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Forum: General Chat 22-07-2023, 21:16
Replies: 2
Views: 3
Posted By Steerforth
George Harrison and Accrington

Good afternoon, I chose this thread because it appears to get the most traffic!

I am looking for a Reader's Digest article. It was probably written in the 1980s or 1990s, and it was by George...
Forum: General Chat 26-08-2021, 17:13
Replies: 5
Views: 6
Posted By Steerforth
The Beatles

Did they ever perform in Accrington?

I remember an article from Reader's Digest, maybe it was an article about George, and there were quotes - one in particular, not quoted exactly : "We had...
Forum: Questions and Answers 04-10-2020, 18:12
Replies: 33
Views: 34
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Robinson's Fever Cure

Also, Owbridges Cough Mixture, but the name is unfamiliar to me.

Owbridge's Lung Tonic, 1939 - The Skittish Library (http://skittishlibrary.co.uk/owbridges-lung-tonic-1939/)
Forum: Questions and Answers 04-10-2020, 16:34
Replies: 33
Views: 34
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Robinson's Fever Cure

Still wondering about this, and I stumbled across the name "Roberts Lobeline" (tastes good!"). But the name doesn't Google. Have you heard of it?
...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 04-02-2020, 14:25
Replies: 4
Views: 5
Posted By Steerforth
Eddie Paynter

Perhaps the most famous of his Test appearances came against Australia, on the "Bodyline tour" of 1932/33. At Brisbane, Paynter was taken to hospital suffering from tonsillitis, yet with England in...
Forum: Introduce Yourself 28-11-2019, 01:20
Replies: 19
Views: 1,243
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Knight's Tripe Shop, Clayton?

Thanks for your reply, Margaret. We talked in here about the location of the tripe shop years ago. I went by the nick of "Mack" then, and the thread is in "Lost Friends and Family" - "Information...
Forum: Introduce Yourself 27-11-2019, 18:38
Replies: 19
Views: 1,243
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Knight's Tripe Shop, Clayton?

I never know where to put these things, there are so many categories, but I have mentioned my great grandma's tripe shop in Clayton several times. It was located at 158 Whalley Road, and the Star...
Forum: Questions and Answers 01-02-2019, 02:13
Replies: 33
Views: 34
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Robinson's Fever Cure

Spirit of Ipecac makes you throw up (calls for 'Ralph').

Well, we never did find anything definitive about Robinson's, but thanks to you all for your ideas and comments.
Forum: Anything Goes 28-01-2019, 00:34
Replies: 2
Views: 3
Posted By Steerforth
Brown Windsor Soup

"Brown Windsor Soup"

Just realized that you might like to read the research we did, circa 2014, about Brown Windsor Soup. "It is the soup that built the Empire" - except that there is no real...
Forum: Questions and Answers 27-01-2019, 23:34
Replies: 33
Views: 34
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Robinson's Fever Cure

The Robinson's, or whatever, was given to us circa 1950. I remember it because I loved the flavor, so I kind of doubt it was the nasty "fever cure". We emigrated to the U.S. in the mid-1950s, and I...
Forum: Questions and Answers 27-01-2019, 17:37
Replies: 33
Views: 34
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Robinson's Fever Cure

I don't know about the UK's choices, but I don't think Robitussin comes with the "Jaegermeister" flavor. Vick's formula 44 does, but that came into existence in the U.S. in the 1960s or 1970s.
...
Forum: Questions and Answers 27-01-2019, 15:49
Replies: 33
Views: 34
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Robinson's Fever Cure

We think that Mum had two bottles. One was a bottle of nasty-tasting stuff, and that may have been the "fever cure", but it wasn't "Robinson's". If I do a search on "Robinson's (cough or cold), all...
Forum: Questions and Answers 27-01-2019, 03:22
Replies: 33
Views: 34
Posted By Steerforth
Robinson's Fever Cure

"Robinson's Fever Cure"

Circa 1950, my mother used to give me and my sister a dark syrupy liquid from a bottle when we were ill with a cold. I think this was the name, but I am not positive.
...
Forum: General Chat 11-08-2017, 21:45
Replies: 17
Views: 18
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Phone scam

Four or five a week? You're lucky. I live near Ensenada, Baja, Mexico, and I was getting four or five a day from the same number. The phone company will not help; rather, they refer you to the...
Forum: General Chat 25-05-2017, 16:55
Replies: 194
Views: 195
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Manchester Arena

I have been devastated and in tears watching the news over the past few days. Very traumatic. Thoughts and prayers. God bless us all.

David Procter
Baja, Mexico
Forum: Questions and Answers 21-01-2016, 00:59
Replies: 4
Views: 5
Posted By Steerforth
Re: John Wrench and Lizzie Lever

Yes, I thought of a similar angle with the Wrench and the Lever, but I have no idea.
Forum: DVD/TV/Film Discussion 20-01-2016, 23:54
Replies: 6
Views: 7
Posted By Steerforth
Dinner for One

I was recently reminded of this; it is a sketch starring Freddie Frinton as the butler, and several different actresses have played the dowager, but the most famous was May Warden. The comedy sketch...
Forum: Questions and Answers 20-01-2016, 21:37
Replies: 4
Views: 5
Posted By Steerforth
John Wrench and Lizzie Lever

When I was a boy living near Reading, Pennsylvania, my aunt, uncle and their son would visit us at Christmas; they lived in Wayne, New Jersey. We were all from the Accrington/Clayton area.

...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 31-12-2015, 15:26
Replies: 18
Views: 19
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Irene Procter Davies, 1921 - 2015

We are working on it. Not too ,many people around who remember, but on the 1911 census their birthplace is listed as Astley Bridge. In 1911 they were living at 23 Maple Street, Clayton-le-Moor. ...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 31-12-2015, 14:40
Replies: 18
Views: 19
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Irene Procter Davies, 1921 - 2015

Thanks! I didn't notice! My sister tells me that she proofread the compositions after my mother wrote them circa 2003.
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 30-12-2015, 16:10
Replies: 18
Views: 19
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Irene Procter Davies, 1921 - 2015

I don't know where Harry Bolton lived, but I will try to find out. After my maternal grandmother died in 1926 from a fall, I think, he palmed my mother off onto her grandmother (the tripe shop) and...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 29-12-2015, 16:29
Replies: 18
Views: 19
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Irene Procter Davies, 1921 - 2015

Sorry, a "senior moment". She didn't write this in 1982; she was eighty-two when she wrote it in 2003.
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 29-12-2015, 15:48
Replies: 18
Views: 19
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Irene Procter Davies, 1921 - 2015

WOW, I did not know this existed! I will have to send it to my sister who lives in Emmaus, PA, near Allentown. Thanks for posting! 1982? Wow again!
Forum: Questions and Answers 28-12-2015, 23:52
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Radios

When did owning a radio cease to be a luxury? Or was it ever a luxury? When did practically all households in England have a radio? May be tough to answer. After a while, I imagine a radio was a...
Forum: Lost Friends / Family 28-12-2015, 23:29
Replies: 18
Views: 19
Posted By Steerforth
Re: Irene Procter Davies, 1921 - 2015

Maiden name was "Bolton". Our family emigrated to the U.S. in the mid-1950s.
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