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Forum: Questions and Answers 05-10-2020, 09:53

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure Ma was not laughing Dorothy, she was well and truly showered....who knew that a dessertspoon of sticky medicine could cover a whole adult face....and hair? I swear I did not do it on purpose.

Forum: Questions and Answers 05-10-2020, 09:22

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure Well, I am not sure whether they were the same thing...the brown one wasn't sweet, but it was heavily mentholated, the red one was very sweet, very sticky(I once sneezed when I had just had a big...

Forum: Questions and Answers 04-10-2020, 20:33

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure We lived on Riley's hill and my mum stayed there until she died in feb 2018. (near Priestly clough and Highams weaving shed) The Thornbers we went to was on Ormerod St. Thornbers had chemists all...

Forum: Questions and Answers 04-10-2020, 18:40

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure Yes, I remember that one too, but I can't say we ever had it....or not that I remember.

Forum: Questions and Answers 04-10-2020, 17:56

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure Nope, that does not ring any bells for me. If we had a cough Ma would trot along to Thornbers chemists and get the chemist to make up a cough bottle....brown liquid or sticky sweet cherry. The...

Forum: Questions and Answers 01-02-2019, 10:08

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure Yes, it was commonly used to treat those in A&E who had taken overdoses(in the cases where it was safe to induce vomiting)....but in small doses it is effective in clearing the chest of mucus. I use...

Forum: Questions and Answers 28-01-2019, 19:16

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f80/fennings-57170.html See...we are still chewing on the same subjects.

Forum: Questions and Answers 28-01-2019, 19:10

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure Now I know...it's ipecacuhana...i use that as a homeopathic remedy for coughs....and it works.

Forum: Questions and Answers 28-01-2019, 19:00

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure It says you need a prescription for this....heck we used to buy them at Greenhalgh's grocers....I think they were 4d. And it does not say what is in them!

Forum: Questions and Answers 28-01-2019, 18:31

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure No Cashy....you are not imagining it. Fennings Little(lung) Healers were tiny little pills that were taken to relieve a bad chest...or a cough. Don't know what was in them....and I never tried...

Forum: Questions and Answers 27-01-2019, 21:05

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure Well, I know that Robitussin has a few flavours, but back in the 50's which is when you are talking about....cough mixture was invariably brown and gloopy....or a terrible red artificial cherry...

Forum: Questions and Answers 27-01-2019, 17:08

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure Maybe the labels were for Friars Balsam....the proper name for this is Compound Tincture of Benzoin....but everyone knew it as Friars Balsam. I have used this many many times in my career....in a...

Forum: Questions and Answers 27-01-2019, 17:03

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure Maybe that is the modern name for this cough mixture. Your Robinsons Fever Cure....how you describe the appearance and the taste, sounds much more like a cough medicine. And this trade name Robi...

Forum: Questions and Answers 27-01-2019, 15:08

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure I also wondered that too...but would it have a brand name? Those were the days....when the chemist mixed their own medicines. I can remember Ma getting us a tonic from Thornbers .chemist at the...

Forum: Questions and Answers 27-01-2019, 08:35

Replies: 33 Robinson's Fever Cure Views: 34 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Robinson's Fever Cure I was growing up in the 1950's....I cannot recall Robinsons Fever Cure....I can remember Fennings Fever cure, but never had it...so I would not know what it looked like or what it tasted like. I...

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