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Originally Posted by Less
There I was in my usual position (semi conscious) when in came a group of lads they sat at a table near me.
I got a strong smell, extremely sweet, and also stickily sour.
It took me back immediately to my junior school classroom of the late 50's, back then although there were antibiotics they weren't being used for 'ordinary' illnesses.
So if someone got an ear infection it didn't take long before everyone seemed to get one.
The cure? A piece of cotton wool to catch the puss with a dab of germoline on it.
The smell came back to my memory instantly and on observing the group of lads, I noticed one had a piece of cotton wool in his ear.
I wonder, considering how powerful and accurate our sense of smell is, what memories have come back to you?
Hopefully they will be better than the above.
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Germoline definitely rings a bell with me, although not in the same way thankfully! I was reminded of it when I first tried a pop drink called Root Beer here in Canada. There's nothing 'beer'-like about it, it's the colour of a pop I used to enjoy back in Accy - Dandelion and Burdock, but has the sweet medicinal aroma of our beloved pink ointment. Strange to tell, I grew to like Root Beer - it's still a favourite after all these years.