[pendy]

I remember tar bubbles - ah, those happy old days - when you had a cold or were chesty, if they were mending the road your mother would wrap you up and take you to hang over the tar machine and breathe deeply - supposed to be good for your chest! All those nice cancer-producing hydrocarbons being sucked into your little lungs.

Anyone remember Lung Healers - tiny round pills, also supposed to be good for chests?

Thinking about it, it probably is miraculous that most of us survived!