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Old 27-03-2013, 08:05   #48
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Re: Do you remember old remedies bought from the chemist

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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson View Post
Although a sweet rather than a medicine, I remember locists. They were something like a small banana with a most unusual taste. Possibly there were a dried fruit. I haven't seen or heard of them since 1952. I suspect they might have been something which was imported at a time when sweets were on ration. Please will somebody tell me about them.I bought them in a shop in Annie Street near the bridge over the railway near to St Joseph's church. I wonder if they still have them in stock?
Can remember the shop,was called "Friths" but not the Locusts.
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