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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 Harrison or about him. Maybe even the late 1970s. I had the copy of the magazine for years, but it...

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 made the big time and the money was rolling in, but we had also obligated the band for appearances at...

Also, Owbridges Cough Mixture, but the name is unfamiliar to me. Owbridge's Lung Tonic, 1939 - The Skittish Library

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? https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/1954799/medicines-you-remember-from-childhood/p6

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 difficulty at 216/6 in reply to Australia's 340, came out to bat. After spending the night in...

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 about Clayton". You participated in the thread. I think the shop may have been on the corner of...

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 Cinema was directly across the road according to my sister. Found this on Facebook, but we are...

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.

"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 evidence of it before World War II. I contacted Michael Quinion of World Wide Words about this...

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 always thought about that flavor but could not find it until Jägermeister became popular in the...

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. I am fairly certain that the name was "Robinson's", but I don't recall the rest of the name. My...

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 I get is "Robitussin". I am perplexed that we cannot come up with the name.

"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. It tasted like Jaegermeister liquor. I can find nothing whatsoever via Google, so I am wondering if...

Yes, I thought of a similar angle with the Wrench and the Lever, but I have no idea.

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 was written by British author Lauri Wylie in the 1920s for the theatre. My understanding is...