube of sugar. No idea why.

Omega 3?

https://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-3_fatty_acid

As a child I had cod liver oil administered by teaspoon - a matter of either holding the breath while taking it, to stop the disgusing flavour, or retching. Later, halibut oil capsules became available and most of us had those, from what I remember. What was preferable about them was that the capsule did not break, releasing the flavour, until reaching the stomach, so the taste was at most very brief.

[vinteuil]

We had halibut oil - a few drops on a cube of sugar. No idea why.

... ah yes : it gave me a life-long relish for halibut - and a life-long dislike of sugar

[Anna]

Izal medicated toilet roll.

Vim

[french frank]

I-Spy books (Big Chief I-Spy!)

Oh, yes! I well remember the joy of shyly approaching a woman in the street to ask her what her unusual make of dog was. And she beamed and said it was 'a Bedlington'. 50 more points in my I-Spy Dogs book! :-)

[Serial_Apologist]

Oh, yes! I well remember the joy of shyly approaching a woman in the street to ask her what her unusual make of dog was. And she beamed and said it was 'a Bedlington'. 50 more points in my I-Spy Dogs book! :-)

Me (aged 4): Look Mummy, that woman's got a sausage dog!

Mum: SHHHHHH!!! - you're letting the side down. And in any case, it's a Dachshund!

[french frank]

Me (aged 4): Look Mummy, that woman's got a sausage dog!

And we used to call 'sausages' the thin, sand-filled draught excluders in my grandmother's house which were placed against the doors during cold weather. I just use various bits of clothing now

[Serial_Apologist]

And we used to call 'sausages' the thin, sand-filled draught excluders in my grandmother's house which were placed against the doors during cold weather. I just use various bits of clothing now

While you're wearing them??

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Real billions - 1,000,000,000,000.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Oh, yes! I well remember the joy of shyly approaching a woman in the street to ask her what her unusual make of dog was. And she beamed and said it was 'a Bedlington'. 50 more points in my I-Spy Dogs book! :-)

Michelin publish them now.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Linguaphone Norwegian, Welsh, Urdu, Swahili, Serbo-Croat. . . etc.

[johncorrigan]

A wage packet, on a Friday, in those crinkly semi- transparent envelopes.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

... ah yes : it gave me a life-long relish for halibut - and a life-long dislike of sugar

It was working in Swizzles & Matlows sweet factory as a student that made me dislike sugar. (I packed 8 million tubes of Love Hearts.)

[Serial_Apologist]

"Please keep off the greensward" signs in parks.