Best Snet thread in 10 years. :D


David, you need a knighthood.

Mum loved those. Plus she mashed banana with the back of a fork onto the bread...and THEN tipped granulated sugar on top.


Dad's fave.

Now hears one for you :lol1: it really boils down to being skint and not being able to afford things, but thinking back I wouldn't change a thing :) happy days :thumb:

EU regs would have a field day with this......

Instead of cough mixture, vics vapour rub on a teaspoon with sugar :eek:

Things we're tough in our house, I say house but that would be a luxury, it was more like a cardboard box on the edge of the road :D

Luxury :)

Obviously referencing the Four Yorkshiremen sketch, there.

Steve, the Vics thing is nothing but pure madness lol.

Does anyone from around 45+ remember that stuff for kids called Virol?

Was in a dark brown glass 'urn'-shaped thing and the stuff itself looked like, and had the texture of, axle grease.

You'd lick some off a spoon - loved it.

Had a unique, distinctive flavour... I can still remember what it was like, some 40+ years on.

Wasn't it a malt extract with cod liver oil?

Do you remember halib-orange (sp?)

Andrew's Liver Salts :) used to mix with orange cordial and pretend it was pop :lol1:

BTW I tried bread sauce, never really liked it :)

Yes, I believe it was malt extract.

And yeah, we kept the Andrew's in the same cupboard as the Virol lol

:D lol! Never tried that one

And yes agreed, malt extract ! Same texture as bread sauce.lol

Used to have individual Yorkshire puddings (proper home made ones - the frozen $hite didn't exist then) stuffed with jam, for our Sunday dinner pudding (at dinner time ) back in the '70's.